Martie Mcguire (then Martie Siedel), wrote this song about her sister and bandmate Emily Robison's boyfriend, Charlie. On the VH1 show Storytellers, Martie stated, "[Emily] had been dating a bunch of guys I didn't approve of, and then she met Charlie and I sort of pictured him whisking her off into the sunset." Emily and Charlie eventually married and are still together.
This song made a huge impact on the pre-teen Taylor Swift. Writing in a 2019 Elle UK essay about the role that pop music has played in her life, Swift recalled: "To this day, when I hear 'Cowboy Take Me Away' by the Dixie Chicks, I instantly recall the feeling of being 12 years old, sitting in a little wood-paneled room in my family home in Pennsylvania. I'm clutching a guitar and learning to play the chords and sing the words at the same time, rehearsing for a gig at a coffee house."
The song's title came from a well-known slogan used in commercials for Calgon bath lotion.
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