Chris Ledoux

[Asmina]

"Freedom Ain't Free"

"Freedom Ain't Free"

You've finally arrived at the goals that you set
You thought that was it boy but you can't quit yet
There's a lonesome old road and it stats at the top
You got one way to go now and it's a mighty fast drop
You know freedom ain't free and glory ain't cheep
The prize that you gained it's a crown you can't keep
When you finally won at vanity's game
Is the title you hold worth the price you paid

You wrote your own song and you lived your own life
But something went wrong cause the feelin' ain't right
Oh you've got it all but the magic's all gone
You're at the top of the world boy but your standing alone
Is the title you hold silver and gold worth the price you paid
You got one way to go...

 

[Asmina]

"(Ghost) Riders In The Sky"

"(Ghost) Riders In The Sky"



An old cowpoke went ridin' out one cold and windy day
Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way
When all at once a might heard of red-eyed cows he saw
Went plowin' through the ragged skies and up a cloudy draw

Their bands were still on fire hooves were made of steel
Their horns were black and shinny and their hot breath he could feel
A bull of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky
For he saw the riders coming hard and he heard their mournful cry

Yippy yi ya yippy yi yo
Ghost riders in the sky

Their faces gothed their eyes were blurred their shirts all soaked with sweat
Their ridin' hard to catch that herd but they ain't caught 'em yet
Cause they gotta ride forever on that range up in the sky

On horses snortin' fire as they ride on hear their cry

Yippy yi ya yippy yi yo
Ghost riders in the sky

The riders lopped on by him and he heard one call his name
If you wanna save your soul from hell for ridin' on our range
Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride
Tryin to catch the devils herd across these endless skies

Yippy yi ya yippy yi yo
Ghost riders in the sky
Ghost riders in the sky
Ghost riders in the sky

 

[Asmina]

"Too Old To Play Cowboy"

"Too Old To Play Cowboy"


Boots spurs and a pearl handle cap pistol and a gold mine that dug in the sand
I rode the fence line in her backyard each day on a stick horse I called old Dan
One day my mama she called me aside and said you can't be fourteen again
There's not enough gold in your lost canyon mine to keep you from being a man
You're a little too old to play cowboy well its high time you made a change
So kick off your boots and bed down your horse
Cause there ain't no home on the range

A wife a son and a job at the factory but that never was really me
So we loaded up our old pickup truck to go where I wanted to be
A rodeo clown picked me up off the ground at the Cheyenne Frontier rodeo
That was the start of breakin' her heart she said you'd think a grown man would know
You're a little too old...

Bologna and beans were within our means and a hamburger once in a while
A new pair of jeans is the answer to dreams when you live in rodeo style
One day my boy said I don't want toys just a friend would satisfy me
And I knew right then I'd come to the end when the tears in his eyes said to me
You're a little too old...

 

[Asmina]

"Too Tough To Die"

"Too Tough To Die"

Now don't you try to tell me
The West is dead and gone
That cowboys have faded out
And just a memory lives on
There's a few of us left
And were alive and goin' strong

[CHORUS:]
From the rollin' hills of Texas
To the wild Montana plains
We still work on horseback
Just like the good old days
Now maybe it ain't quite the way it was
Once upon a time
The West might be changing
But it's still too tough to die

As long as there's a place where the eagle flys free
Where cattle roam the prairie just as far as you can see
There'll always be a reason and a need for cowboys like me

[CHORUS]

Oh, the West might be changing
But it's still too tough to die

 

[Asmina]

"The Life Of A Rodeo Cowboy"



"The Life Of A Rodeo Cowboy"

Well it really has been nice bein' with ya but I'm afraid that I've got to leave
As you know I'm a rodeo cowboy there's a rodeo down in Mesquite
That's the life of a rodeo cowboy breakin' broncs or getting' broke
That's the life of a rodeo cowboy and that's the only life I know
On the day you think your day is gonna be the big one
And I'll be walkin' away with all that they own
But then your lyin' hurtin' hearin' someone sayin'
Ah give him a hand that's all that cowboy is taking home
Hot beer and cold stale hamburgers makes a meal sorta hard to enjoy
And it kinda makes you think of your momma's chicken
Ah but that's the life of a rodeo cowboy
When your down and your really feelin' sorry well you go for a drink in some bar
Then someone points at you and you hear him whisper
Hey over there stands a rodeo star
When your down...

 

[Asmina]

"Old Jake"

"Old Jake"


Now old Jake was a cowboy he'd worked his whole life on the range
And he could rope, and he could ride with any man just half his age
Old Jake was my hero and me I was just a green kid
And I prayed that someday I could do all the things old Jake did
Well we sat around the bunk house one cold and lonely winter's night
Just chewin' and talkin' and smokin' by the coal oil light
Well old Jake had been aweful quiet that evenin' and he stared hard and long
He said young puncher you goin' to remember me after I'm gone
Whatever happens to old cowboy heros like me
A broken down part of a man I used to be
Will I be forgotten or live on in your memory
Whatever happens to old cowboy heros like me

It's been a long time and oh how the years fade away
Well I stopped by the bunk house were me and old Jake used to stay
They say Jake died about ten years ago and they buried him out there on the plains
Old friend you might be gone but your memory always stays the same
Whatever happens...

 

[Asmina]

"Song Of Wyoming"

"Song Of Wyoming"
I'm weary and tired I've done my day's ridin' nighttime is rolling my way
The sky's all on fire and the light's slowly fadin' peaceful and still ends the day
Out on the trail night birds are callin' singin' their wild melody
Down in the canyon cottonwood whispers a Song of Wyoming for me

I've wandered around the town and the city tried to figure the how and the why
I've stopped all my schemin' I'm just driftin' and dreamin'
Watching the river roll by
And here comes that big ole prairie moon risin' shinin' down bright as can be
And up on the hill there's a coyote singin' a Song of Wyoming for me

Well now it's whiskey and tobacco and bitter black coffee a lonesome old doggie am I
Waking up on the range Lord I feel like an angel free like I almost could fly
Drift like a cloud out over the badlands sing like a bird in the tree
The wind through the sage sounds like heaven singin' a Song of Wyoming for me
A Song of Wyoming for me

 

[Asmina]

"He Rides The Wild Horses"


"He Rides The Wild Horses"


Just a rodeo drifter, he comes and he goes,
Like a wild wind that blows in the night.
The highways and backroads are all that he knows,
He'll be gone with the mornin' grey light.

Like a blue norther howlin' like the tumbleweeds blow,
There's no way to settle him down.
His spirit's as wild as the horses he rides,
His freedom he wears like a crown.

And he rides the wild horses,
The same blood flows through their veins.
Yes he rides the wild horses,
Like the horses he'll never be tamed.

He'll never be broke, he won'T be tied down,
He'll never wear no man's brand.
He won't fit in with the nine to five crowd
Cause movin' all he understands.

And he rides the wild horses,
The same blood flows through their veins.
Yes he rides the wild horses,
Like the horses he'll never be tamed.

And he rides the wild horses,
The same blood flows through their veins.
Yes he rides the wild horses,
Like the horses he'll never be tamed.

 

[Asmina]

"So You Want To Be A Cowboy"

"So You Want To Be A Cowboy"

So you wanna be a cowboy and you wanna rodeo
Well I don't see nothin' to hold you back just pack your stuff and go
You'll travel many highways and boy you're gonna see it all
You'll have yourself some good times but you're gonna take some falls
Now lay off the hard liquor leave them pills alone
They'll only dull the senses and leave you weak and stoned
If you wanna be a winner son you better play it straight
Give it everything you got when they open up the gate
Well there ain't no easy goin on the rodeo trail
For every man that's made it a hundred men have failed
But if you're mighty lucky and you gotta lot of try
There's a big gold buckle waitin at the end of the line

Now if you got a woman son you better know her well
Cause it takes a special lady to follow you through hell
But if she'll stand beside you when you're down to your last dime
You've got yourself a treasure that few men ever find
Well there ain't no easy...

 

[Asmina]

"Blue Eyes And Freckles"

"Blue Eyes And Freckles"
Blue eyes and frcles neath a white cowboy hat
His two bestest friends are his dog and his cat
He's one of the good guys it's plain to see
shore enough cowboy though he's only three

There's a cute little filly she lives right next door
She'd like to brand him but he's no green horn
She'll offer him candy but he knows her game
he'll take what she gives him then be on his way

Blue eyes and freckles and holes in his jeans
out in the back yard ridin' his dreams
He's uor little cowboy until the day our
Fences can't hold him and he'll ride away.

Saturday morning he's up before dawn
Grabs his cap pistol and pulls his hat on
Today the Lone Ranger and him make their ride
Them outlaws better find some place to hide

With tears in his eyes and a scratch on his chin
His onery old cyuse done throwed him again
But a kiss and a cookie will soon ease the pain
He'll mount up and be back ridin' the range

Mama just look how our little boy's grown
He'll soon be a man with a mind all his own
And I know the hardest thing we'll ever do
Is take down the fences and just turn him loose