traveling with the rodeo it s the only life i ll ever know i started in new mexico must have been a thousand years ago i used to be the best they say at riding young wild horses for my pay but now i m much too old it seems i only rides wild horses in his dreams they use 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 say ride em cowboy don t let em throw you down you re the toughest cowboy in town i have always been a traveling cowboy but now there s no place left to go what in i supposed to do seems i m left out in the cold ride em cowboy don t let em throw you down you can t make no money if you hit the ground they say ride em cowboy don t let em throw you down you re the toughest cowboy in town oh midnight was the champion he is the only bronc i couldn t ride but now i hear old midnights blind and rides little children for a dime ladies used to hang around i must have been a hero in their eyes my silver spurs are rusted now lord i wished i tried to settle down they use 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 say ride em cowboy don t let em throw you down you re the toughest cowboy in town traveling with the rodeo it s the only life i ll ever know