Rodeo

His eyes are cold and restless
 His wounds have almost healed
 And she'd give half of Texas
 Just to change the way he feels
 She knows his love's in Tulsa
 And she knows he's gonna go
 Well it ain't no woman flesh and blood
 It's that damned old rodeo
 Well it's bulls and blood
 It's dust and mud
 It's the roar of a Sunday crowd
 It's the white in his knuckles
 The gold in the buckle
 He'll win the next go 'round
 It's boots and chaps
 It's cowboy hats
 It's spurs and latigo
 It's the ropes and the reins
 And the joy and the pain
 And they call the thing rodeo
 She does her best to hold him
 When his love comes to call
 But his need for it controls him
 And her back's against the wall
 And it's So long girl I'll see you
 When it's time for him to go
 You know the woman wants her cowboy
 Like he wants his rodeo
 Well it's bulls and blood
 It's dust and mud
 It's the roar of a Sunday crowd
 It's the white in his knuckles
 The gold in the buckle
 He'll win the next go 'round
 It's boots and chaps
 It's cowboy hats
 It's spurs and latigo
 It's the ropes and the reins
 And the joy and the pain
 And they call the thing rodeo
 It'll drive a cowboy crazy
 It'll drive the man insane
 And he'll sell off everything he owns
 Just to pay to play the game
 And a broken home and some broken bones
 Is all he'll have to show
 For all the years that he spent chasin'
 This dream they call rodeo
 Well it's bulls and blood
 It's dust and mud
 It's the roar of a Sunday crowd
 It's the white in his knuckles
 The gold in the buckle
 He'll win the next go 'round
 It's boots and chaps
 It's cowboy hats
 It's spurs and latigo
 It's the ropes and the reins
 And the joy and the pain
 And they call the thing rodeo
 It's the broncs and the blood
 It's the steers and the mud
 And they call the thing rodeo