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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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marybrian46 Oh man good songs and gorgeous ladies to, want else do you need, love this music!
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JNez love this one! these ladies new a new album badly!
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DreamyIslandGal @davidgeorgea.................. and I want a cowboy! :))
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davidgeorgea Well I want a Dixie Chick ..(*_*)..
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macnoetz allways GREAT music
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Photophobia I wanna grow something wild and unruly...sounds good to me too, Natalie. :P
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Tarja_Phoenix I need a cowboy :) hehe) Awesome song!
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Andreas85 As a guy I'm probably not supposed to like this song... but damn, it's just awesome [2]
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FREESER8 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 memories which give me shiver
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Trouble2112 I need a cowboy in my life <3
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bercer sooo great"" Ladys""" < 3 rock on""
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top20fanatico <3
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caldreamer 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
man i listened to this when i was just a lil girl i love it till never get old!
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davidgeorgea
A good bit of country music , They just have it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wonderful
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Rpebble
Absolutely love this song and I think the chicks roooooooooooooocccccccccccckkkkk!
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007staples Take me away........
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marciszk
hey there ladies how are you all doing
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LadyPatience This is my first listen; nice. :)
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