Pushin horns weren't easy like the movie said it was
 And I don't recall no dance hall girls
 Or hotel rooms with rugs
 You worked hot and tired and nasty
 Rode your pony's head too low
 There were all the nights you couldn't sleep
 'Cause it was too damn cold
 And you'd sing "Strawberry Roan" and "Little Joe"

 Like the time we hit the river
 And the rains began to fall
 And the water was risin' so damn fast
 We thought it'd drown us all
 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 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 seen the terror in his
eyes
 And he rode for all his horse would ride
 And I know he done his best
 But he crossed over Jordan ridin' Dunny to his death
 And we sang "Bringing in the Sheaves" and "The Rugged
Cross"
 So when you see the cowboy, he's not ragged by his
choice
 He never meant to bow them legs
 Or put that gravel in his voice
 He's just chasin' what he really loves
 And what's burnin' in his soul
 Wishin' to God that he'd benn born a hundred years
ago
 Still singin' "Strawberry Roan" and "Little Joe