Willie Nelson is rewriting our images of the old west. On Friday, Nelson released his cover of Billy Joe Shaver’s 1981 song “We Are the Cowboys”, along with a gorgeous new music video.
RELATED: Willie Nelson Releases The Perfect Mother’s Day Song ‘I’m The Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised’ “The cowboys are riding tall in the saddle/They shoot from the heart with the songs that they play,” Nelson sings, “We are the cowboys, the true sons of freedom/We are the men who will get the job done.” Things then take a turn in a more unexpected, progressive direction, with Nelson crooning, “Cowboys are average American people/Texicans, Mexicans, Black men and Jews/They love this old world and they don’t want to lose it/They’re counting on me and they’re
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