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 rides wild horses in his dreams They use 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 say, ride 'em cowboy don't let 'em throw you down You're the toughest cowboy in town I have always been a traveling cowboy But now there's no place left to go What in I supposed to do Seems I'm left out in the cold Ride 'em cowboy don't let 'em throw you down You can't make no money if you hit the ground They say, ride 'em cowboy don't let 'em throw you down You're the toughest cowboy in town Oh midnight was the champion He is the only bronc I couldn't ride But now I hear old Midnights blind And rides little children for a dime Ladies used to hang around I must have been a hero in their eyes My silver spurs are rusted now Lord, I wished I tried to settle down They use 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 say, ride 'em cowboy don't let 'em throw you down You're the toughest cowboy in town Traveling with the rodeo It's the only life I'll ever know --- Ride 'Em Cowboy - David Allan Coe