Rodeo Queen

(Shel Silverstein)



She wakes while you sleep and tiptoes out softly

And brings you your coffee in bed

And she crawls in beside you with biscuits

And kisses until all your hungers're fed.



Then she opens the paper and reads

How them rodeo rowdies have rolled into town

Then she's gone with the wind and you shook off again

And here's how it looks from the ground.



With a rodeo queen, belle of the ball

She's out of the shoe and she's tossin' 'em all

And if you think about it you will take the fall

Lovin' a rodeo queen.



--- Instrumental ---



She's home in the morning looks a bit weary

And smilin' a little bit strange

But she fixes your coffee and lays down beside you

Just as if nothin' had changed.



And while she holds you you're holdin' back words

You know that you'd better not say

But she makes no excuses shows no regrets

And you just better love her that way.



She's a rodeo queen, belle of the ball

She's out of the shoe and she's tossin' 'em all

And if you think about it you will take the fall

Lovin' a rodeo queen.



She's a rodeo queen, belle of the ball

She's out of the shoe and she's tossin' 'em all

And if you think about it you will take the fall

Lovin' a rodeo queen...