WELL HE WALKS OUT
IN THE ARENA
ALL DRESSED UP
TO THE BRIM
SAID HE'D JUST
CAME DOWN
FROM A PLACE
CALLED HIGHLAND RIM
WELL HE SAID
HE CAME TO RIDE
THE HORSE
THE ONE THEY CALLED
THE BRUTE
BUT HE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE
A COWBOY IN HIS
CONTINENTAL SUIT
WE SNICKERED AT
THE WAY HE DRESSED
BUT HE NEVER
SAID A WORD
HE WALKED ON BY
THE REST OF US
AS IF HE HADN'T HEARD
A THOUSAND BUCKS
WENT TO THE MAN
THAT COULD RIDE THIS
WILD CAYUSE
A MEANER HORSE
WAS NEVER BORN
THAN THE ONE
THEY CALLED THE BRUTE
THE HORSE THAT HE WAS
LOOKIN' FOR
WAS IN CHUTE
NUMBER EIGHT
HE WALKED UP
VERY SLOWLY
PUT HIS HAND
UPON THE GATE
WE KNEW HE WAS
A THOROUGHBRED
WHEN HE PULLED
A SACK OF DUKES
FROM THE INSIDE POCKET
OF HIS CONTINENTAL SUIT
WELL HE ROLLED HIMSELF
A QUIRLEY
AND HE LIT IT
STANDING THERE
BLEW HIMSELF
A SMOKE RING
AND HE WATCHED IT
DISAPPEAR
WE THOUGHT
HE MUST BE CRAZY
WHEN HE OPENED UP
THE GATE
STANDING JUST INSIDE
WAS FIFTEEN HUNDRED
POUNDS OF HATE
THE BUCKSKIN
TRIED TO RUN HIM DOWN
BUT THE STRANGER
WAS TOO QUICK
HE STEPPED ASIDE
AND THREW HIS ARMS
AROUND
THE HORSE'S NECK
AND HE PULLED HIMSELF
UPON THE BACK
OF THE HORSE
THEY CALLED THE BRUTE
SAT LIKE HE WAS
BORN THERE IN HIS
CONTINENTAL SUIT
THE BRUTE'S HIND END
WAS IN THE AIR
HIS FRONT END
ON THE GROUND
KICKIN' AND 'A SQUEALIN'
TRYING TO SHAKE
THIS STRANGER DOWN
BUT THE STRANGER
DIDN'T GIVE AN INCH
HE CAME TO RIDE
THE BRUTE
AND HE CAME TO RIDE
THE BUCKSKIN IN A
CONTINENTAL SUIT
WELL I TURNED AROUND
TO LOOK AT JIM
AND HE WAS
WATCHING ME
HE SAID I DON'T BELIEVE
THE CRAZY THINGS
I THINK I SEE
BUT I THINK I SEE
THE OUTLAW
THE ONE THEY CALL
THE BRUTE
RIDDEN BY A COWBOY
IN A CONTINENTAL SUIT
THE BRUTE CAME TO
A STANDSTILL
ASHAMED
THAT HE'D BEEN RODE
BY A CITY COWBOY
IN SOME CONTINENTAL
CLOTHES
THE STRANGER
TOOK HIS MONEY
AND WE DON'T KNOW
WHERE HE WENT
WE DON'T KNOW
WHERE HE CAME FROM
AND WE HAVEN'T
SEEN HIM SINCE
THE MORAL OF
THIS STORY
NEVER JUDGE BY
WHAT THEY WEAR
UNDERNEATH SOME
RAGGED CLOTHES
COULD BE A MILLIONAIRE
EVERYBODY LISTEN
DON'T BE FOOLED
BY THIS GALOOT
THIS SURE ENOUGH
BRONC BUSTER IN A
CONTINENTAL SUIT