i got bucked off down in prescott and i ve been drivin half the night down this long and lonesome highway it seems there ain t no end in sight i didn t make the short go but if i make it to cheyenne there ll be another bronc to ride and i just might have a chance if i keep one hand in the riggin and one hand on the wheel no matter how far down the road i go there s always one more rodeo she d like for me to settle down but long as i m still livin i ll keep one hand on the wheel and one hand in the riggin what it is that keeps me goin sometimes i just don t know for the years that i ve spent ridin i don t have much to show while she waits all alone hopin i ll come back to stay but there s always one more mile to drive down another lonely highway and i keep one hand in the riggin one hand on the wheel no matter how far down the road i go there s always one more rodeo she d like for me to settle down long as i m still livin i ll keep one hand on the wheel and one hand in the riggin one hand on the wheel and one hand in the riggin 