when the rodeo was over we re all go to the room we re drink some beer relax awhile and sing some cowboy tunes that old guitar we passed around it was battered scratched and broke but lord it sounded mighty fine when john ed sang cowpoke ben he s think of some old tune and he s really wail away dunder s play the spoons and sing until the break of day clyde he s tell a poem or two and old rich he s crack a joke but damn it nearly make you cry when john ed sang cowpoke someday this road i travel lord i will leave behind but memories of the things i ve seen will never leave my mind on a quiet summer s evening when the sun is sinking low i ll think again of days gone by when john ed sang cowpoke 