| Horses are running wide open I just gotta ride | |
| To those honky-tonk bars that stay open way past closing time | |
| Songs about free thinkin' and drinking sure light my fire | |
| That flame leaves a scar on my heart like an old branding iron | |
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| She said rodeo man where are you going | |
| Don't you know that the life of a cowboy is no good alone | |
| If you tear down that fence of rusty barbed wire | |
| Then I'll lay down beside you and be your shotgun rider | |
| Yesterday's nothing but dust I brush off my boots | |
| While I'm wearing out roads don't you know that I'm sure missing you | |
| If I leave you'll be wondering when I'll be back again | |
| Between Texas and ranchers and old friends where do you fit in | |
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| Woman come lay down beside me and be my shotgun rider |