River Boat Gambler Chris LeDoux

was a dealin' from the bottom but my mama said they were lyin' So I never stay in one place long I'm just a natural born rambler My mama was a Dodge City dance hall girl and my daddy was a riverboat gambler

Tennessee Stud Chris LeDoux

and lean mean The color of the sun and his eyes were green He had the nerve and he had the blood And there never was a horse like the Tennessee stud We drifted on down into no man's land We crossed the river

Powder River Home Chris LeDoux

Over that hori[a]zon she keeps the home fires burin' bright I'm goin' back to my powder river home.

Big Love Chris LeDoux

No more fences for you to look through With your heart caught in a strangle hold I've got a love full of wide open spaces I've got a big love wild and free Room to grow as big as your dreams Deep as a river

Time Chris LeDoux

goldAnd the smell of wood smoke takes me back to days of long agoI think about my childhood, pumpkin pie and HalloweenAnd the magic in a young boy's hopes and dreamsTime, time, goes on endlesslyJust like a river

Wyoming Girl Chris LeDoux

make that little gal my ownYou can sing about your sweet Joly BlonYou can sing about them pretty gals down in TennesseeYou can sing your song about that Yellow Rose of TexasBut the one by the Powder River

Just Enough Money, Honey Chris LeDoux

But before the night is through, Let's drive down to the river, the way we used to do. Let's take a little money honey, and blow it on me and you...

Johnson County War Chris LeDoux

Ole powder river, you're muddy and wide, how many men have died...upon Your shores. When you brand a man a rustler, he's gotta take a side. There's no middle ground in this johnson country war.

Song Of Wyoming Chris LeDoux

cottonwood whispers A song of Wyoming for me I've wandered around the town and the city Tried to figure the how and the why I've stopped all my schemin' I'm just driftin' and dreamin' and watching the river

Born In Mississippi Chris LeDoux

eyed peasThank you Mississippi for lovin' meThen my family moved down to TexasWhen I was 12 years oldI took my first chew of plug tobaccoAnd got hooked on rodeoI rode my buckskin ponyWhere the old Red River

Dirt And Sweat Cowboy Chris LeDoux

about the same way that I doI reckon it's just bad fate, I was born a hundred years too, KateAnd they say boy if you want to survive you'd better changeBut as long as sagebrush grows and that old Powder River

Love Needs A Fool Chris LeDoux

nothing in common 'cept the need to move on So they headed for somewhere further along Dust devils were spinning out across the fields That bridge was a burning underneath their wheels That old muddy river

Song Of The Yukon Rose Chris LeDoux

There's a place on the yukon river, called the carriboux saloon. Where the miners go, to spend their gold, An' listen to the sad, sweet tune.

Little Joe The Wrangler Chris LeDoux

the horses and learned to know 'em all And to get 'em in by daylight if he could And to follow the chuck wagon and to always hitch the team And to help the carsonaro rustle wood We had driven to Red River

Look At You Girl Chris LeDoux

Just look at you girl Standin' here beside me Starlight on your hair Lookin' like a dream I dreamed somewhere And look at me girl You got me actin' just like a lover In an old time picture show A...

Cadillac Ranch Chris LeDoux

Well the well went dry and the cow did too Daddy didn't know what to do The banker came by the house one day Said he's gonna take the farm away And momma came up with a plan Brother and me started...

Cadillac Cowboy Chris LeDoux

Hold tight with a leather fist Watch out when he starts to twist What their daddies' used to tell them boys How to ride them bulls I got a jingle in my jeans Sore places in between And I'm leavin'...

Hooked On An 8 Second Ride Chris LeDoux

Rollin' down a long highway Out to New Mexico Driftin' down to Santa Fe To ride a bull in a rodeo He's hooked on a feelin' Addicted to a natural high Don't know why it's appealin' All he knows is ...

Riding For A Fall Chris LeDoux

Last night you told her you could never hold her 'Cause cowboys just got to be free Her heart was breaking yours was aching But you saddled up to follow your dreams Coffee on your campfire, wind t...

County Fair Chris LeDoux

Been workin' like a dawg slavin' on the fence line Stretchin' those wires tight Diggin' and tappin' and sweatin' in the sunshine But I get off tonight I got a date with a girl, a pretty rancher's ...

Every Time I Roll The Dice Chris LeDoux

She got a roof that don't leak When the rain's pourin' down She got a place I can sleep Where I'll be safe and sound She got a lock on her door Oh, but I got the key She don't walk the floor But ...

One Tonight Chris LeDoux

Girl, I recognize the smoke in your eyesI've seen it in mine tooWe both had been burned, hard lessons learnedFrom making some bad movesWe keep looking for the perfect time and placeGood things don'...

Runaway Love Chris LeDoux

Blue bonnets line a hundred miles of Texas highwayAll the way from Kadee, to downtown San AntonioThe sun's so hot I feel the steam rise off this ChevroletIf you can stand the heat, we'll drive down...

Old Paint Chris LeDoux

I ride an old paint I lead an old DanI'm off to Montan' for to throw the hooley annThey feed in the coulees they water in the drawTheir tails're all matted their backs're all rawRide around little ...

Bang A Drum Chris LeDoux

I went to see the preacherTo teach me how to prayHe looked at me and smiledThen that preacher turned awaySaid, "If you want to tell him somethingYou ain't gotta fold your handsSay it with your hear...

One Ride In Vegas Chris LeDoux

He's packed up his boots and his saddleSeventeen, headin' out on his ownAnd he'll rodeo from Cheyenne to TexasDreamin' of one ride in Vegas, one ride in VegasLonely nights in rundown motel roomsAch...

Sometimes You'Ve Just Gotta Ride Chris LeDoux

His name was Twister he lived in the pastureRight down from my daddy's farmThey say there's a cowboy who once tried to ride himNow he's mending fences with only one armOn my way home from school so...

Life Is A Highway Chris LeDoux

Life's like a road that you travel onOne day here and the next day goneSometimes you bend, sometimes you standSometimes you turn your back to the windThere's a world outside every darkened doorWher...

One Road Man Chris LeDoux

There's so many roads a man can takeOne wrong turn can make a good heart breakWhen it comes to you well there'll be no mistakeI'm a one-road manThere are men who like to see the sightsAnd they get ...

Dallas Days And Fort Worth Nights Chris LeDoux

Under the skies of old Big D he works a nine-to-fiveBending steel and driving nails by phone in a suit and tieHe fights traffic in his Mercedes to put on his cowboy bootsThen he climbs on board his...

Tougher Than The Rest Chris LeDoux

Well Its Saturday Night!You're All Dressed Up In Blue!I've Been Watchin' You A While!Maybe, You've Been Watchin' Me Too!So Somebody Ran Out! Left Somebodys Heart In A Mess!Well If You're Lookin' Fo...

Slow Down Chris LeDoux

Well I used to laugh with an old friend till the busy world pulled him awayEvery now and then I see him again but he's not the same man I knew yesterdayHis smile just grows smaller and smaller and ...

Sons Of The Pioneers Chris LeDoux

Well way out west where the wild wind blows the eagle flies and the sage brush growsTraditions are holding on you'll be glad to hearThey're being kept alive by the Sons of The PioneersLike that you...

Hairtrigger Colt's .44 Chris LeDoux

I'm a man who's goin' to hell with heaven's blessingThe judge said I'm not fit to live with menThey're building me a gallows in the courtyardTo make sure I don't pass this way againMy first taste o...

Light Of The World Chris LeDoux

In a lonely all night diner on a rainy city streetA girl eats at the counter with a suitcase at her feetAnd the waitress looks her over and she knows that she can't paySo when the girl slips out th...

Rusty Spurs Chris LeDoux

Rusty spurs a hangin' from a nail their on the wallCold winds a blowin' and the snow begins to fallOld man a dreamin' in his rockin' chairThinkin' bout the days gone by wishin' he was thereRodeo, y...

Long Black Veil Chris LeDoux

Ten years ago on a cool, dark nightThere was someone killed 'neath the town hall lightThere were few at the scene but they all did agreeThat the slayer who ran looked a lot like meThe judge said, "...

Rodeo Rose Chris LeDoux

When I first saw you, I didn't think you were too prettyKinda dumb looking and tell you the truth really uglyBut I wanted and needed what you had to offerSo I swallowed my pride and together, we hi...

John Ed Sang Cowpoke Chris LeDoux

When the rodeo was overWe're all go to the roomWe're drink some beer, relax awhileAnd sing some cowboy tunesThat old guitar we passed aroundIt was battered, scratched, and brokeBut Lord, it sounded...

Where Is The Glory Chris LeDoux

When I was a lad an old cowboy told me well son you're sure ridin' wellThere's fame and there's fortuneAnd glory waitin' at the end of the rodeo trailSo I packed up my stuff in my old pickup truck ...

Wife Behind The Cowboy Chris LeDoux

There's lots of pretty cowgirls but this you may not knowThere's a very special kind at every rodeoHer husband is a cowboy she's his greatest fanShe's the wife behind the cowboy and the cowboys a l...

Too Old To Play Cowboy Chris LeDoux

Boots spurs and a pearl handle cap pistol and a gold mine that dug in the sandI rode the fence line in her backyard each day on a stick horse I called old DanOne day my mama she called me aside and...

Old Jake Chris LeDoux

Now old Jake was a cowboy he'd worked his whole life on the rangeAnd he could rope, and he could ride with any man just half his ageOld Jake was my hero and me I was just a green kidAnd I prayed th...

Not For Heroes Chris LeDoux

There are songs about the heroes and the great things they have doneAnd the hell they went through to get this farBut this song is for the cowboy who never been a heroAnd the hard times he goes thr...

Go Riding, Young Cowboy Chris LeDoux

He stood out in the Cheyenne area dust by the latch on chute number fourThe young cowboys were laughin' at him and at the out of date clothes that he woreThough his trophy buckle was old it told of...

There's Nobody Home On The Range Anymore Chris LeDoux

The old man used to dream of the fortunes he'd seekNow he lives in a room where you pay by the weekHis hands are all battered and his pony's gone lameHis bones always ache when the sky looks like r...

The Buckskin Lady Chris LeDoux

Now, I've got a pony, the fastest thing around,And of all the girls I've known she's the truest one I've found.Well, she'll cut 'em and she'll head 'em just the way you want 'emTurned,And if you dr...

Oklahoma Joe Chris LeDoux

He prayed upon the bad ones so wide was spread his fameFrom Houston up to Calgary the folks all knew his nameHe was the toughest cowboy ever worked the rodeoThis man that they call Oklahoma JoeHis ...

Daydream Cowboy Chris LeDoux

I'm sittin' in a city filled with people cars and smokeThe walls are closin' in on me my heart's about to chokeThe world becomes a foggy dream and I no longer seeThe dirty concrete canyons where I ...

Rodeo, You've Cast A Spell Chris LeDoux

White lines go flash-in by meAs I wonder where this road will finally endI think about the past and I'm not too sureJust where the road beganI see the farmers plowingAnd I see the cattle feeding on...