The Cowboy Song

Pushing horns weren't easy like the movies says it was
Don't remember dance hall girls or hotel rooms with rugs
You worked hot and tired and nasty
Rode your pony head to low
And all them nights you couldn't sleep
Cause it was too damn cold
And we sang Strawberry Roan and Little Joe

Or the time we hit the river and the rain begun to fall
Water rising so damn fast thought it'd drowned us all
We lost a lot of steers that day
And four or five good mounts
But when all the boys rode into camp
We knew that's what counts
We sang Whoopi Ti Yi Ya and Amazing Grace

Or the night they broke behind us
And they took us by surprise
I whistled out to Bonner I saw the terror in his eyes
And he rode for all his horse would ride
I know he done his best
But he crossed over Jordan riding Dunny to his death
We sang Bringing In The Sheaves
And The Rugged Cross

So when you see the cowboy
He's not ragged by his choice
He never meant to bow them legs
Or put that gravel in his voice
Just chasing what he really loves
What's burning in his soul
Wishing to hell that he'd been born
A hundred years ago
Still singing Strawberry Roan and Little Joe
Still singing Strawberr Roan and Little Joe