Billy John grew up just west of Waco

He used to bare knuckle fight just for fun

He was as wild as a Texas tornado

And a bull ridin' son of a gun

Then one Saturday night down in Jasper

He drew a bull they called Dust Devil Rage

And that twenty-two hundred pound hammer

Laid Billy John in his grave



[CHORUS:]

Now there's one less tornado in Texas

And a saddle that's empty tonight

There's one hell of a cowboy in Heaven

At that big rodeo in the sky

Ohh that big rodeo in the sky



My granddaddy rode in the thirty's

He must have really been somethin' back then

'Cause all of my life I've heard stories

About the buckle he didn't quite win

Although he never got over his losing

He's a bonafied hero to me

And Lord knows I'm sure gonna miss him

But I know he's in good company



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