Wapiti

I got drunk last night and I'm feeling kind of shitty

Early in the mornin' been huntin' wapiti

Steamboat Springs is my kind of city

Never wanna leave this town

I sat all day at old Greg's log

Been a long time huntin' for a Mississippi dog

Had to hoof it through the meadow in the thick mornin' fog

Man, I hope I lay one down

Met a young man on a Calvinism track

Done lost his mind now he can't come back

And here I sit with my compound bow

Huntin' wapiti up in Colorado

Gotta smoke all week to feel this high

8,000 feet on a rocky mountainside

Near the white gates but north of heaven

Game unit 27

Got a good campfire and a piece of backstrap

Joint rolled tight in my stocking cap

Six by six quartered on my back

Man, I hope I lay one down

I sat all day in an Aspen grove

And the mule deer come and the mule deer go

And here I sit with my compound bow

Huntin' wapiti up in Colorado

Thinkin' about tomorrow and makin' decisions

Tell a couple stories and family traditions

Life's all about the takin' and the givin

Sometimes you gotta lay one down

It's been three months since I lost my dad

So I'm huntin' here in heaven to make him glad

And here I sit with my compound bow

Huntin' wapiti up in Colorado

And here I sit with my compound bow

Huntin' wapiti up in Colorado