Old Cheyenne lyrics

The band would play the anthem

And the clowns fell down in jest

All the people saw again

The winning of the west

Our stomachs full of nothing

And our hearts were full of hopes

As we buckled on our leggings

And we rosined up our ropes

And we started going down the road

In the spring of '74

If I had me another trade

I wouldn't ride them bulls no more

Since Charlie died I tried to forget

That day in old Cheyenne

Betty leave your lights on darlin'

I'm going to make it if I can

Cause it gets inside your blood

It gets inside your mind

The only way of life

There ain't no other kind

All my thoughts roll back to you

I hope you'll understand

Betty leave your lights on darlin'

Going to make it if I can

The place that's known as Cheyenne

Is called the daddy of them all

The one our fathers sang about

At the round-ups in the fall

When Charlie drew that spinning bull

Lord everything went wrong

Got him in an ambulance

Left me here to sing this song

And I've kept right on a going

But I drink before I ride

That bottle brings me courage

I believe I'm damn near out of pride

I think I'd get me a factory job

If you'd help me make my stand

Betty leave your lights on darlin'

Going to make it if I can

Cause it gets inside your blood

It gets inside your mind

The only way of life

There ain't no other kind

All my thoughts roll back to you

I hope you'll understand

Betty leave your lights on darlin'

Going to make it if I can