Chris Ledoux

[Asmina]

"What I'm Up Against"

"What I'm Up Against"

Forever never meant a thing to me
A week or two was far as I could see
It hasn't been my styleTo stay in one place for too long
I'd blow in like the wind
Then I'd be gone
But somethin's keepin' me from pickin' up and movin' on

[CHORUS:]
This is what I'm up against
Her soft cheeks and her tender lips
And when we're dancin' I just can't resist
Holdin' her close as I can
She's got a smile that lights up the room
Shames the sun and the jealous moon
Her body next to mine on nights like this
Is what I 'm up against

Could've made my getaway last night
'Told her that the feelin' wasn't right
I've always run when love was closin' in on me before
But she makes my knees too weak to reach the door
My mind says time to leave
While my heart, it begs for more

[CHORUS]

Just when I think I've found the strength to go
The look in her eyes
The touch of her hand
Let's me know

[CHORUS]

 

[Asmina]

"Simple As Dirt"

"Simple As Dirt"


Been like a rollin' wheel
In these fertile fields
Since I was five years old
Between then and now
I bet I've pulled this plow
About a million miles or so
I have never been nowhere
Oh but I don't care
To me there is no where else to go
And in all and all I am
Its just who I am
It's as complicated as new plowed earth
Simple as dirt

I love my wife and kids just like my daddy did
And my daddy's dad before
And their philosophy was handed down to me
Life is as easy as a hard days work
Simple as dirt

Well I live my life one day at a time
That's the only way I know
Oh lord I have paid my debts and have no regrets
And I reap the things I sow
And I'll keep pulling weeds and planting seeds
Until I reach the end of the road
But you can lay me down
This familiar ground
And on my stone carve just three words
Simple as dirt
I love my wife and kids just like my daddy did
And my daddy's dad before
And their philosophy was handed down to me
Life is as easy as a hard days work
Simple as dirt

Been like a rollin' wheel
Through these fertile fields
Since I was five years old

 

[Asmina]

"Bareback Jack"

"Bareback Jack"


When I was just a very young lad I walked up and I told my dad
A bareback rider's what I wanna be I want the whole world to know about me
In the rodeo arena I'll take my stand I wanna be known as a rodeo man
I'll come flyin' from the chute with my spurs up high
Chaps and boots reachin' for the sky
Spurrin' wild with my head throw'd back
You'll ask whose that well that's Bareback Jack
You'll ask whose that well that's Bareback Jack

The years of boyhood now have passed
It didn't take long to learn the tricks real fast
Now I'm goin' down the road with my rodeo gear
And I hope to make the finals in just a few years
And when my chance comes I'll give it a whirl
Try to win the championship of the world
I'll come flyin' from the chutes with my spurs up high
Chaps and boots reachin' for the sky
Spurrin' a wild with my head flung back
You'll all know me I'm Bareback Jack
You'll all know me I'm Bareback Jack

Well here I am I'm a layin' in bed
The son of a buck jumped onto my head
I'm a-layin' here dyin' and a hurtin' real bad
Now I wish I'd listened to my old dad
When he said son you'd better stop foolin' around
You're gonna get your guts stomped into the ground
You'll come flyin' from the chute with your tail up high
That old buckin' horse is gonna throw ya in the sky
When you come down you're gonna break your back
Then we'll all know you as Old Crippled Up Jack
And that'll be all for ol' Bareback Jack!

 

[Asmina]

"Horsepower"


"Horsepower"

I was born in a hurry but there wasn't any place to go
Nowhere fast seemed better than nowhere slow
I never really got the hang of hanging around

Oh when you get down to it
I guess I always knew it
What it is that makes my world go round

It's a matter of horsepower
For 8 seconds or miles per hour
That's the way I am and that's a fact I can't ignore
Yea, big boy legged, fuel injected
Running wild, radar detected
Man can always stand a little bit more
Horsepower

Well the view looks better from ahead than it looks behind
I've got a need to speed and I don't mean the drugs-store kind
Some people like a life that barely moves at all
I say more power to them
Then I fly right through 'em
Til it slows down to a crawl

It's a matter of horsepower
For 8 seconds or miles per hour
That's the way I am and that's a fact I can't ignore
Yea, big boy legged, fuel injected
Running wild, radar detected
Man can always stand a little bit more
Horsepower

Then I think about horsepower
For 8 seconds or miles per hour
It's the way I am and it's a fact I can't ignore
Yea, big boy legged, fuel injected
Running wild, radar detected
Man can always stand a little bit more
Horsepower

I've been thinkin about horsepower
For 8 seconds or miles per hour
It's the way I am and it's a fact I can't ignore
Yea, big boy legged, fuel injected
Running wild, radar detected
Man can always stand a little bit more
Horsepower

 

[Asmina]

"One Less Tornado"

"One Less Tornado"

Billy John grew up just west of Waco
He used to bare knuckle fight just for fun
He was as wild as a Texas tornado
And a bull ridin' son of a gun
Then one Saturday night down in Jasper
He drew a bull they called Dust Devil Rage
And that twenty-two hundred pound hammer
Laid Billy John in his grave

[CHORUS:]
Now there's one less tornado in Texas
And a saddle that's empty tonight
There's one hell of a cowboy in Heaven
At that big rodeo in the sky
Ohh that big rodeo in the sky

My granddaddy rode in the thirty's
He must have really been somethin' back then
'Cause all of my life I've heard stories
About the buckle he didn't quite win
Although he never got over his losing
He's a bonafied hero to me
And Lord knows I'm sure gonna miss him
But I know he's in good company

[CHORUS x4]

 

[Asmina]

"All Wound Up"

"All Wound Up"

Since I was a baby maybe two or three
Ain't nothin’ ever really bothered me
Some people rattle at the smallest things
I thought that I could handle anything, but I’m

[CHORUS:]
All wound up
Nothin’ I can do
I get all wound up
Just from talkin' to you
I use to believe I was a mule to love
But look at me now
I'm all wound up

I never wondered what it's all about
Never saw a thing I couldn't do without
My feet are use to being on the ground
These days I've wanted to kick 'em around, Cause I’m

[CHORUS]

All wound up
All wound up

Fame and fortune I can take or leave
Ain't much about it that I really need
Were still together after all this time
Honey child I'm here to tell you that
I’m still

[CHORUS]

Yea look at me now I'm all wound up.

 

[Asmina]

"A Cowboy Was Born"

"A Cowboy Was Born"


She was holding her breath and he attempted a prayer
And he was cussing the dust rising up in the air
'Cos the old cattle trail, well, it weren't anywhere
For a baby to draw its first breath

And the unbroken West, well, it was no place to live
'Cos it was hard to survive and it was Hell if you did
So he entered this world with a pair of clenched fists
And the first and last tears he'd shed

And the longhorns lowed him a welcome
As a new voice cried from the buckboard
And the Irish, they sang sad and lonely
'Cos they knew a cowboy was born

Well, the Berry closed in and a century passed
The settlers plowed under the tall prairie grass
And the cow town's died off in a world changing fast
But the wind kept the spirit alive

'Cos a young boy in Kansas, he caught a breeze one day
And in a five-second rush, he was fighting for eight
He saw it all so clear through the dirt on his face
He knew he was born to ride

And the long lost heir to the saddle finally found his way back home
As he picked up his hat, well, the crowd cheered
'Cos they knew a cowboy was born
Yeah, that day a cowboy was born

From the heroes in the bright lights of Vegas
Through the poets of the sage and thorn
A proud legacy of a nation, thank God, the cowboy was born
Yeah, thank God, the cowboy was born

 

[Asmina]

"Smack Dab In The Middle"

"Smack Dab In The Middle"


Lately I've been feelin' funny
My head's a-spinnin' and my knees are weak
Every time I get around you, honey
The heartbreak thing comes over me

It all started with a reel o' motion
A little kiss and before I knew
I fell hard with a loud commotion
Smack dab in the middle of love with you

Smack dab in the middle
Smack dab in the middle
Smack dab in the middle of love with you

All I do is think about you, baby
I need your lovin' every night and day
I'm in deep and I don't mean maybe
Way over my head gettin' carried away

So what do you think about the future, darlin'?
I hope you feelin' that you feel it too
'Cause have mercy, my heart is fallin'
Smack dab in the middle of love with you

Smack dab in the middle
Smack dab in the middle
Smack dab in the middle of love with you

I know I've said it time and time again
Our love was never really in my plans
I sang a solitary, look at you and here I am

Smack dab in the middle
Smack dab in the middle
Smack dab in the middle
And I don't know what to do

Smack dab in the middle
Right square in the middle
Smack dab in the middle of love with you
Smack dab in the middle of love with you

 

[Asmina]

"The Buffalo Grass"


"The Buffalo Grass"

Its been forty-five days since the snows have begun
I stare at the fire and long for the sun
As the bitter winds blow through the mouth of the pass
I sit here and dream of the Buffalo grass

The ponies are shaggy; their coats have grown long
With heads down, they huddle together as one
At the window my breath forms a mist on the glass
As I patiently wait for the Buffalo grass

The Seasons still turn
And the prairies still yearn
For those who were here long ago
The Sioux have all gone and the Bison moved on
Soon, I will follow them home

Mollie passed in September and left me alone
Now my heart is as heavy and round as a stone
Too many years have gone by too fast
And I long for the feel of the Buffalo grass

The animals sleep while the world holds it’s breath
The woods are as still and as silent as death
When the mountain streams flow, spring will follow at last
And the wind will blow free through the Buffalo grass

The Seasons still turn
And the prairies still yearn
For those who were here long ago
The Sioux have all gone and the Bison moved on
Soon, I will follow them home

The geese will return, a symbol of change
The elk will be foraging out on the range
Once again nature’s palette will color the pass
And I will find peace in the Buffalo grass
Yes, I will find peace in the Buffalo grass

 

[Asmina]

"Feels Like I'm Gettin' Into Something Good"

"Feels Like I'm Gettin' Into Something Good"


Feel like I'm gettin' into something good
Don't want to stop, so I'm knocking on wood
I think my streak of bad luck is over
I'm rolling in a field of five leaf clovers

Feel like I'm swingin' on a lucky star
A choir of angels singin' in my heart
I'm smiling like I never thought I could
Feel like I'm gettin' into some kinda something good

I've had some heartaches, I've had some trouble
I've packed my limit of them low down blues
I've had some bad breaks, busted my bubble
Eyes underwhelmed and overdue
But now it's looking like them days are through

Feel like I'm gettin' into something good
Don't want to stop, so I'm knocking on wood
I think my streak of bad luck is over
I'm rolling in a field of five leaf clovers

Feel like I'm swingin' on a lucky star
A choir of angels singin' in my heart
I'm smiling like I never thought I could
Feel like I'm gettin' into some kinda something good

I'm going deeper, I'm gettin' stronger
Never knew fallin' could be so much fun
I'm a believer, my hearts a goner
And every second is second to none
What's even better is it's just begun

Feel like I'm gettin' into something good
Don't want to stop, so I'm knocking on wood
I think my streak of bad luck is over
I'm rolling in a field of five leaf clovers

Feel like I'm swingin' on a lucky star
A choir of angels singin' in my heart
I'm smiling like I never thought I could
Feel like I'm gettin' into some kinda something good
Feel like I'm gettin' into some kinda something
Feel like I'm gettin' into some kinda something good