Tie A Knot In The Devil's Tail Chris LeDoux

Way up high in the Sierra peaks where the yellow jack pines grow tall Old Sandy Bob and Buster Jiggs had a roundup camp last fall Oh, they'd taken the horses and the runnin' irons and may be a dog or two

Scene We All Ain't Saw Chris LeDoux

Old Badger was an outlaw that no man could ever ride So tough the devils pitch fork couldn't penetrate his hide To beat him was the dream of every cowboy in the land But try they might as sure is right

Silver Tongued Devil Chris LeDoux

I took myself down to the Tally Ho Tavern To buy me a bottle of beer And I sat me down by a tender young lady Who's eyes were as dark as her hair And as I was searching from bottle to bottle For something

Bull Rider Chris LeDoux

I was sittin' the a bar-room one rainy afternoon Tellin' stories about rodeo and listening to a tune The rodeo starts tomorrow in this one horse town So Bill took our names and put our entries down

All Around Cowboy Chris LeDoux

Just a broken down cowboy all down on his luck Been through the best of his friends On a long lonesome highway in an old pick-up truck Cross Texas like a hot dusty wind He was All Around Cowboy back

Montana Rodeo Chris LeDoux

There's a rodeo in Montana where they come from miles around Where they throw the hooligan and a bunch of beer cans All over that little cow town from Friday night to Sunday afternoon The party goes on

Caballo Diablo Chris LeDoux

Wild as a coastal barronca swift as the wind blowing free With two eyes like fire brands that glow in the night Somewhere up there he's waiting for me And he knows that I'm coming' for him and I just can't

I Got You Chris LeDoux

We'll I've been up and I've been down I've been over and I've been aroundI've been in and I've been out I've had some thinks to shout aboutBut I know I won't strike out if I got youWell I've been good

Dallas Days And Fort Worth Nights Chris LeDoux

Under the skies of old Big D he works a nine-to-five Bending steel and driving nails by phone in a suit and tie He fights traffic in his Mercedes to put on his cowboy boots Then he climbs on board his

Bareback Jack Chris LeDoux

When I was just a very young lad I walked up and I told my dad A bareback rider's what I wanna be I want the whole world to know about me In the rodeo arena I'll take my stand I wanna be known as a rodeo

Billy The Kid Chris LeDoux

In the southern part of texas, east and west of el paso Where the mighty franklin mountains guard the trail to mexico. There's a new made widow cryin? and a hurse a-rollin?

Just Riding Through Chris LeDoux

Pack up your old guitar cowboy roll up your old sleepin' bagIt's time you got to movin' cause your life is startin' to dragYou ain't leavin' nothin' but faces the same stars watch you at nightThat same

Old Red Chris LeDoux

plains Old Red was one of the last of his breed And wasn't about to be tamed From Idaho a young cowboy came To ride in the big rodeo The young cowboy's name was Billy McClain And Billy had never been thrown

Bad Brahma Bull Chris LeDoux

bull in the chute I'm strappin' my spurs to the heels of my boots I looks that bull over and to my surprise Well, he's a foot and a half in between his two eyes On top of his shoulders, he's got a big

Daddy's Biggest Dream Chris LeDoux

since i turned eighteen And now I'm crowdin' thirty and I've yet to fill my daddy's biggest dream He gave me the hatband from the tail of that old bronc that broke him up And he said that if I'd wear

Cowboy Songs Chris LeDoux

Well I wake up in the mornin', I brew my coffee hot and strong. I get out my ole guitar, and try to write a song. An them larks are singin, oh lord, just outside.

There's Nobody Home On The Range Anymore Chris LeDoux

The old man used to dream of the fortunes he'd seekNow he lives in a room where you pay by the weekHis hands are all battered and his pony's gone lameHis bones always ache when the sky looks like rainHe

Come Riding Joe Cy Chris LeDoux

The first time I saw him was over in Tucson When he asked what the bronc ridin' paid Well, me and the boys we all had us a laugh When we saw that his hair was in braids He drawed a good mount you should

Photo Finish Chris LeDoux

here I am in Sheridan and its 9 o'clock in the morning and times a going fast I just pulled her over had some coffee and a donut and i bought the car a brand new tank of gas Well I don't know if I'm

Oklahoma Joe Chris LeDoux

He prayed upon the bad ones so wide was spread his fameFrom Houston up to Calgary the folks all knew his nameHe was the toughest cowboy ever worked the rodeoThis man that they call Oklahoma JoeHis wins

Round And Round She Goes Chris LeDoux

S. laprade riddell, pointed star music (recorded by chris ledoux) On a cold montana morning On the road to idaho I watched her order hot and black to go.

County Fair Chris LeDoux

Been workin' like a dawg slavin' on the fence line Stretchin' those wires tight Diggin' and tappin' and sweatin' in the sunshine But I get off tonight I got a date with a girl, a pretty rancher's

Navajo Wrangler Chris LeDoux

Between Gallup and Shiprock, he was born in a HoganAnd his spirit was as free as an eagle fliesDeep in the canyons out in ArizonaHe broke his first pony before he turned fiveHe learned how to hide in the

Light Of The World Chris LeDoux

In a lonely all night diner on a rainy city street A girl eats at the counter with a suitcase at her feet And the waitress looks her over and she knows that she can't pay So when the girl slips out the

Cadillac Cowboy Chris LeDoux

' on a saw blade With a push and a pull 10-4 buddy come on back A horse trailer on a Cadillac Yeah we're talkin' to the cowboy In the Coupe De Ville Chug-a-luggin' up one side Slidin' down the

Hippies In Calgary Chris LeDoux

And I'll never forget the night we impressed a bunch of them Calgary folks. Well just down the hall in the ole hotel where me and old John stayed.

Cadillac Ranch Chris LeDoux

Well the well went dry and the cow did too Daddy didn't know what to do The banker came by the house one day Said he's gonna take the farm away And momma came up with a plan Brother and me started

Blue Bonnet Blues Chris LeDoux

Well, there's a special place in my memory, Where I keep the pictures of a time an' place I left far behind. An' I know the years have probably colored the way it really was back Then.

Cowboy In The Continental Suit Chris LeDoux

He walked out in the arena all dressed up to the brim Said he just came down from a place called Highland Rim And he said he came to ride the horse the one they called the Brute But he didn't look like

God Must Be A Cowboy Chris LeDoux

Campfires, coffee from a tin cup in my hand Sure warms the fingers when it's cold Pickin' this ol' guitar, a friend I understand It sure smooth the wrinkles in my soul Sleepin' in the moonlight with a

Too Old To Play Cowboy Chris LeDoux

Boots spurs and a pearl handle cap pistol and a gold mine that dug in the sandI rode the fence line in her backyard each day on a stick horse I called old DanOne day my mama she called me aside and said

Gravitational Pull Chris LeDoux

known darlin' Neither do you 'Cause I been watchin' the whole rigamarol For a long time now Seems to be nothing written in stone About where and why and how Love takes it's willing victims And turns

Rodeo Trails Chris LeDoux

You made a few bucks in a show down in Texas You rode the train north threw the sand and the sage It took all you had to make entry in Denver A cheap hotel room like a cat in a cage But you hit a good

Ballad Of Will Rogers Chris LeDoux

He was born and raised in Oklahoma his blood lines were white and Cherokee His daddy owned a ranch outside of Clairmore Where he learned to ride before the age of three Now young Will Rogers was a cowboy

Ten Seconds In The Saddle Chris LeDoux

Well I'll gladly take ten seconds in the saddle For a lifetime of watching from the stands [ guitar ] His Stetson was faded and battered and worn The stubble of his beard showed flex of gray His limp was

Getting By A Quarter At A Time Chris LeDoux

She's not a kid anymore she can hide her age in these dim lightsWaitin' tables in this bar ain't what she's lookin' forThe short years fly by but oh the long long nightsA bar tends to make a woman hardRead

The Last Drive-In Chris LeDoux

Caravan of yellow wire and crawling across the plains Rolling along in a single file like a slow moving train It rumbled down out of the mist into the early morning light Said they stay till the job was

Johnson County War Chris LeDoux

Headed for wyoming, in 1882..a woman, a team, and a wagon. Gonna make our dreams come true. Settled in the foothills of the big horn mountain slope.

National Finals Rodeo Chris LeDoux

snowin' and it's cold In Oklahoma City there's a building of concrete It's where the toughest stock and men will gather and compete The points have all been tallied and the stock has all been brought

Daydream Cowboy Chris LeDoux

I'm sittin' in a city filled with people cars and smokeThe walls are closin' in on me my heart's about to chokeThe world becomes a foggy dream and I no longer seeThe dirty concrete canyons where I have

Them Bareback Horses Chris LeDoux

drive down the road in a broke down car You stop in some town you wonder where in the hell you are You get yourself a road map and head out once again With only enough for fees so you'd damn sure better

Sweet Wyoming Home Chris LeDoux

Album: Chris LeDoux and the Saddle Boogie Band Publisher: Capitol Salesrank: 54,378 UPC: 077779687022 Release Date: August 15, 1991 There's a silence on the prairie; That a man can't help but feel Shadows

Little Joe The Wrangler Chris LeDoux

Little Joe the wrangler he'll wrangle never more His days with the remuda they're all done It was long about last April he rode into our camp Just a little Texas stray and all alone It was long late in

Take Me To The Rodeo Chris LeDoux

Well my car broke down it's in the ditch wish I was the son of someone rich I'd throw hundred dollar bills out on the road and I'd catch me a ride to the rodeo There's a mule deer layin' by the road ahead

She's In Love With A Rodeo Man Chris LeDoux

She's a barmaid in a west Texas dance hallShe's there ev'ry night till they closeAnd the cowboy's pay for the jukeboxAnd she plays 'San Antonio Rose'Well I know her life ain't been easyLord, the lines

Some Things Never Change Chris LeDoux

"Rising times at five, the red sun is still sleeping, My pillow is my saddle, stars are my ceiling, My old body is ackin', I got a young cold needin' breaking.

For Your Love Chris LeDoux

For your love I'd rope the moon And put it In a blender Mix up a concauption That might Make you surrender I'd bide the brand Off a buckin branded bull Rob me a gin mill I'd fill the ocean full I'd take

Hard Times Chris LeDoux

The ole man stand by the lone chute, he sold his calves t'day. He spits in the dust between his boots, as the semi pulls away. The slick blue check in his grimy hands, shoves down in his coat.

Workin' Man's Dollar Chris LeDoux

Well, I'm just a Workin' Man's Dollar In the pocket of his old blue jeans I ain't like my Wall Street brother He's in a bank so shiny and clean Well, I'm faded and I'm wrinkled Tattered and stained

Long Black Veil Chris LeDoux

Ten years ago on a cool, dark nightThere was someone killed 'neath the town hall lightThere were few at the scene but they all did agreeThat the slayer who ran looked a lot like meThe judge said, "Son,