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