Jerry Walker
We held a funeral and a wake at the Diamondback With every cowboy agathered in one room Swappin' tales and tellin' from days when they were young Fearless buckaroos who always let the run
I see us behind the chutes, standin' in the sun Light reflecting off the shiny buckles that won Farmin' boys from everywhere, just a ropin' in our Buckin' the highway in old trucks and faded jeans
Cheyenne days to Fort nights, we drove every inch of road We often spoke our dreams out loud, sharing and dirty clothes The bandaged up, the broken ones, too to ever cry The one we won the big go around, the drinks were to buy
were filled with mundane chores that kept us lean and mean But our nights were spent out dancin' with the fairest we'd seen Regaling them with ass tales, that weren't that far from true There wasn't a single favor asked that old pal wouldn't do
And year the finals drew us back to OKC Shoulders, Mahan, Steiner, Vol, and old Duffy And when the dust had settled and the go-round was run We stayed up all night singing songs every song was sung
The broken and broken hearts that led to broken homes And the trails we together, now we travel on alone And the we saw each summer, now we hardly saw at all A little something's off each time a cowboy falls
Well adios amigos, see you the line I sure enjoyed the bullshit, it brought back some good times And if you see those pals we knew from days when we were Tell I stil saddle up just to feel the ponies run