Cowboy Take Me Away (4:57)
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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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octbaby25 wrote:
listening to this song makes me smile to remember sweet memories
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Baghira88 wrote:
The Dixie Chicks are awesome!! You are a fan of Natalie Maines? Then you should join this last.fm-group: http://www.lastfm.de/group/Natalie+Maines Thanks!
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heikesocke56 wrote:
schöner Song
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OLDCHAVYCAR2RED wrote:
good tune
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augustsky1 wrote:
I've a great friend that could be completly related to the lead singer there Natalie. Charicerules........................oh yeah so do the chics. I like their B song on Sesame Street.
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SeaMonkee wrote:
Ugh, live version! :p
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chicksfan wrote:
One of my favorite song. I´m a great Dixie Chicks Fan. When you like the Dixie Chicks, visit my You Tube Site http://www.youtube.com/user/grinsemichel42?feature=moby.
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Perthred wrote:
I never really liked country until the Dixie chicks came along. And then when they took that stand against Bush they really won me over & I bought their CDs!
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deesdiner wrote:
it's because of this song that I can say i listen to everything, INCLUDING country! =) love it~
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allsmiles1 wrote:
I love this tune......where's my cowboy...LOL??????
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Sundaeg1rl wrote:
My favourite Dixie Chicks song!
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onthepope wrote:
their harmonies are as good as it gets
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yyydede wrote:
I love this song <3
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RGamphlet wrote:
always breings a smile, and im a block!!
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largemarj wrote:
Had a cowboy once!! At least he thought he was.. This song makes me want to be in MONTANA far far away . I love this song
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johanley wrote:
I always love country music, Dixie Chiks wonderful
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tomhawk13 wrote:
Too good for Nashville today!
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ditta007 wrote:
beautiful.........
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fahrettina wrote:
so schick
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mustangmama wrote:
"''cept for maybe you, and your simple smile . . ." great lyrics that make even the most citified woman want to fall madly in love with a cowboy. "Oh it sounds, so good, to me." Excellent sentiment for all of the desperate housewives of the world. Like country or not, the Chicks are singing about what females are feelin!
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