Only Road You Know

The rodeo is over and the crowd has all gone home



And you have time to walk around these lonely grounds alone



You see the empty buckin chutes where broncs and bulls have stood



You think about the way they fired the bad ones and the good



You ask yourself what calls me on why did I ever go



And leave my loved ones far behind to follow rodeo



Though you haven't got a dime you know just where to go



You'll pack your hat and riggin' sack to another rodeo



Some folks say that you're a bum but you know that isn't so



You are just a happy guy on the only road you know



You bucked down at Mount Isa when you got hot from the swell



And you missed one out at Alice Springs but they said you spurred him well



Feeling bruised and battered and your sprits mighty low



You hear the highway call you on to another rodeo



Though you haven't got a dime...