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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
I grew up with stories 'bout the ghost of boot hill
Teddy Blue Abbott and Scandalous Bill
Them boys are all gone now, them holes have been filled
By bodies of cowboys who left no wills
And some are sadder than hell
[Verse 2]
You only hear them stories when you're out on the range
With real old boys on the real old plains
Not rodeo riders or farmers of land
Not a singer in a barroom, or an Ag. Businessman
Just sad old campfire tales
[Verse 3]
And I heard this story back when I was a kid
About a crafty wild stallion and he stole mares and hid
They couldn't kill him 'cause he stayed out of range
He was a saber toothed rocket with a human brain
The king of the plains
[Verse 4]
And Old Tex watched him for many a year
And he followed his hoof steps and learned what he feared
He staked out four geldings, the fastest he had
In twenty mile stretches, 'cross a hundred mile of land
Gumbo and Hardpan
[Verse 5]
And early next mornin' he spotted his prey
And he built to the stallion on his horse named Bay
And they jumped two fences as they tore 'cross the plains
Hazin' that stallion t'wards the next horse exchange
And gave Bay the reins
[Verse 6]
And he got off Bay all lathered and sore
And he saddled up Red and went a'runnin' some more
Chasing that stallion 'cross badlands and sage
With the stallion and Tex all caught in a rage
Of this horse that won't cage
[Verse 7]
The next horse was Buck, when it came down to swap
The hot afternoon sun had old Red 'bout to drop
Buck was sure-footed and quick on his feet
And they went chasin' the stallion in the Montana heat
The stud ain't missin' a beat
[Verse 8]
The last horse was Blackie with the sun gettin' low
And that old western horizon beginnin' to glow
The stallion he stumbled and fell with his pride
But got up a'runnin' and damn how he tried
And then he fell and died
[Verse 9]
I've talked about horses but I ain't mentioned Tex
With blood on his chaps, from them blisters that bled
A hundred miles runnin' had taken its toll
That old stud was his hero, his heart and his soul
'Til now he didn't know
[Verse 10]
Tex looked on the ground where he died
And a defiant look was still a glare in his eye
The stallion had stumbled and died in the sage
It all represented the end of an age
The end of an age
[Verse 11]
I grew up with stories 'bout the ghost of boot hill
Teddy Blue Abbot and Scandalous Bill
Them boys are all gone now, them holes have been filled
By bodies of cowboys who left no wills
And some are sadder than hell
[Outro]
And some are sadder than hell
And some are sadder than hell