Faster Horses (The Cowboy and the Poet)

"Faster Horses (The Cowboy and the Poet)"
Single by Tom T. Hall
from the album Faster Horses
B-side"No New Friends Please"
ReleasedDecember 1975
RecordedNovember 21, 1975
US Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
GenreCountry, country rock
LabelMercury 73755
Songwriter(s)Tom T. Hall
Producer(s)Jerry Kennedy
Tom T. Hall singles chronology
"I Like Beer"
(1975)
"Faster Horses (The Cowboy and the Poet)"
(1975)
"Negatory Romance"
(1976)

"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. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.