Back to the Ranch (featuring Bernie Nelson, lead vocals)

It all started out
Like any other evening
Until we saddled up and rode into town
Some of the boys
Were getting kind of restless
We headed out just before sundown
I just turned twenty-one
Had some jingle in my pocket
Cause we got paid today
Six silver dollars
For thirty days of work
Busting cattle on the Double bar J

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Now it's four in the morning
The rain's falling down
My spirit is cold and damp
My head is aching
Got a hole in my boot
And it's a long way back to the ranch

We all started out
With a double shot of whiskey
Then proceeded to drink us some more
Next thing I remember
It was several hours later
When I woke up lying on the floor
They said I got into a fight
With a drifter from Texas
Over a poker game
Lost all my money
Then I bet him my horse
Now I've got nothing left to my name

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The moral of the story
Is if you get a little money
Don't blow it all on a game of chance
Put it in the bank
Or stick it in your mattress
Or just keep it in your pants
Sometimes the road of life
Gets a little rough and rocky
You got to keep moving along
I remember the words
That my daddy once told me
What don't kill you only makes you strong

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