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Pushin horns weren't easy like the movies said it was,          
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and I don't recall no dancehall girls or hotel rooms with rugs,
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 you worked hot and tired and nasty rode yer ponys head to low 
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there were all the nights you couldn't sleep cause it was to damn cold 
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and youd sing Strawberry Roan and Little Joe.

verse 2
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Like the time we hit the river and the rains began to fall
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and the water was risin so damn fast we thought itd drown us all
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 we lost a lot of steers that day and four to five good mounts 
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but when all the boys rode into camp we new that's what counts 
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and we sang Yippi Ti Yi Yay and Amazing Grace. 

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Or' the night it rode behind us and then took us by surprise 
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I whistled out to Bonnor I seen the terror in his eyes
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 but he rode for all his horse would ride and I know he done his best 
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but he crossed over Jordan ridin Dunny to his death 
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and we sang Bringin in the Sheaves and the Rugged Cross.

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 So when you see the cowboy hes not ragged by his choice,
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 he never meant to bow them legs or put that gravel in his voice
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 hes just chasing what he really loves and whats burnin in his soul 
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wishin to God that hed been born a hundred years ago
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 still singin Strawberry Roan and Little Joe