Fourth Of July Rodeos

Just about two hundred years ago they signed that declaration



Tellin' everybody in the whole wide world



they're gonna start a brand new nation



From that day on the 4th of July has been a holiday



To the rich man, poor man, and everybody else but the cowboys in the RCA



Well I get on the phone and call the airlines



rent-a-cars and Greyhound stations



Cause I've entered bout thirteen rodeos out across the great big nation



Got the car tuned up



the tanks full of gas



I've got money in my hand



And if I ain't overdrawn by the end of the week



at the bank I'm a lucky man



Chorus:



It's the 4th of July on the rodeo trail



it'll drive you insane



My wife's worried home by the telephone



I'm on the road again



It's the Forth of July on the rodeo trail if I ever make it home I swear



I'm gonna to hang up my hat



put up my riggin' sack



And for a month I'm gonna stay right there



Well I've been on the road about three days now



and I haven't had a minutes rest



There's dark circles all around my bloodshot eyes



and my face is now a whiskered mess



Boy I'd sure like a bath and a home cooked meal



but for now I must be satisfied



With this double super-duper half cooked burger



And a side of grease soaked french fries



Well the week's nearly over and I wonder to myself

will I ever make it home alive



When a bronc fell on me up in Calgary



when he slipped tryin' to make his high dive



And the plane and the pilot that we rented looked like

surplus from World War I



And I thought any times about suicide



but I haven't found myself a gun



Chorus