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RIDE 'EM COWBOY
(David Allan Coe? Paul Davis?)

Travelin' with the rodeo,
That's the only life I've ever known.
It started in New Mexico,
Must've been a hundred years ago.
I used to be the best, they say,
Ridin' young wild horses for my pay.
Now I'm much too old, it seems.
I only ride wild horses in my dreams.

CHORUS: They used to tell me, "Ride 'em, cowboy.
Don't let 'em throw you down.
You can't make no money if you hit the ground."
They just said, "Ride 'em, cowboy.
Don't let 'em throw you down.
You're the toughest cowboy in town."

BRIDGE: I've always been the rhinestone cowboy.
I don't care what Glen Campbell has to say.
What am I supposed to do?
Midnight was a champion.
He's the only bronc I could not ride.
Now they tell me midnight's blind.
He only rides the children for a dime.
Ladies used to hang around.
I must've been a hero in their eyes.
My silver spurs are rusty now.
Lord, I wish I'd tried to settle down.

[Some Internet sources say this was written by David Allan Coe; some say by Paul Davis. They definitely both recorded it.]