Lyrics Ride 'Em Cowboy - David Allan Coe

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 rides wild horses in his dreams
They use to tell me, ride 'em cowboy don’t let 'em throw you down
You can’t make no money if you hit the ground
They say, ride 'em cowboy don’t let 'em throw you down
You’re the toughest cowboy in town
I have always been a traveling cowboy
But now there’s no place left to go What in I supposed to do Seems I’m left out in the cold
Ride 'em cowboy don’t let 'em throw you down
You can’t make no money if you hit the ground
They say, ride 'em cowboy don’t let 'em throw you down
You’re the toughest cowboy in town
Oh midnight was the champion
He is the only bronc I couldn’t ride
But now I hear old Midnights blind
And rides little children for a dime
Ladies used to hang around
I must have been a hero in their eyes
My silver spurs are rusted now
Lord, I wished I tried to settle down
They use to tell me, ride 'em cowboy don’t let 'em throw you down
You can’t make no money if you hit the ground
They say, ride 'em cowboy don’t let 'em throw you down
You’re the toughest cowboy in town
Traveling with the rodeo
It’s the only life I’ll ever know