If Heartaches Were Horses

Been in the saddle since the sun came up

Roundin' up strays in this old West Texas dust

She's been packin' her things since I put coffee on

By sundown she'll be gone

Damn this old girth, worn right in two

But a spare length of leather and I'll make it do

Just when I think I've got life by the reigns

Home ain't sweet home on the range

If heartaches were horses and hard times were cattle

I'd ride home at sunset sittin' tall in the saddle

If heartaches were horses and hard times were cattle

And she'd say she loved me and this cowboy way of life

She'd be right beside me when we rode home tonight

If heartaches were horses and hard times were cattle

I'd ride home at sunset sittin' tall in the saddle

If heartaches were horses and hard times were cattle