Life Of A Rodeo Cowboy Lyrics - Merle Haggard

Well it really has been nice bein' with you but I'm afraid that I've got to leave 

As you know I'm a rodeo cowboy and there's a rodeo down in Mesquite 

That's the life of a rodeo cowboy breakin' broncs or gettin' broke 

That's the life of a rodeo cowboy and that's the only life I know 

On the day you think your day is the big one 

I'm walkin' away with all that they own 

Then your lyin' hurtin' hearin' someone saying 

Give him a hand that's all that cowboy is taking home 

Hot beer and cold stale hamburgers makes a meal sorta hard to enjoy 

And it kinda makes you think of momma's chicken 

Ah that's the life of a rodeo cowboy 

That's the life of a rodeo cowboy 

When your down and your really feeling sorry well you go for a drink in some bar 

Then someone points at you and you hear him whisper over there stands a rodeo star 

That's the life of a rodeo cowboy... 

That's the life of a rodeo cowboy...