Old Jake Lyrics - Chris Ledoux

Now old Jake was a cowboy he'd worked his whole life on the range 

And he could rope, and he could ride with any man just half his age 

Old Jake was my hero and me I was just a green kid 

And I prayed that someday I could do all the things old Jake did 

Well we sat around the bunk house one cold and lonely winter's night 

Just chewin' and talkin' and smokin' by the coal oil light 

Well old Jake had been aweful quiet that evenin' and he stared hard and long 

He said young puncher you goin' to remember me after I'm gone 

Whatever happens to old cowboy heros like me 

A broken down part of a man I used to be 

Will I be forgotten or live on in your memory 

Whatever happens to old cowboy heros like me 

It's been a long time and oh how the years fade away 

Well I stopped by the bunk house were me and old Jake used to stay 

They say Jake died about ten years ago and they buried him out there on the plains 

Old friend you might be gone but your memory always stays the same 

Whatever happens...