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 ride wild horses in my dreams
 They used to tell me
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 Ride em, cowboy
 Don't let em throw you down
 You can't make no money
 If you hit the ground
 They said, ride em cowboy
 Don't let em throw you down
 You're the toughest cowboy in town
 I've always been a traveling cowboy
 But now there's no place left to go
 What am I supposed to do
 Seems I'm left out in the cold
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 Old Midnight was a champion
 He's the only bronc I couldn't ride
 But now I hear old Midnight's blind
 And rides the little children for a dime
 Ladies used to hang around
 I must have been a hero in their eyes
 My silver spurs are rusty now
 Lord, I wish I'd tried to settle down
 They used to tell me
 (CHORUS)
 Traveling with the rodeo
 It's the only life I'll ever know