The Rodeo

His eyes are cold and restless

And his wounds have almost healed

And she'd give half of Texas

Just to change the way he feels

She knows his love's in Tulsa

And she knows he's gonna go

Well it ain't no woman flesh and blood

It's that damned old rodeo

It's bulls and blood

It's the dust and mud

It's the roar of a Sunday crowd

It's the white in his knuckles

The gold in the buckle

He'll win the next go around

It's boots and chaps

It's cowboy hats

Its spurs and latigo

It's the ropes and the reins

And the joy and the pain

And they call the thing a rodeo

She does her best to hold him

When his love comes to call

But his need for it controls the man

And her back's against the wall

And it's so long, girl, I'll see you

When it's time for him to go

You know the woman wants her cowboy

Like he wants his rodeo

Well it's bulls and blood

It's the dust and mud

It's the roar of a Sunday crowd

It's the white in his knuckles

The gold in the buckle

He'll win the next go around

It's boots and chaps

It's cowboy hats

It's spurs and latigo

It's the ropes and the reins

And the joy and the pain

And they call the thing a rodeo

It'll drive a cowboy crazy

It'll drive a man insane

And he'll sell off everything he owns

Just to pay to play the game

And a broken home and some broken bones

Is all he'll have to show

For all the years that he spent chasing

This dream they call rodeo

Well it's bulls and blood

It's the dust and mud

It's the roar of a Sunday crowd

It's the white in his knuckles

The gold in the buckle

He'll win the next go around

It's boots and chaps

It's cowboy hats

It's spurs and latigo

It's the ropes and the reins

And the joy and the pain

And they call the thing a rodeo

It's the broncs and the blood

The steers and the mud

And they call the thing a rodeo