Dodge City

We left San Antonio in April '83 Trailin' a herd to the railhead, my brother Bob and me Except for dust and Comanches, and nesters pushin' plows All I've seen since the day we left was the south end of those cows But there was lights in the distance I thought I heard music play The voices of fallen angels get closer everyday Well a hunter come by in a wagon, he looked part Cherokee I said "What's that ahead of us partner", this is what he said to me Yonder's Dodge City Queen of the cow towns Runnin' a wide open game Don't try to brand her She's too wild to handle Too tough by far for you to tame I drank whiskey in the longbranch And I got in a poker game Danced with some fancy ladies I don't recall by name Woke up in jail next morning, this blue lump on my head And an old tin star named Wyatt Earp unlocked the cell and said This here's Dodge City Queen of the cow towns Runnin' a wide open game Don't try to brand her She's too wild to handle Too tough by far for you to tame Got back my guns and saddle I wound up in Fort Worth Throwed in with Billy Ray Walker A pushin' another herd north He said "What's that ahead of us partner" I said "Billy if you care to know It's a slice of cowboy heaven, when you get there take it slow" Yonder's Dodge City Queen of the cow towns Runnin' a wide open game Don't try to brand her She's too wild to handle Too tough by far for you to tame She's way too wild for us to tame