At the Broken Heart Ranch 

You can always get work 

As a cowfool 

There's feelin's to wrangle 

Loose ends to untangle and tie 



Sun up to sundown 

Ridin' herd on old memories 

Sundown to sun up 

Singin' the bunkhouse blues 



There's a lone bawlin' calf 

Lost in a little box canyon 

Got no companion 

Lord, don't I know how he feels 



Up there on the canyon rim 

Blows a cold coyote wind 

Buzzards grinnin' down at him

I'm singin' the bunkhouse blues 



At the Broken Heart Ranch 

Saturday night sure gets lonesome 

I long for the lights 

And the comfort of someone in town 



Playin' cards and killin' time 

Somebody stole my piggin' line 

this ain't no nursery rhyme 

I'm talkin' the bunkhouse blues