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Cowboy Take Me Away is a country song from the Dixie Chicks. Appearing on their August 1999 albumFly, it was released as a single in November 1999. It reached Number One on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in February 2000.

Driven by co-writer Martie Seidel’s violin, Emily Robison’s banjo, and Natalie Maines’ evocative vocals,

Cowboy Take Me Away quickly became one of the trio’s signature songs. The lyric deals with a mixture of yearning for greater tranquility:

I wanna walk and not run

I wanna skip and not fall
I wanna look at the horizon
And not see a building standing tall

with plaintive desire for emotional, romantic connection:
I wanna be the only one
For miles and miles
Except for maybe you
And your simple smile

and simple joyous acceptance against a minor chord turning into major:
Oh it sounds good to me
Yeah it sounds so good to me
Cowboy, take me away …

Starting with a quiet opening, the record ramps up to a mid-tempo country-pop groove and features violin breaks from Seidel as well as an exuberant outro. Maines was praised for a “sincere” vocal that escaped the clichés of “Nashville music-factory tearjerkers”.

Cowboy Take Me Away has become a staple of the Dixie Chicks’ concert set lists, appearing from the Fly Tour onwards.

The first scene of the music video for

Cowboy Take Me Away shows a car stopping on a busy street, with Robison’s high hot pink cowboy boot splashing through a puddle, and Maines waiting in a crowded elevator until reaching the top floor of an empty industrial-looking loft, joining the other two Chicks.

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davidgeorgea wrote:
December 2011

Well I want a Dixie Chick ..(*_*)..

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macnoetz wrote:
November 2011

allways GREAT music

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Photophobia wrote:
October 2011

I wanna grow something wild and unruly...sounds good to me too, Natalie. :P

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Tarja_Phoenix wrote:
October 2011

I need a cowboy :) hehe) Awesome song!

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Andreas85 wrote:
August 2011

As a guy I'm probably not supposed to like this song... but damn, it's just awesome [2]

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FREESER8 wrote:
July 2011

As a guy I'm probably not supposed to like this song... but damn, it's just awesome

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Tim_O-K wrote:
February 2011

memories which give me shiver

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Trouble2112 wrote:
January 2011

I need a cowboy in my life <3

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bercer wrote:
January 2011

sooo great"" Ladys""" < 3 rock on""

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top20fanatico wrote:
December 2010

<3

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caldreamer wrote:
October 2010

Wonderful song...and thanks, gals, for standing up to the Republicans after being panned for criticizing Pres. Bush and the Iraq war.

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nickie8885 wrote:
October 2010

man i listened to this when i was just a lil girl i love it till never get old!

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davidgeorgea wrote:
October 2010

A good bit of country music , They just have it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wonderful

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Rpebble wrote:
September 2010

Absolutely love this song and I think the chicks roooooooooooooocccccccccccckkkkk!

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007staples wrote:
September 2010

Take me away........

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marciszk wrote:
September 2010

hey there ladies how are you all doing

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LadyPatience wrote:
August 2010

This is my first listen; nice. :)

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melloyello41 wrote:
August 2010

awww i remember my mom singing this song all the time when i was little. :)

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MJPutney wrote:
July 2010

closer to heaven above and closer to you....I pray............

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who52writer wrote:
July 2010

These girls are smokin hot and I love them. This song is my favorite of theirs. I would love to be the Cowboy who took any of them away !!!

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