Saddle Tramp Lyrics - Charlie Daniels Band

Well you pass around the pipe and you all get high 

You never even stop and wonder why 

Maybe it's because you wanna die 

Maybe it's just the way things have to be 

Well you stay up late and you drink too damn much whiskey 

You know that sort of thing is kind of risky 

Maybe it's just because you like to feel frisky 

Maybe it's just because you like to feel free 

Saddle tramp, how many people watch you ridin' by? 

Like a thunder cloud that floats across the Arizona sky 

And wonder if they're lookin' at a mighty happy man 

Or just a lonely breeze that drifts across the endless desert sand 

Well it's gettin' kinda cold in Readosa 

Abilene ain't gettin' any closer 

One more drink, one more hand of poker 

'Cause a fool and his money's gonna have to part 

You're too proud to ever show your sorrow 

You don't steal and you won't beg or borrow 

You may be here today but you're gone tomorrow 

There ain't no strings on your boot heels or your heart 

Saddle tramp, how many people watch you ride away? 

Wonder why you never promise to come back some day 

Maybe thinkin' you were holdin' all the pieces in your hand 

Or are they slippin' through your fingers like the endless desert sand?