Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Courage In The Saddle, artist - Moccasin Creek. Date of issue: 21.05.2012
Song language: English
Courage In The Saddle |
| My name is Bobby Adair listen to my tale |
| It ain’t much of a story so you’d better listen well |
| In Southeast Oklahoma when I was but a boy |
| I ran many a match race and I never wanted more |
| I believed then I could ride anything with hair |
| Then one California mornin' I found myself there |
| At Los Alamitos Race Course in 1962 |
| Where the story starts and ends is where you find the dream comes true |
| Courage in the saddle |
| Face into the wind |
| You ride each time like you won’t live again |
| If you’re gonna ride to win son it’s gonna be a battle |
| You better have a heart of steel |
| And courage in the saddle |
| Anna Dial was ten to one in '64 on May the 9th |
| We were twenty-five-large richer when she crossed the finish line |
| Night races at Bay Meadows '68 to ‘73 |
| There never was a jockey who had won as much as me |
| We were back at Alamitos in May of ‘84 |
| Thick fog down the straightaway, mud on the racetrack floor |
| John Critter on «Face in the Crowd» turned left in front of me |
| And the bottom side of runnin' hooves was all that I could see |
| Repeat Chorus |
| Crushed my foot and ankle, my shoulder, and my face |
| But my longin' for the racetrack no surgery could replace |
| So as a twenty year Outrider I’ll finally retire |
| From the course at Alamitos the place I first caught fire |
| And the years have passed right through me I’ll never be the same |
| And the changin' times and politics we ought to be ashamed |
| For we’re short of field and horses Midwest jockeys they’re all through |
| Where the story starts and ends is where you find the dream comes true |
| Final Chorus |