Let 'er Go

Last night I sat out on the boat dock and smoked a big cigar
 Let my mind drift back along the road of life
 I've traveled down so far
 Started out a dreamer with a suitcase in hand
 A guitar on my back without a care or a plan
 A gypsy boy hitchhiking down the road
 Ah here I go
 I fell in love at nineteen and
 I thought the world lay there in her eyes
 But the kind of life i talked about
 Was not the kind that she had in mind
 I was just a skinny kid who played the guitar
 One day i looked up and she went by in a car
 Driven by some guy i didn't know
 I let 'er go
 I went down to New Orleans,
 I'd never been to that locale
 Found some work bartending
 And I started running with some pals
 We had guitars and followed babe Stovall around
 We met some Cajun girls who had just drove into town
 They said that they were headed for the coast,
 We all said let's all go
 We were on life's adventure now,
 Traveling cross the great southwest
 When I first saw Texas
 I thought man this must be the best
 When I got to LA I just turned it around
 Their heads are up among the stars,
 There's cracks in the ground
 I really couldn't care less if it blows,
 I said let 'er blow
 When I got back to Texas
 I thought man I finally found my place
 The people are so friendly
 And they always have a pleasant face
 The women all are pretty with a wink in their eye
 The cowboys at the bar are all so polite and shy
 Except when they ride the bulls at the rodeo,
 They say let 'er go
 Well I put a band together
 And we sat around and played songs that i like
 We sat around and worked them up
 'Till I thought we played them all just right
 The first gig that we ever played
 I stayed out too long
 Then we went out and partied
 And we stayed up 'till dawn
 The next night at the club I didn't show,
 The bartender said hey let 'em go
 I got lucky with some songs
 And they were hits on the radio
 Promoters said they needed some gonzo stuff
 For the country package show
 The record company said that they were caught by surprise
 They said you guys are really hard to categorize
 I don't think that they ever caught our show
 They just let us go
 Well I've traveled round the world
 And sang my songs for people that I've met
 I've made a lot of people smile
 And all in all I still have no regrets
 I've got a family that I love and they love me too
 I've got a band I travel with 'cause that's what we do
 And I see how quickly all the years have flown,
 I say let 'em go
 Last night I sat out on the boat dock
 And smoked a big cigar
 And let my mind drift back along the road of life
 I've traveled down so far
 I thought of all the places I have been in my life
 And all the places that I have to see 'fore I die
 I looked over at the boat tied to the dock,
 I said got on and let 'er go