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A rodeo's just a rodeo after riding several years |
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From ol' Cheyenne to |
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Houston they never cause too much fear |
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But let me tell you about one that will chill your very soul |
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It happens in |
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December when it's snowin' and it's cold |
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In Oklahoma |
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City there's a building of concrete |
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It's where the toughest stock and men will gather and compete |
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The points have all been tallied and the stock has all been brought |
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We've got just two more hours cause it starts at eight o'clock |
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It's the Finals the |
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NFR the Series of the sport |
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Hey rookie can you take ten head have you got the heart |
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You think you're a tough cowboy we'll find out in the end |
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When that final whistle blows and the stock's all in the pen |
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The coliseum's quiet except for the sounds |
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Of cowboys getting ready and the workmen of the grounds |
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The cowboys ask each other, what each other's got " |
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Did you draw ol' |
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Necklace or pluck old |
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Double-Ought |
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The tension now is mounting as the crowd starts pouring in |
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A shiver goes all through me like from a cold cold wind |
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I hear the horses comin' runnin' down the alleyway |
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They're snortin' and a blowin' as men shut the sliding gates |
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It's the Finals the |
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NFR... We had too much time a while ago but not enough time now |
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The Anthem is now over the grand entry's going out |
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I sit there on my bronc |
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I'm ready and |
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I wait I hear a chute gate open so |
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I look out through the gate |
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A horse comes boiling out and blows up at the roof |
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And then there comes another kicking like a curly wolf |
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I hear the chute boss holler through the yelling of the crowd |
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He says there's one ahead of you so you'd better get screwed down |
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It's the Finals the |
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NFR... I nod my head, |
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I'm in a daze the horse goes boiling out |
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I run my spurrs into his neck and then |
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I drag 'em out |
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My mind is in a blur my eyes are seeing red |
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The flank catch slams into my back, his rump bangs on my head |
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From somewhere in the background |
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I can hear a buzzer sound |
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My hand's jerked from the riggin and |
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I crash into the ground |
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I stumble to my feet as |
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I stagger to the wall |
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I wonder to myself is it really worth it all |
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It's the Finals the |
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NFR... |
