This Life I Love

That old roan is anxious for the trailer This old diesel ain't seen its last mile My old leg is feeling somewhat better And I ain't rodeoed in a little while I want to hear the creaking of the leather on my saddle I want to see that sunset sinking on a cowboy town I want to feel the grit in my teeth after the battle I want to touch the sky before I hit the ground It's in my heart, it's in my head, it's in my blood This rodeo This life I love My daddy busted broncs in Colorado Mama barrel raced the circuit in Cheyenne My roots run deep in ol' cowboy bravado It's not just what I do It's simply who I am I want to hear the creaking of the leather on my saddle I want to see that sunset sinking on a cowboy town I want to feel the grit in my teeth after the battle I want to touch the sky before I hit the ground It's in my heart, it's in my head, it's in my blood This rodeo This life I love It hasn't made me too much1 money And it's brought me a lot of pain But there's a wildness about it That I don't want to tame I want to hear the creaking of the leather on my saddle I want to see that sunset sinking on a cowboy town I want to feel the grit in my teeth after the battle I want to touch the sky before I hit the ground It's in my heart, it's in my head, it's in my blood This rodeo This life I love