Story Behind The Song
Fantasy along the lines of 'One More Last Chance' by Vince Gill. The singer introduces us to the regretful cowboy as the loser relates his problems to the barkeep in a Tucson bar.
Song Description
Cheating cowboy typeguy tells the recipe in the chorus for a 'cheater' that is his drink after losing a good woman and a great life situation in a foolish one night stand. The catchy lesson is not quite risque' .
| Song Length |
3:03 |
Genre |
Country - Honky Tonk, Country - Rockabilly |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Distressed, Troubled |
Subject |
Frustration, Regret |
| Similar Artists |
Joe Diffie, Garth Brooks |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
A Cheater...
Well, I was drinkin? downtown in Tucson
about late one Saturday night?
when a hard-bitten hard luck cowboy
sat down at the bar to my right.
Well the barkeep said ?Buddy what?ll it be?
with a grin and a wink in his eye?
he said: ?A Cheater, that?s what I?m drinkin? tonight?.
He said ?It?s one part heartache,
two parts foolish pride?
put in a little bit of self-deception,
serve it up cold as ice.
Put in another shot of bitterness
add a dash of those little white lies?
buddy, that?s a Cheater,
...that?s what I?m drinkin? tonight?.
I had a woman and a dream and the world on a string
but I threw it all away on a night that didn?t mean a thing.
I should have listened to my heart instead of somethin? in my britches... sneakin? ?round tellin? little white lies,
(I'm) just another cheater?
that?s what I?m drinkin? tonight.