travelin with the rodeo that s the only life i ve ever known it started in new mexico must ve been a hundred years ago i used to be the best they say ridin young wild horses for my pay now i m much too old it seems i only ride wild horses in my dreams they used to tell me ride em cowboy don t let em throw you down you can t make no money if you hit the ground they just said ride em cowboy don t let em throw you down you re the toughest cowboy in town i ve always been the rhinestone cowboy i don t care what glen campbell has to say what am i supposed to do midnight was a champion he s the only bronc i could not ride now they tell me midnight s blind he only rides the children for a dime ladies used to hang around i must ve been a hero in their eyes my silver spurs are rusty now lord i wish i tried to settle down they used to tell me ride em cowboy don t let em throw you down you can t make no money if you hit the ground they just said ride em cowboy don t let em throw you down you re the toughest cowboy in town travelin with the rodeo that s the only life i ve ever known it started in new mexico must ve been a hundred years ago