Chris Ledoux

[Asmina]

"Tweedle Dee"


"Tweedle Dee"

He wore a purple shirt a yeller neck tie
some high heal boots that come knee high
Crocket spurs hangin' off his feet
The hair across his forehead was combed real neat
He had himself a saddle an old Ham lee
He placed it on the back of that Tweedle Dee
Measured off his hat grain with a piece of hair
Just by lookin' you could tell he was scared
Tweedle dee oh tweedle dee you could tell by lookin'
He's scared of that tweedle dee

Well his chaps were glued up and so was his cap
And that ol pine rosin was a drippin' from his hands
He had his saddle covered so the judges couldn't see
He's glued up ready for this tweedle dee
Tweedle dee oh tweedle dee he's glued up and ready
To ride this tweedle dee

All the bronc riders say he's a might rank horse
And many good cowboys' he has tossed
But when you come right down to it
Its pain to see he ain't nothin' but another Tweedle Dee
Tweedle dee oh tweedle dee he ain't nothin' but another big balute
He's a tweedle dee

 

[Asmina]

"Cowboy's Prayer"

"Cowboy's Prayer"



The raindrops fall on my camper the lightening crashes and lights the sky
I look at the window sprayed with raindrops I see her face and I see her smile
Never before have I needed someone this rode was my home and I loved it there
But now you come into my life asnd tonight alone I say a prayer
Oh Lord let her stay my woman oh God above she's all I've got
This road I've traveled is no companion my woman's love is all I want
Oh Lord let her stay...

 

[Asmina]

"Copenhagen"

"Copenhagen"


Copenhagen it makes me feel so good.
Copenhagen the way I know it should.
I put a little chew in my mouth,
Go spittin' and a-slobberin'
All around the house, that
Copenhagen, it makes me feel so good.

I took a chew just the other night-
It made me feel so fine.
I Grabbed my honey baby
And I pinched her ol' behind.
She said, "you better spit out that
Chewin' tobaccer if you wanna kiss
Me on the big ol' smacker,
That Copenhagen, it makes me feel so good.

Copenhagen it makes me feel so good.
Copenhagen the way I know it should.
I put a little chew in my mouth,
Go spittin' and a-slobberin'
All around the house, that
Copenhagen, it makes me feel so good.

I was sittin' in a bar room
And I took a little dip
Drinkin' beer and talkin'
But I had no place to spit.
So I spit a stream out on the floor,
And that bouncer flung me out the door,
That Copenhagen, it makes me feel so good.

Copenhagen it makes me feel so good.
Copenhagen the way I know it should.
I put a little chew in my mouth,
Go spittin' and a-slobberin'
All around the house, that
Copenhagen, it makes me feel so good.

It's a cure all too
It cures fits, warts, freckles, coughs,
Colds, runny nose.
Guaranteed not to rip, run or snag.
Makes conception a wonder and
Child birth a pleasure...
That's Copenhagen, makes me feel so good!

 

[Asmina]

"Rodeo Life"

"Rodeo Life"


I suppose, there's a better way to make a livin'
To make money so I could live in luxury
But the life behind a desk in a building
Would be like a prison sentence to me

My manners are not refined or even polished
And my speech it may be crude to most you see
I guess that I was just born a dreamer
But in my life I relish pride and being free

My clothes are high heeled boots and a big hat
And the buckle on my belt I wear with pride
You might even find a snuff can in the pocket
of these old wore out faded blue Levi's

Well I'm a cowboy
On the rodeo circuit
And when it's time to ride Well I bear down and try
But when I play I go to some ol' crowded bar room
And get drunk and wild along with the other guys

Well I know it can't go on like this forever
And I maybe a fool just runnin' wild through life
But it's my life and I'll live it to the fullest
And I can look back and say that it was right

And some day when my rovin' days are finally all over
Well I can picture a little home down beside a stream
And with a son and his mother sittin' by me and with love
I'll help him to strive to reach his dream.
Good Cowgirls keep their calves together

 

[Asmina]

""Hometown Cowboy"

"Hometown Cowboy"

He was just a hometown cowboy his belly kind of fat
Acme boots up on his feet and a big U-roll-it hat
He entered in the bull riding he did it on a dare
To please his little sweetheart with the long blond hair

He borrowed himself a bull rope spurs and a riding glove
To prove he was no coward to the girl he loved
His bull was standing in the chute his girl was in the stands
Wating to hear the name of her brave young man

He climed down on the back of that big ol' Bramer bull
One of the veteran cowboys came and gave his rope a pull
Someone said are you ready boy he said I guess I am
The bull jumped out and turned back and flung him to the sand

The hometown girl had watched it all and wasn't to impressed
She started looking around for a real man from the west
She looked around the arena and standin' by the fence
Was a tallean cowboy with a big black hat and tight fittin Levi pants

It was Jim a fine young cowboy he rode Broncs and Bramer bulls
He rodeo them quite consistently so his pockets were always full
Somehow he happened to glance up in the stands
And he saw that pretty blond haired girl as she was watching him

Meanwhile the hometown cowboy was back behind the chute
Dabbing blood off his nose and dumpin' sand from his boots
He got himself together wiped some manure off his shirt
He knew his girl would sloothe him cause he was darn sure hurt

He saw his blood haired girlfriend as he rounded the main grandstand
And his poor heart sank as he saw her leaving with another man
So boys if you don't rodeo leave well enough alone
And don't take your girl to the pitching cause you may not take her home

 

[Asmina]

"Photo Finish"

"Photo Finish"



At seven this morning I got on the phone and said to hold my Bronc as long as you can
My car broke down in Billings and they just got it back together
I'll be photo finishing in to old Cheyenne
We'll here I am in Sheridan and its 9 o'clock in the morning and times a going fast
I just pulled her over had some coffee and a donut and I bought the car a brand new tank of gas
Well I don't know if I'm gonna make it, its nine-fifteen
I'll be lucky if I ever get there
By god what it that I hear, is it a siren, sure enough he got me on his radar
He pulled up behind me and turned on those flashing lights a sign that I knew meant pull it over
So I stomped on my brakes and as I skidded to a halt, I wiped out three reflector posts along the shoulder
He got outta his car and was a walkin real slow so I jumped out and met him half-way
He jerked out his gun and said mister are you crazy, I ain't never seen nobody drive that way
I told him take it easy and he could put up that cannon the way he was shakin it just might go off
He put up the gun as I explained my situation he listened to my story then he coughed
He wrote me out a ticket, that seemed to take forever. I took it and as I headed for my car
That cop he hollered after me and said Hey cowboy you better slow down cause you can't outrun this radar!
As I rolled on down the road I was a cursin and a swearing about the ticket that I had just acquired
I wondered if I ought to pay it our just throw it out the window, but I might just set the damn thing afire
So I gunned it once again and was a traveling down the highway with the gas pedal a mashed to the floor
When I came around a curve and right there in the highway there was more damn sheep than I ever seen before
I'm going to fast to ever stop, so I just close my eyes as the car rolls on through the herd
When I opened up my eyes again there's a sheep on the fender and that and that herds saying some mighty awful words
The sweats a drippin off my hands as I barrel through old Wheatland I'm a nervous wreck and I must be a sight
The flies inside this old car are buzzin all around me.
Guess my 24-hour deoderant quit last night
60 50 40 30 20 miles more the rodeo starts in another 18 minutes
I pull in through the main gate and I hear the anthem playing,
I can't believe it thank God I finally made it
There's only one more obstacle a standing in my way.
Its a nitwit with a weekend badge
He standing by the gate and as I slide her to a halt,
He yells where in the hell you goin so dog gone fast
I tell him that I'm entered and I ain't got time to talk
My horse is in the chute and i'm late
He says I need to get a pass from the secretary my eyes get red my heart fills up with hate.
I yell you dirty so and so you better let me through he asked if I'd repeat that once again
So I whacked him in the mouth and a left him lyin there on his back a kicking in the sand
I got there just in time to see my Bronc come runnin out his head and tail was a held way up high
I swear he looked right straight at me and grinned and gave horse laugh and me I just stood there and cried I turned around feelin helpless and fairly dumbfounded
I looked and what did I see 3 highway patrolmen and a gateman with a fat lip and
They were all a lookin right at me
Sittin in the cell now I've done a lot of thinkin about that wild run I made a month ago
I'm sorry that I'm in this rotten situation
If I could do it again I wouldn't have drove so slow
If I could do it again I wouldn't have drove so slow

 

[Asmina]

"Copenhagen Angel"

"Copenhagen Angel"


Well she rolls her own cigarettes with the work of just on hand
She acts mean and she cusses I know she wish she were a man
She got her teeth knocked out by a bucking horse
And when I told her that It made her look tough
She just grinned and said I like it that way
And then she loaded up her lip with snuff
She's my snooze queen she's my Copenhagen angel
She's my Beech Nut bunny she's my Red Fox brush hog

She can ride a bareback horse and she can really hook it to a bull
She never misses her saddle bronc out and then she rides it like a spurrin' fool
She team ropes with the best of them ties a calf in 9.3
She dogs steers just for fun that'll make a fool out of you and me
She's my snooze queen...

Oh well a buckle polisher she's dang sure not
Cause she wins her own in all the tough spots
Chasing cowboys just ain't her style but winning the prize money that makes her smile
She's got a plug in both her cheeks she's got Copenhagen in her lips
She's got a roll your own between her teeth and I've never even seen her spit
She's my snooze queen...

 

[Asmina]

"Rodeo Trails"

"Rodeo Trails"
You made a few bucks in a show down in Texas
You rode the train north threw the sand and the sage
It took all you had to make entry in Denver
A cheap hotel room like a cat in a cage
But you hit a good lick when you won the bull doggin'
Marked eighty points on that old Brahma bull
The entry fees high up in Utah they tell me
But your going there with a back pocket full
Get out while you can hoss there ain't nothin' to it
Some ornerya old broncs gonna lame you for life
It got in your blood so you just gotta do it
The rodeo trails gonna widder your wife

You drew an old nag that looked easy in Utah
But he had a temper as bad as his looks
His high divin' twist was the worst ever you saw
But all that you took was one for the book
Now ten days have past your feeling much better
Your bad leg still hurts but your thinkin' bout home
You use your last buck to mail her a letter
Says honey my last one is in San Anton
Get out while you can...
Get out while you can hoss there ain't nothin' to it
The rodeo trails gonna widder your wife

 

[Asmina]

"The Passenger"

"The Passenger"


It was dark and I was driving down a lonely Texas road
The night was hot and sleep pulled at my eyes
I was thinking bout the wild times and the women that I'd had
The deceitful things I'd done and those lies

When standin' in the shadows at the side of the road
Stood the figure of a withered old man
He wore a black bandana a ropin' stetson hat
With a two inch scarlet hat band

He held his wrinkled hand up as a sign to shut 'er down
So I pulled over and stopped at his side
He opened up the door slid in and sat down
And said my ain't it hot tonight

I studied this old man and it seemed mighty strange
For him to be out here all alone
And then he started talking and he told me many things
Of times that both of us had known

He told me of the wild life and the women that he'd known
How none of them had ever meant a thing
He told me of a black night much the same as this
Of the strange and awesome things he'd seen
A man beside the road had raised his hand
And flagged him down So he stopped and let him in
That stranger told him stories that I am hearing now
Bout the wild times and all the sin

And the car got cold and clamy and this old man looked at me
He said boy I've come here for you
Your days of wicked sinnin' have come to an end
As a mortal on this earth you are through

Then his eyes got red and firey as he took his stetson off
To reveal his evil horns shiney and black
My god the fear came o'er and my senses were all lost
I fought with him until we finally crashed

Next day they found the car at the bottom of the draw
The young cowboy was found beside the wreck
The car had been consumed by fire
But the cowboy had no marks
Except the smokin' pitchfork brand upon his neck

 

[Asmina]

""Scene We All Ain't Saw"

"Scene We All Ain't Saw"

Old Badger was an outlaw that no man could ever ride
So tough the devils pitch fork couldn't penetrate his hide
To beat him was the dream of every cowboy in the land
But try they might as sure is right they'll wind up in the sand

A brag came up from Texas by the name of Too Oaks Tall
Was out to get old Badger cause old Too Oaks rode 'em all
He said he'd tie a granny knot in Badger's twisting tail
So thousands came to stake his claim or to see how bad he'd fail

A mighty crowd had gathered with old Badger in the cute
The stirrups felt the boating weight of Too Oaks heavy boots
Then the cute swang open and the crowd began to roar
Cause shirt tail feet upon the seat like waves upon a shore

They circled that area Badger pawing out his hate
But Tall stuck in the saddle like his tail was made of paste
Badger then exploded as his hooves beat on the air
But Tall did stay like children's play in grandmas rockin' chair

The outlaw's eyes were blazin' and old Talls face was turnin' red
They take off to the right but wind up goin' left instead
They busted through the fence and crashed the stillness of the night
They filled the air with dust and hair and vanished out of sight

Some say they died of thirst and time turned them into stone
Others say they withered and buzzards picked their bones
But somewhere on that prairie is a scene we all ain't saw
Did Tall get throwed or Badger rode or was it called a draw