i hear the sound of sorrow in the wind blowing down from every mile i ve ever been calling me out on some road that just won t end where the sweetheart rides the rodeo again a thousand nights a thousand towns i took the bows there is no compensation for me now out along the highway where the west was won no matter how fast i ride or far i run waiting for the sweetheart of the rodeo they re coming down from tonopah to tupelo she ll come to town to ride the radio like she s sliding down the walls of jericho there goes the sweetheart of the rodeo i stepped into the light you left behind i stood there where all the world could see me shine oh i was on my way to you to make you mine but i took the longest road that i could find 