Faster Horses (The Cowboy and the Poet)

"Faster Horses (the Cowboy and the Poet)" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Tom T. Hall. It was released in December 1975 as the second single from the album, Faster Horses. The song was Hall's final number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, spending one week at the top and a total of 13 weeks within the chart's top 40.^[1]

Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.^[2]

The song is about a young, aspiring poet who turns to a rugged cowboy for advice and inspiration. The cowboy spits tobacco on the ground and affirms his philosophy on life: "It's faster horses/younger women/older whiskey/and more money." The poet tries to dispute the man's values and said he was looking for simple inspiration, to which the cowboy strongly reaffirms his stance on life. Disillusioned, the poet tries to start a fight, but eventually realizes the cowboy may have a point and leaves poetry behind.

Chart performance

Chart (1975–1976)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	2

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 149.
↑ Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014.

Preceded by "The Roots of My Raising" by Merle Haggard	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single March 20, 1976	Succeeded by "'Til the Rivers All Run Dry" by Don Williams

Tom T. Hall

Studio albums	In Search of a Song (1971) Places I've Done Time (1978) Song in a Seashell (1985)

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1975)

Singles	"Ballad of Forty Dollars" "A Week in a Country Jail" "Shoeshine Man" "Salute to a Switchblade" "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died" "The Monkey That Became President" "(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine" "Ravishing Ruby" "I Love" "That Song Is Driving Me Crazy" "Country Is" "I Care" "Deal" "I Like Beer" "Faster Horses (The Cowboy and the Poet)" "Fox on the Run" "Your Man Loves You Honey" "It's All in the Game" "May the Force Be with You Always" "What Have You Got to Lose" "The Old Side of Town" "Song of the South" "A Bar with No Beer"

Related	Discography

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