well you mama finds it hard to understand,
why her lovin’ son wants to be a rodeo man.
and your daddy had a whole lotta great big plans for you,
you hate to disappoint him but you gotta other things to do.
now, your best girl thinks it’s time you settle down.
you finally graduated and she’s ready for a wedding gown.
but there’s a great big world just waintin’ out there for you,
and if she really loves you she can wait another year or two.
and nobody really knows how you feel inside,
the road gets rough and the goin’ gets tough, but you know you’ve gotta
try.
and there ain’t no way they’re ever gonna change your mind.
don’t everybody know that a cowboys got to ride.
now your highschool buddies say man, you’ve gone insane.
don’t you know rodeo is a crazy, foolish game.
but you can see in their eyes a little jealousy,
they’re all workin’ 9-5, you’re footloose and fancy free.
and nobody really knows how you feel inside,
the road gets rough and the goin’ gets tough, but you know you’ve gotta
try.
and there ain’t now way thery’re ever gonna change your mind.
don’t everybody know that a cowboys got to ride.
don’t everybody know taht a cowboys got to ride…

well a bronc bucked me off up in cheyenne wyoming i broke me a couple of bones
my wife up an left me it must be an omen my destiny’s being alone
i’ve been thinkin’ of mama out a workin’ the yard so i gave her a call on the phone
but i told her i’ve just been workin’ so hard i just ain’t had time to go home
well i’ve seen atlanta and i’ve seen la and i’ve rode neath the big astro dome
and old calgary seen a whole lot of me but i just ain’t had time to go home

all daddy left was the watch that he carried the pocketknife he used to use
but a pawnshop in vegas and the woman i married left me with nothin to lose
but i keep on a dreamin’ bout a cadillac car parked by my two story home
and in my dreams i’m a big rodeo star and mama knows i’m commin’ home
well i’ve seen atlanta…

i pack my clothes in a cardboard box and mama packed my lunch
i walk down to the highway and caught a trails ways bus
i woke up in the city stepped down on the curb
and the strangest lookin’ people and sounds i’ve never heard
it ain’t no place for a country boy it ain’t no place to be
it might be fine for a city boy but it ain’t no place for me

i keep my nineteen dollars stuck way down in my shoe
it cost me seven fifty for a dirty sleepin’ room
my window faced the alley and the city smells were strong
i couldn’t sleep for horns and sirens blowin’ all night long
it ain’t no place…

i didn’t even bother to unpack the clothes that i brought
some man paid me ten dollars for grandpas pocket watch
i got off the trails ways bus the same place i got on
my head is full of memories walkin’ down the road to home
it ain’t no place…

this road that i’ve chosen it’s a road that few have traveled
but there’s good times with the hard times along the way
and this life that i’m livin’ god knows that i love it
and i like to share it with you if i may
so i write my songs of life as i know it
and i sing them for everyone to hear
and in my songs i hope you understand just a little
what it’s like to be a rodeo man

before we close out the album i’d like to thank these fine players
if you listen to any of the songs of the superstars of the recording business
the chance is at least on of these pickers was in on the session
the man on the drums bill harriss was responsible for getting all of them together for me
and my special thanks go to him for the long days he put in on this project
bill is a hell of a competitor himself he drives race cars
i also want to thank writers for their new songs
berke tarleton out in california for copenhagen angel
gil milan a nashville professional for the scene we all ain’t saw and rodeo trails
and chimp robertson of dalhart texas rancher rider flyer bronc rider for the song re-ride
we made this tape especially for you the rodeo fans
their available in many of the western stores or from the address on the label
thanks for listening i’ll see you somewhere out on the rodeo trail