Fourth Of July Rodeos - Chris Ledoux

Just about two hundred years ago they signed that declaration

Tellin' everybody in the whole wide world they’re gonna start a brand new nation

From that day on the 4th of July has been a holiday

To the rich man poor man and everybody but the cowboys in the RCA

Well I get on the phone and call the airlines rent-a-cars and Greyhound stations

Cause I’ve entered bout thirteen rodeos out across the great big nation

Got the car tuned up the tanks full of gas I’ve got money in my hand

And if I ain’t overdrawn by the end of the week at the bank I’m a lucky man

It’s the 4th of July on the rodeo trail and it’ll drive you insane

My wife’s worried home by the telephone I’m on the road again

It’s the Forth of July on the rodeo trail if I ever make it home I swear

I’m gonna to hang up my hat put up my riggin' sack

And for a month I’m gonna stay right there

Well I’ve been on the road about three days now and I haven’t had a minutes rest

There’s dark circles all around my bloodshot eyes and my face is now a

whiskered mess

Boy I’d sure like a bath and a home cooked mean but for now I must be satisfied

With this double super-duper half cooked burger

And a side of grease soaked french fries

Well the week’s nearly over and I wonder to myself will I ever make it home

alive

When a bronc fell on me up in Calgary when he slipped tryin' to make his high

dive

And the plane and the pilot that we rented looked like surplus from World War I

And I thought any times about suicide but I haven’t found myself a gun

It’s the 4th of July on the rodeo trail…