His eyes are cold
And restless
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
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 in the next
Go 'round
It's boots and chaps
It's a cowboy hat
It's the 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 him
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 in the next
Go 'round
It's boots and chaps
It's a cowboy hat
It's the 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 her game
And a broken home
And some broken
Bones is all
He'll have to show
For all the years
That he spent chasin'
This dream they call
A 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 in the next
Go 'round
It's boots and chaps
It's a cowboy hat
It's the 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
Steers and the mud
And they call
The thing rodeo
Ah-hah