Just a broken down cowboy all down on his luck
He's been through the best of his friends
On a long lonesome highway in an ol' pickup truck
Cross Texas with a hot dusty wind
He was all around cowboy 1959
From the top it's been a long way down
Since the whiskey and ladies started winnin' his time
They rode him high and hard to the ground
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But he remembers the thrill of bein' a winner
And the feeling of bein' a beginner
In the days of his first rodeo
But there was somethin' about winnin'
that didn't last forever
But tomorrow it's bound to get better
He'll be the all around cowboy again
The windmills are turning on the west Texas plains
But he's dry as an old river bed
He's just like the dust that's a searching for rain
But he knows he'll be riding again
So he rolls up a smoke and he sips his Old Crow
Wipe the whiskers that cover his chin
He grins as he dreams of the next rodeo
To be the all around cowboy again
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