Ride 'em Cowboy Lyrics - Singles - David Allan Coe

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 rides wild horses in his dreams 

They use 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 say, ride 'em cowboy don't let 'em throw you down 

You're the toughest cowboy in town 

I have always been a traveling cowboy 

But now there's no place left to go 

What in I supposed to do 

Seems I'm left out in the cold 

Ride 'em cowboy don't let 'em throw you down 

You can't make no money if you hit the ground 

They say, ride 'em cowboy don't let 'em throw you down 

You're the toughest cowboy in town 

Oh midnight was the champion 

He is the only bronc I couldn't ride 

But now I hear old Midnights blind 

And rides little children for a dime 

Ladies used to hang around 

I must have been a hero in their eyes 

My silver spurs are rusted now 

Lord, I wished I tried to settle down 

They use 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 say, ride 'em cowboy don't let 'em throw you down 

You're the toughest cowboy in town 

Traveling with the rodeo 

It's the only life I'll ever know