Let The Ponies Run Lyrics - Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff Walker 

We held a funeral and a wake at the Diamondback Saloon 

With every old-time cowboy agathered in one room 

Swappin' tales and tellin' lies from days when they were young 

Fearless buckaroos who always let the ponies run 

I still see us behind the chutes, standin' in the sun 

Light reflecting off the shiny buckles that we'd won 

Farmin' boys from everywhere, just a ropin' in our dreams 

Buckin' down the highway in old trucks and faded jeans 

Cheyenne days to Fort Worth nights, we drove every inch of road 

We often spoke our dreams out loud, sharing rooms and dirty clothes 

The bandaged up, the broken ones, too tough to ever cry 

The one we won the big go around, the drinks were ours to buy 

Days were filled with mundane chores that kept us lean and mean 

But our nights were spent out dancin' with the fairest girls we'd seen 

Regaling them with wild ass tales, that weren't that far from true 

There wasn't a single favor asked that your old pal wouldn't do 

And every year the finals drew us back to OKC 

Shoulders, Mahan, Steiner, Vol, T-bone and old Duffy 

And when the dust had settled and the last go-round was run 

We stayed up all night singing songs 'til every song was sung 

The broken bones and broken hearts that led to broken homes 

And the trails we rode together, now we travel on alone 

And the friends we saw each summer, now we hardly saw at all 

A little something's broken off each time a cowboy falls 

Well adios amigos, see you down the line 

I sure enjoyed the bullshit, cause it brought back some good times 

And if you see those pals we knew from days when we were young 

Tell them I stil saddle up just to feel the ponies run