This is my girlfriends favorite song, but what do I think about it, I think it is about gay cowboys that are in the closet, or in denial. They sing
And the girl’s say
Save a horse ride a cowboy
Everybody says
Save a horse ride a cowboy
Ok, what does this mean? They already specify that all the girls say “Save a horse ride a cowboy” so why would they need “Everybody says”? This means that the guys say it too. Later on in the chorus it says “riding up and down Broadway” (which tends to be glamorous, not something a manly souther man would admit too) “riding up and down Broadway on my old stud Leroy”(Here Leroy is the name of his gay partner, which is commonly mistaken for his horse, as he “rides”, has sex with, in the hotels near the Broadway street.
Other parts that are not in the chorus also give it away. In the last line right before the first chorus, they say “this town will never be the same”, after he buys everyone in the bar a drink. This means that he is getting everyone drunk to lessen the affect after he comes out of the closet which he is thinking about, which will have the whole town talking(making it not the same).
In the next group right after the first chorus, he states that he doesn’t care about the girls, who are drinking, and that he wouldn’t trade his gay lover (Leroy) or is cars, or his freak parade (the part about the freak parade is where I think he is in denial, calling gays freaks, and gays have had marches, or “parades”) and goes further into denial with saying he is the only straight person, John Wayne is considered to be manly (he is retaliating saying everyone else is)
In the final group of lyrics, these are spoken, and he states that he is drunk, and is trying to go as far as he can with the woman. He is still in denial, as he needs to get drunk and is just trying to prove he isn’t gay. But, she sees that his cowboy reputation, isn’t real, and that he likes men, so he wants salvation from her so she doesn’t tell, and he ends up closing the deal with only singing her songs from Willie Nelson.
This is my girlfriends favorite song, but what do I think about it, I think it is about gay cowboys that are in the closet, or in denial. They sing
And the girl’s say Save a horse ride a cowboy Everybody says Save a horse ride a cowboy
Ok, what does this mean? They already specify that all the girls say “Save a horse ride a cowboy” so why would they need “Everybody says”? This means that the guys say it too. Later on in the chorus it says “riding up and down Broadway” (which tends to be glamorous, not something a manly souther man would admit too) “riding up and down Broadway on my old stud Leroy”(Here Leroy is the name of his gay partner, which is commonly mistaken for his horse, as he “rides”, has sex with, in the hotels near the Broadway street.
Other parts that are not in the chorus also give it away. In the last line right before the first chorus, they say “this town will never be the same”, after he buys everyone in the bar a drink. This means that he is getting everyone drunk to lessen the affect after he comes out of the closet which he is thinking about, which will have the whole town talking(making it not the same).
In the next group right after the first chorus, he states that he doesn’t care about the girls, who are drinking, and that he wouldn’t trade his gay lover (Leroy) or is cars, or his freak parade (the part about the freak parade is where I think he is in denial, calling gays freaks, and gays have had marches, or “parades”) and goes further into denial with saying he is the only straight person, John Wayne is considered to be manly (he is retaliating saying everyone else is)
In the final group of lyrics, these are spoken, and he states that he is drunk, and is trying to go as far as he can with the woman. He is still in denial, as he needs to get drunk and is just trying to prove he isn’t gay. But, she sees that his cowboy reputation, isn’t real, and that he likes men, so he wants salvation from her so she doesn’t tell, and he ends up closing the deal with only singing her songs from Willie Nelson.
Well, he's making alot of noise, because the girls are so pretty? That's not gay?
Well, he's making alot of noise, because the girls are so pretty? That's not gay?