Horses are running wide open I just gotta ride

To those honky-tonk bars that stay open way past closing time

Songs about free thinkin' and drinking sure light my fire

That flame leaves a scar on my heart like an old branding iron



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She said rodeo man where are you going

Don't you know that the life of a cowboy is no good alone

If you tear down that fence of rusty barbed wire

Then I'll lay down beside you and be your shotgun rider



Yesterday's nothing but dust I brush off my boots

While I'm wearing out roads don't you know that I'm sure missing you

If I leave you'll be wondering when I'll be back again

Between Texas and ranchers and old friends where do you fit in



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Woman come lay down beside me and be my shotgun rider