How To Be A Texas Ranger

One of my very favourite lyrics from the prolific and talented Talysman The Ur-Beatle.

I told you I would pack my colt, yeah
and I slammed the door behind me
well I never thought I could be stampeded
always thought it was you I needed
and maybe it’s still the same, yeah
but I know how to be a texas ranger
when I have to be

I thought you were my kimosabe, yeah
when you rode around on your high horse
well I never thought I could be stampeded
always thought it was you I needed
and maybe tonto is my name, yeah
but I know how to be a texas ranger
when I have to be

well, I always thought we’d fight the world together
always thought we’d never be apart
but I knew I had to slip out of your tether
when you put a silver bullet through my heart

I said I could never stand against you, yeah
if you kept on coming after my every word
well I never thought I could be stampeded
always thought it was you I needed
and maybe I’m to blame, yeah
but I know how to be a texas ranger
when I have to be

and I have to be