Cowboy Mouth is a one-act theatrical play originally produced in 1971 and jointly written by Sam Shepard and Patti Smith.
The play received its world premiere at The Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland on April 12, 1971, directed by Gordon Stewart.
Unable to move, yet at complete unrest, Slim swings from blaming Cavale for the disaster that is his life to begging her to tell him stories about French poets.
Cavale was formerly incarcerated and explores past experiences including electric shocks and having to wear metal plates around her club foot when she was younger.
She muses about playing the ugly duckling as a child, into the role without even the satisfaction of emerging as a beautiful swan at the end.
...With your childhood flames on your midnight rug And your Spanish manners and your mother's drugs And your cowboy mouth and your curfew plugs...[1] - Bob Dylan Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands