Don Edwards - The Cowboy's Song lyrics

Pushin' horns weren't easy like the movie says it was And I don't remember dance hall girls or hotel rooms with rugs You worked hot and tired and nasty, rode your pony's head too low And all them nights you couldn't sleep 'cause it was too damn cold And we'd sing "Strawberry Roan" and "Little Joe" Like the time we hit the river and the rains begun to fall And the water was risin' so damn fast, thought it'd drown us all Noe we lost a lot of steers that day and four to five good mounts But when all the boys rode into camp we knew that's what counts And we'd sang, yippie ti yi yay and "Amazing Grace" Or the night they broke behind us and then took us by surprise I whistled out to Bonner, I saw the terror in his eyes And he rode for all his horse would ride, I know he done his best But he crossed over Jordan ridin' Dunny to his d**h And we sang "Bringing in the Sheaves" and "The Rugged Cross" When you see the cowboy, he's not ragged by his choice And he never meant to bow them legs or put that gravel in his voice Just chasin' what he really loves, what's burnin' in his soul Wishin' to Hell that he'd been born a hundred years ago Still singin' "Strawberry Roan" and "Little Joe" Still singin' "Strawberry Roan" and "Little Joe"