At seven this I got on the phone And to hold my Bronc as long as you can My car broke down in Billings and they just got it back I'll be finishing in to old Cheyenne We'll here I am in Sheridan and its 9 In the morning and times fast I pulled her over, had some coffee and a donut And I the car a brand new tank of gas
Well, I don't know if I'm make it nine-fifteen, I'll be lucky if I ever get there By god, now what's I hear, is it a siren Sure enough he got me on his He pulled up behind me and turned on flashing lights A sign that I knew meant 'Pull So I stomped on my and as I skidded to a halt I wiped out three reflector posts the shoulder
He got outta this car and was real slow So I jumped out and met him way He out his gun and said, "Mister are you crazy I ain't never seen drive that way" I him, "Take it easy" and he could put up that cannon The way he shakin', it might go off He put up the gun as I explained my He listened to my story then he
He wrote me out a ticket, that seemed to forever I it and as I headed for my car That cop he hollered me and said, "Hey, cowboy You better slow down 'cause you outrun this radar" As I rolled on down the road, I was and a-swearin' About the ticket that I had just I wondered if I ought to pay it or it out the window But I might just set the damn thing
So I gunned it once again and was a traveling the road the gas pedal a mashed to the floor When I came around a curve and right in the highway There's more sheep than I ever seen before I'm going too fast to ever stop, so I close my eyes As the car on through the herd When I up my eyes again, there's a sheep on the fender And that herd's sayin' mighty awful words
The sweats a-drippin' off my hands as I through old Wheatland I'm a nervous wreck and I must be a The flies inside this old car are buzzin' all me my 24-hour deodorant quit last night 60, 50, 40, 30, 20 miles more the rodeo in another 18 minutes I pull in through the main gate and I hear the anthem I can't it, thank God, I finally made it
There's one more obstacle that's standin' in my way It's a with a weekend badge He standin' by the and as I slide her to a halt He says, "Where in the you goin' so dog gone fast" I him I'm entered and I ain't got time to talk My horse is in the chute and I'm He says I need to get a pass the secretary My eyes get red, my heart up with hate
I yell, "You so and so, you better let me through" he asked if I'd that once again So I whacked him in the and then I left him lyin' there On his a-kickin' in the sand I got there just in to see my Bronc come runnin' out His head and tail was way up high I swear he looked right straight at me and grinned and gave horse laugh And me I stood there and cried
I turned around feelin' helpless and dumbfounded I and what did I see 3 patrolmen and a gateman with a fat lip And they were all a-lookin' at me Sittin' in the cell now I've a lot of thinkin' that wild run I made a month ago I'm sorry that I'm in this rotten If I could do it again I have drove so slow If I could do it again i wouldn't have drove so