I CAN STILL MAKE CHEYENNE
GEORGE STRAIT
SONGWRITERS: AARON GAYLE BARKER & ERVINE WOOLSEY
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: BLUE CLEAR SKY
LABEL: MCA NASHVILLE
GENRE: COUNTRY
YEAR: 1996
George Harvey Strait Sr. (born May 18, 1952)
is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer. George Strait is
known as the "King of Country"
and is considered one of the most influential and popular recording artists of
all time. He is known as a pioneer of the neotraditionalist
country style and movement, cowboy look, and
being one of the first and most prominent country artists to bring country
music back to its roots and away from the pop country era in the 1980s.
Strait's success began when his first single
"Unwound"
was a hit in 1981 during the midst of the Urban Cowboy country pop era, setting the standard for neo-traditional country's
emergence into the 1980s and 1990s. During the 1980s, seven of his albums reached number one
on the country charts. In the 2000s, Strait was named
Artist of the Decade by the Academy of
Country Music, was elected into the Country Music
Hall of Fame, and won his first Grammy award
for the album Troubadour.
Strait was named CMA Entertainer of
the Year in 1989, 1990 and 2013, and ACM Entertainer of the Year in 1990 and 2014. He has been nominated for
more CMA and ACM awards and has more wins in both categories than any other artist.
By 2009, he broke Conway Twitty's
previous record for the most number-one hits on Billboard's
Hot Country Songs chart when his 44 number one singles surpassed Twitty's 40. Counting
all music charts, Strait has amassed a total of 60 number-one hits, hitting the
landmark with "Give It All
We Got Tonight" in 2013, breaking a record
also previously set by Twitty, giving him more number one songs than any other
artist in any genre of music.
Strait
is also known for his touring career when he designed a 360-degree
configuration and introduced festival style tours. For
example, the Strait Tours earned $99 million in three years. His final concert
for The Cowboy
Rides Away Tour at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in June
2014, drew 104,793 people, marking a new record for largest indoor concert in
North America.
Strait has sold more than 100 million records
worldwide, making him one of the best-selling
music artists of all time. His certifications from
the RIAA include 13
multi-platinum, 33 platinum, and 38 gold albums. His best-selling album is Pure Country(1992),
which sold 6 million (6×platinum).
His highest certified album is Strait Out of
the Box(1995), which sold 2 million copies (8×
Platinum due to being a box set with four CDs). According to the RIAA, Strait is the 11th
best-selling album recording artist in the United States overall.
"I Can Still Make Cheyenne" is a
song written by Aaron Barker and Erv
Woolsey, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was
released in August 1996 as the third single from Strait's álbum Blue Clear Sky. The
song also appears on 50 Number Ones. A live
version can be heard on his album, For the Last Time: Live from the Astrodome,
which came out in 2003. A
DVD, with the same name, also features the song.
Her telephone rang
'bout a quarter to nine
She heard his voice on the other end of the line
She wondered what was wrong this time
She never knew what his calls might bring
With a cowboy like him, it could be anything
And she always expected the worst
In the back of her mind
He said, it's cold
out here and I'm all alone
Didn't make the short go again and I'm coming home
I know I've been away too long
I never got a chance to write or call
And I know this rodeo has been hard on us all
But I'll be home soon
And honey is there somethin' wrong
She said, don't
bother comin' home
By time you get here I'll be long gone
There's somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man
He said, I'm sorry it's come down to this
There's so much about you that I'm gonna miss
But it's alright baby
If I hurry I can still make Cheyenne
Gotta go now baby
If I hurry I can still make Cheyenne
He left that phone danglin' off the Hook
Then slowly turned around and gave it one last look
Then he just walked away
He aimed his truck toward that Wyoming line
With a little luck he could still get there in time
And in that Cheyenne wind he could still hear her say
She said, don't
bother comin' home
By time you get here I'll be long gone
There's somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man
He said, I'm sorry it's come down to this
There's so much about you that I'm gonna miss
But it's alright baby
If I hurry I can still make Cheyenne
Gotta go now baby
If I hurry I can still make Cheyenne
She never knew what
his calls might bring
With a cowboy like him, it could be anything
And she always expected the worst
In the back of her mind.
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