Pushin horns weren't easy
like the movie says it was
I don't remember dance hall girls
Or hotel rooms with rugs
You worked hot and tired and nasty
Rode your pony's head too low
And all them nights you couldn't sleep
Cause it was too damn cold
And we sing Strawberry Roan, Little Joe
Like the time we hit the river
And the rain begun to fall
The water risin' so damn fast
We thought it'd drown us all
Now we lost a lot of steers that day
And four or five good mounts
But when all the boys rode into camp
We knew that's what counts
And we sang, yippie ti yi yay, Amazing Grace
Or the night they broke behind us
And they took us by surprise
I whistled out to Bonner
I saw the terror in his eyes
And he rode for all his horse would ride
And I know he done his best
But he crossed over Jordan
Ridin' Dunny to his death
And we sang, Bringing in the Sheaves and The Rugged Cross
When you see the cowboy
He's not ragged by his choice
And he never meant to bow them legs
Or put that gravel in his voice
Just chasin' what he really loves
What's burnin' in his soul
Wishin' to hell that he'd been born a hundred years ago
Still singin' Strawberry Roan and Little Joe
still singin' Strawberry Roan and Little Joe