Me and my son were in a tack shop one day, he'd just got a pony for his seventh birthday. 

He needed a rig and we found one he liked and I was tryin' to get the old feller to come down off his price and he said son,

let me give you some cowboy advice


There's a few things a man needs to know 

As he travels this trail we call life

Like don't ever eat yellow snow 

Or bed down with a tougher mans wife 

Get your water upstream from the herd 

But the best lesson I've ever learned is


Good saddles ain't cheap

But there're worth every dime 

And you'll be glad you've got one 

When you're on a long ride 

You know a deal and a bargain 

Are often misunderstood 

Good saddles ain't cheap 

Cheap saddles ain't good


Said, you might save yourself a few dollars 

Feel pretty smart at the time 

But there's nothing that hurts any smarter 

Than a galled raw blistered behind 

And you're vertebrae's all out of whack 

Not to mention your poor horses back


Good saddles ain't cheap

But there're worth every dime 

And you'll be glad you've got one 

When you're on a long ride 

You know a deal and a bargain 

Are often misunderstood 

Good saddles ain't cheap 

Cheap saddles ain't good


It depends on what you want to spend 

But you get what you pay for my friend


Good saddles ain't cheap

But there're worth every dime 

And you'll be glad you've got one 

When you're on a long ride 

You know a deal and a bargain 

Are often misunderstood 

Good saddles ain't cheap 

Cheap saddles ain't good


Good saddles ain't cheap 

Cheap saddles ain't good