bunkhouse blues

at the broken heart ranch

you can always get work

as a cowfool

there's feelin's to wrangle

loose ends to untangle and tie

sun up to sundown

ridin' herd on old memories

sundown to sun up

singin' the bunkhouse blues

there's a lone bawlin' calf

lost in a little box canyon

got no companion

lord

don't i know how he feels

up there on the canyon rim

blows a cold coyote wind

buzzards grinnin' down at him

i'm singin' the bunkhouse blues

at the broken heart ranch

saturday night sure gets lonesome

i long for the lights

and the comfort of someone in town

playin' cards and killin' time

somebody stole my piggin' line

this ain't no nursery rhyme

i'm talkin' the bunkhouse blues