Lyric discussion by Batmanfan45 

Cover art for Cowboys lyrics by Counting Crows

I don't quite understand the part about the Lincoln assasanation could some one help me?

I'm not completely sure what it is about some form of self examination i guess. "Because I am not anything." is a pretty powerful line.

Well, if you think about the previous verse:

"And I believe she loves you 'Cause you never make her feel like anything"

The whole Lincoln thing starts to make sense, because then he says:

"She says she doesn't love me, like, like she's acting But it's as if she isn't talking 'Cause Mr. Lincoln's head is bleeding On the front row while she's speaking"

The reference to her acting, and Lincoln (also known as Honest Abe) can be looked at as she's lying to him about saying she doesn't love him, when she really does, even...