Discover the story of the song > Cowboy Movie – David Crosby

The protagonist and his partners robbed a train and were riding back to their camp to celebrate when they realized something was wrong. They found an Indian girl who they didn't trust, but two of his partners fought over her while she revealed she was there to take their sentry home. The protagonist pretended to be dead when the law came, but he was the only one left because the Indian girl was actually the law.