Rodeo

It's the white in his knuckles

And the joy and the pain
Is all he'll have to show
It's cowboy hats
It's the roar of a Sunday crowd
The gold in the buckle
And he'll sell off everything he owns
And her back's against the wall
You know the woman wants her cowboy
It'll drive a cowboy crazy
It's the roar of a Sunday crowd
And a broken home and some broken bones
It's boots and chaps
It's cowboy hats

And it's so long, girl, I'll see you
It's the broncs and the blood

She does her best to hold him
It's the ropes and the reins
Well, it ain't no woman flesh and blood
But his need for it controls him

It's the white in his knuckles
It's boots and chaps
And the joy and the pain
It's the white in his knuckles

And the joy and the pain
It's spurs and latigo
He'll win the next go 'round

It's the roar of a Sunday crowd
The gold in the buckle

Like he wants his rodeo

It's the ropes and the reins
It's boots and chaps

It's cowboy hats
This dream they call rodeo
Well, it's bulls and blood
Well, it's bulls and blood
She knows his love's in Tulsa
It's the ropes and the reins

It's spurs and latigo
It's dust and mud
It'll drive the man insane
It's dust and mud
The gold in the buckle
It's the steers and the mud
He'll win the next go 'round
For all the years that he spent chasin'
It's that damned old rodeo
Just to change the way he feels

When it's time for him to go
Well, it's bulls and blood
And she'd give half of Texas
It's spurs and latigo
And they call the thing, rodeo

And they call the thing, rodeo

It's dust and mud

When his love comes to call
He'll win the next go 'round
And she knows he's gonna go
Just to pay to play the game
And they call the thing, rodeo