A cowboys life is a lonely road
Your back gets bent and your legs get bowed
Riding herd from town to town
Make your bed on cold hard ground
North to the grass-covered plains we go
south where wild winter winds don't blow
Early morning untill the daylights gone
Round up strays and keep moving on
Ride ride ride
I been riding all over this land
Wide Missouri to the Rio Grande
Work all day on a dusty trail
Spend my nights in a cowtown jail
Live on the cuff until I draw my pay
Drink and a gamble and I give it all away
Now aal cowboys gather round
Don't spend your nights on the cold hard ground
Life is to short and the road is long
And only folls would sing this song
Ride ride ride
I been riding all over this land
Wide Missouri to the Rio Grande
Ride ride ride
I been riding all over this land
Wide Missouri to the Rio Grande
Your back gets bent and your legs get bowed
Riding herd from town to town
Make your bed on cold hard ground
North to the grass-covered plains we go
south where wild winter winds don't blow
Early morning untill the daylights gone
Round up strays and keep moving on
Ride ride ride
I been riding all over this land
Wide Missouri to the Rio Grande
Work all day on a dusty trail
Spend my nights in a cowtown jail
Live on the cuff until I draw my pay
Drink and a gamble and I give it all away
Now aal cowboys gather round
Don't spend your nights on the cold hard ground
Life is to short and the road is long
And only folls would sing this song
Ride ride ride
I been riding all over this land
Wide Missouri to the Rio Grande
Ride ride ride
I been riding all over this land
Wide Missouri to the Rio Grande