Songs

Cowboy

Recorded/Published: 1970

The theme from Midnight Cowboy can be heard during the fade out of ^"Cowboy^".

Credits:

Piano: Randy Newman

Producer: Harry Nilsson

Publisher: Unichappell Music

Songwriter: Randy Newman

Vocals: Harry Nilsson

Lyrics:

Cold gray buildings where a hill should be.
Steel and concrete closin' in on me.
City faces haunt the places I used to roam.
Cowboy, cowboy - can't run, can't hide.
Too late to fight now - too tired to try ...

Albums:

All Time Greatest Hits

The Collection

Everybody's Talkin' - The Very Best Of Harry Nilsson

Harry / Nilsson Sings Newman

Legendary

Lullaby In Ragtime - The Very Best of Nilsson Vol. 2

Nilsson Sings Newman

Nilsson Sings Newman

Nilsson Sings Newman

Nilsson Sings Newman

Nilsson Sings Newman

Nilsson Sings Newman

Nilsson Sings Newman: 30th Anniversary Edition

The Very Best of Harry Nilsson

Variations:

^"Cowboy^"

^"Cowboy {Demo}^"

Song Ratings/Reviews

Cowboy

(4.0 / 4.0)

Thomas R. Enroth	(4.0 / 4.0)
Out of all the Nilsson songs I've heard, no other song displays such utterly stunning vocal dynamics. Harry's voice modulation on the chorus quite simply gives me chills every time I listen to it. The way he starts out at almost a whisper and builds to the crescendo of "Can't run/Can't hide/It's too late to fight now?" is worth the price of admission for Nilsson Sings Newman.
Joseph Skade	(4.0 / 4.0)
Starting pretty much acapella (just the wind as backing) Nilsson's voice is gentle and world weary- as the piano comes in the voice takes off in a flight hopeless passion. Totally stunning. This version leaves the original standing. What a voice.

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