I've Got To Be A Rodeo Man Lyrics - Chris Ledoux

Sometimes this old road 

Gets so damn lonesome away from home 

Ain't no way in sight, head on back 

Nobody knows the way it feels 

Suffer through this living hell 

Unless you've been on down that road yourself 

Boy, don't you know I ain't really a bum 

I was once a clean cut mothers son? 

And you know down deep inside still I am 

But this rodeo life's got it's hold on me 

And there ain't no way to set me free 

You know I've gotta be a rodeo man 

Skinny old dog on the rodeo grounds 

Scroungin', sniffin', lookin' around 

In a lot of ways, well, I'm just like him 

'Cause I'm eating up scraps off the dinner table 

In a greasy cafe 'til I'm able 

To ride those broncs good enough to win 

Boy, don't you know I ain't really a bum 

I was once a clean cut mothers son? 

And you know down deep inside still I am 

Oh, this rodeo life's got it's hold on me 

And there ain't no way to set me free 

You know I've gotta be a rodeo man 

You know I've gotta be a rodeo man