The Sweetheart of the Rodeo

I hear the sound of sorrow in the wind
 Blowing down from every mile I've ever been
 Calling me out on some road that just won't end
 Where the sweetheart rides the rodeo again
 A thousand nights, a thousand towns, I took the bows
 There is no compensation for me now
 Out along the highway where the west was won
 No matter how fast I ride or far I run
 Waiting for the sweetheart of the rodeo
 They're comin' down from Tonopah to Tupelo
 She'll come to town to ride the radio
 Like she's slidin' down the walls of Jericho
 There goes the sweetheart of the rodeo
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 I stepped into the light you left behind
 I stood there where all the world could see me shine
 Oh I was on my way to you to make you mine
 But I took the longest road that I could find
 Waiting for the sweetheart of the rodeo
 They're comin' down from Tonopah to Tupelo
 She'll come to town to ride the radio
 Like she's slidin' down the walls of Jericho
 There goes the sweetheart of the rodeo