The Cowboy's Song

Intro: Pushin horns weren't easy like the movie says it was I don't remember dance hall girls Or hotel rooms with rugs You worked hot and tired and nasty Rode your pony's head too low And all them nights you couldn't sleep Cause it was too damn cold And we sing Strawberry Roan, Little Joe Like the time we hit the river And the rain begun to fall The water risin' so damn fast We thought it'd drown us all Now 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 And we sang, yippie ti yi yay, 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 And I know he done his best But he crossed over Jordan Ridin' Dunny to his death And we sang, Bringing in the Sheaves and The Rugged Cross When you see the cowboy He's not ragged by his choice And he never meant to bow them legs Or put that gravel in his voice Just chasin' what he really loves What's burnin' in his soul Wishin' to hell that he'd been born a hundred years ago Still singin' Strawberry Roan and Little Joe still singin' Strawberry Roan... and Little Joe