ride 'em cowboy

traveling with the rodeo

it's the only life i'll ever know

i started in new mexico

must have been a thousand years ago

i used to be the best they say

at riding young wild horses for my pay

but now i'm much too old it seems

i only ride wild horses in my dreams

they used to tell me

ride em

cowboy

don't let 'em throw you down

you can't make no money

if you hit the ground

they said

ride 'em cowboy

don't let 'em throw you down

you're the toughest cowboy in town

i've always been a traveling cowboy

but now there's no place left to go

what am i supposed to do

seems i'm left out in the cold

old midnight was a champion

he's the only bronc i couldn't ride

but now i hear old midnight's blind

and rides the little children for a dime

ladies used to hang around

i must have been a hero in their eyes

my silver spurs are rusty now

lord

i wish i'd tried to settle down

they used to tell me

traveling with the rodeo

it's the only life i'll ever know