Road hard and I put up wet, I ain`t down but I can`t get up yet
It`s a long ride back to the way I want to feel
Sun down across the plain, I`ve bee sore before I`ll be sore again
No place to hide to keep from runnin`
Laid down in the cotton wood hollow though I left a trail no man could follow,
Is it safe to rest my head again till morning
Cracked throat and my canteen`s dry and
Rain don`t fall from an empty sky, so I`ll whisper Hail Marys till the sun comes up
Now don`t tell me that part of the story when the cowboy falls in love
When he traded in his pistol and his saddle and the stars above
When the candle`s burnin` down, when midnight comes around
You know the best that we can hope for is to be laughin` when we finally hit the ground
Road hard come down tired, strip from the saddle when the rifle fired,
Deep in dreams of women and clean water
Well I did before what I`ll do again
So forgive me father if I have sinned, but the old wood cracks before it bends
Now don`t tell me that part of the story when the cowboy falls in love
When he traded in his pistol and his saddle and the stars above
When the candle`s burnin` down, when midnight comes around
You know the best that we can hope for is to be laughin` when we finally hit
Yeah the candle`s burnin` down, now midnight comes around
You know the best that we can hope for is to be laughin` when we finally hit the ground
The candle`s burnin` down, and when midnight comes around