| I was sittin' the a barroom one rainy afternoon
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| Tellin' stories about rodeo and listening to a tune
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| The rodeo starts tomorrow in this one horse town
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| So Bill took our names ane put our entries down
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| I went to the office the next day to see
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| What bareback horse I had and pay me fees
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| I looked on the list but my name wasn’t found
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| I thought Bill might have forgot to put me down
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| I looked on the board and I happened to find
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| My name was on another list I was in the bull ridin'
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| My knees began to knock and my face began to sweat
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| And I heaved and gagged on the rodeo office steps
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| Well I may be a fool but a coward I’m not
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| So I borrowed a bull rope with a bell in the knot
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| I walked in the arena with them other bull ridin' fools
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| And walked down to the chutes and found my bull
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| Then I put my rope in the middle of his back
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| I had some cowboy pull out the slack
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| And then I wrapped the tail around my hand and back and said
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| Boy’s open the gate just a little bitty crack
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| Well the bull hit the gate with his head
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| And I could see over his hump that his eyes were red
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| He bailed out of there with a big snort and beller
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| And something inside of me told me I was yeller
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| Well the dust and hairs and flies come off his hump
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| It whisp to my nose as he made another jump
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| And the stink of it all was more than I could stand
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| So I jerked my wrap and opened my hand
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| Well he jumped in the air and made one more turn
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| As the rope slid through my hand it sure did burn
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| He flang me down in a great big heap and
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| Right in the middle of me he did leap
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| With his feet on my belly standin' in place
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| That dirty old bull blew snot in my face
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| So them damned old bulls you can run 'em in a chute
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| And put your ropes on them big galloots
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| But the closest you’re gonna find me to their stinkin' hair
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| Is to help some other fool get flug in the air
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| Boy the next time I see Bill I’m gonna break his dang neck
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| Enter me in the bull ridin'
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| Shoot I think I’ll enter him in the Barrel Racing |