He can throw a rope in a figure eight, but he just can't seem to stand up straight.
What isn't broke, is bruised or hurt from spendin' time down in the dirt
while Brahma's do their victory dance all up his spine and down his pants.
But he tapes his broken ribs real tight so he can ride tomorrow tonight
cause you know way down deep inside, all he wants is one more ride.
He's a rodeoin' cowboy. He's an old bull ridin' fool.
And it's taught him lots of lessons that he never learned in school.
Like bein' tough and bein' true and when the chips are down
that's when you learn what you can do and when your courage's found.
Each weekend he is on the go hittin' every rodeo.
He hides his pain with jokes and smiles and after several hundred miles
he parks his truck and pays his fee and wonders who his draw will be.
He drinks draft beer and cheap mescal and shoots the bull with all his pals.
And each one, way down deep inside is hopin' they get one more ride.
In the morning he drinks coffee black, pulls out his gear and checks his tack.
Ace bandages wrap round his joints and with some Bengay he anoints
each aching bone and muscle strain as he prepares for yet more pain.
And other hands lend their advice cause the bull he drew has thrown him twice.
But it's worth the cuts and scraped up hide if he can last through one more ride.
Cause, he's a rodeoin' cowboy. He's an old bull ridin' fool.
Some say he ornery as a goat and stubborn as a mule.
But he's a rodeoin' cowboy and way down deep inside
he thinks and dreams of nothing else but winning one more ride.
At home, his darlin' minds the place. There's cows to milk and kids to chase.
She works real hard the fear to hide when she knows it's time for his next ride.
That evenin', staring at the phone she wonders if he's comin' home.
Tears well up cause she worried so but she would never let him know.
As a cowboy's wife you learn to hide the fear that comes with one more ride.
Cause he's a rodeoin' cowboy born for broncs and bulls and blood
and she knows he won't be happy lest he's playin' in the mud.
Yeah, he's a rodeoin' cowboy and she's right there by his side
and will be when the strings run out and he's had his one last ride.
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