the rodeo's over, the folks have gone home 

and the cowboys are all down the road 

well boys, she was a good un, we kicked a hole in the sky 

and even the rank ones got rode 

it was as wild as they come and it was almighty western 

and none of us thought it would end 

but finish it did, with a bang and a whisper 

and now i must leave you my friend 


we may do it again in some future season 

but somehow it won't be the same 

cuz our draws will be different and our injuries healed 

and it's likely the weather will change 

so take from the lessons and be glad for the memories 

of the days that we rode in the sun 

for after today, there'll be no man can claim 

that we didn't have us a good run 


so burn all the blankets and dry all the tears 

we can always go further out west 

and i'll meet you out there in the vastness somewhere 

i swear it but first i must rest