We made camp along Red the cattle as they bedded down Back at the wagons, after supper We spread our bedrolls on the
And me and Willie, we took the night And the sage smelled so sweet The moon was blazin' silver No chance tonight for a
Way yonder, off in the distance Towards the mountains in the west Did I see lightnin', did I hear My mind is weary, I use some rest
all at once, the wind shifts directions The clouds rolls in the tumbleweeds These longhorn cattle, are gettin' God us all, if they stampede
the rain, hear the thunder The midnight sky, turns as death The lightnin' crashes, the sulfur It's rank and strong, Satan's breath
The cattle rise up and go to I spur my pony on and take the And across the herd, I can Willie yellin' Hey stampede!
clouds rise, as the rain falls They mix together, the air to mud I feel the longhorns brush me And I can feel the demons racin' through my
all at once, my pony stumbles We hit the ground, I rise up to my In the of light, I can see the cattle comin' Lord I I'm gonna die in this stampede
Then I and I look around me I'm in my bedroll and I'm layin' on the Over there's the and there's the campfire I was only dreamin', but what's sound?
Then I feel the tremble underneath me As the midnight sky to bleed And from the blackness I can hear yellin' Hey stampede!