Ride 'Em Cowboy (Davis Paul)

Traveling with the rodeo It's the only life I'll ever know I started in New Mexico Must have been a thousand years ago I used to be the best they say At riding young wild horses for my pay But now I'm much too old it seems I only ride wild horses in my dreams They used to tell me Ride em, cowboy Don't let em throw you down You can't make no money If you hit the ground They said, ride em cowboy Don't let em throw you down You're the toughest cowboy in town I've always been a traveling cowboy But now there's no place left to go What am I supposed to do Seems I'm left out in the cold Old Midnight was a champion He's the only bronc I couldn't ride But now I hear old Midnight's blind And rides the little children for a dime Ladies used to hang around I must have been a hero in their eyes My silver spurs are rusty now Lord, I wish I'd tried to settle down They used to tell me Traveling with the rodeo It's the only life I'll ever know