Chris Ledoux

[Asmina]

"Time"

"Time"


The cool fall breeze is blowin' and the leaves are turnin' gold
And the smell of wood smoke takes me back to days of long ago
I think about my childhood pumpkin pie and Halloween
And the magic in a young boy's hopes and dreams.
Time time goes on endlessly just like a river runnin' surely to the sea
Time time you've left your mark on me but time we've had a good time haven't we

But the years went by too quickly and the leaves fall from the trees
And the winds a little colder now than what it used to be
And I feel kind of saddened that the summer now is gone
And a little scared of what now lies beyond
Time time goes on endlessly...

I pull in off the highway to another rodeo
To another crowd of people think it's just a wild west show
I'll ride my bronc and drive away and head on down the road
It's a hell of a way to make a buck but it's the only life I've known
Time time goes on endlessly...

 

[Asmina]

"Born To Follow Rodeo"

"Born To Follow Rodeo"


Faded old blue wranglers dusty cowboy hat pair of scuffed up boots upon your feet
Can of pork n beans that you opened with your knife
It aint much but its all you've got to eat
You think of what your daddy said if your money should run low
Just call I'll send your busfare to come home
But you're just to proud to take it and home wont be the same
Now you've had a taste of rodeo
You set out on the road to seek your boyhood dreams
To satisfy the hunger in your soul
You wouldn't turn back now even if you could you were born to follow rodeo

All your money's gone cept a twenty dollar bill
But thats your fees to enter old Cheyenne
And all thats in your favor is you and your try
And a deep knawing desperately to win
Ss you step out on the highway with your thumb up in the air
In your mind a promise has been made
If this way of life don't kill you or you don't starve to death
You swear you'll be the champion someday
You set out on the road...

Faded old blue wranglers dusty cowboy hat pair of scuffed up boots upon your feet
Can of pork n beans that you open with your knife
It aint much but its all you've got to eat
You set out on the road...

 

[Asmina]

"Caballo Diablo"


"Caballo Diablo"


Wild as a coastal barronca swift as the wind blowing free
With two eyes like fire brands that glow in the night
Somewhere up there he's waiting for me
And he knows that I'm coming' for him and I just can't rest till I find
That raven black stallion that wears no man's brand with a wild restless spirit like mine
They call him Caballo Diablo half-horse half-devil they say
Caballo Diablo the outlaw up a top the Sierra Madre

Two men before tried to take him they had their chance one by one
But each met his fate when those flashing' black hooves
Brought death 'neath the Mexican sun
Still I can't leave I must find him you fool of a horse can't you see
Well I may be half man but the other half's devil and you're just exactly like me
They call him Caballo Diablo...

Even the breezes stopped moving hush now be still
Don't make a sound stay close to the ground cause he's waitin' just over that hill
Downwind behind him move quickly do it fast now he's starting to stir
Grab a handful of mane and up on to his back
And start raking him down with your spurs
But try as he will he can't shake me as over the precipice we go
To shed the life blood of a horse and a man on the rocky sierra below
They call him Caballo Diablo...

 

[Asmina]

"Wyoming Girl"


"Wyoming Girl"
I saw her for the first time when the snow was falling down
And Lord she was the cutest thing I've ever seen
Great big green eyes a flashin' ruby lips a smilin'
Well my heart went pitter patter and I knew it was gonna shatter
If I couldn't make that little gal my own
You can sing about your sweet Joly Blon
You can sing about them pretty gals down in Tennessee
You can sing your song about that Yellow Rose of Texas
But the one by the Powder River that runs through old Kaycee
That Wyoming girls the only one for me

I've been around this big country and I've seen a lot of women in my time
Well there ain't none sweeter and there ain't none better
Than this little gal I call mine and I thank you Lord for making her my wife
You can sing about...

 

[Asmina]

"I'm Country"

"I'm Country"


Well there's a little word and it fits me to a T
I don't know how you spell it but its country and that's me.
I laugh when I'm happy and cry when I'm blue
‘cus when I'm mad like I'm suppose to do
On a saturday night I'll have a drink or two
And hollow at the moon I'm country.

I chew tobaccer and spit it on the ground
Talk to the cows when no one ain't around
I'm trapped on the mountain when the snows falling down
Yes sir boys I'm country

I'm as country as bronc on the western plains
Just as wild and twice as hard to tame
As high on living as a noon day sun, yea
I'll be country ‘til the day I'm done.

City folks think I'm crude I guess
You can tell I'm a hick by the way I dress
But that don't matter I'm as happy as can be
And proud as heck that I'm country.
Well there's nothing wrong with city if you like it that's fine
Drivin' them freeways wasting its time,
But I bet you folks in the back of your mind, kinda wish you was country don't
Ya.

I'm as country as bronc on the western plains
Just as wild and twice as hard to tame
As high on living as a noon day sun, yea
I'll be country ‘til the day I'm done.

Come on boys keep singing them country songs who knows maybe we will just
Convert some of these city folks into country folks and they'll all move out to
The country and then the country wont be country anymore. Hold on

I just gave you one side to the whole picture because
Country is heart and dust and snow where the winters get down to forty below
And the works is hard
And the pay sure low and it ain't all roses being country.
Hang in there folks don't do nothin' foolish now
You got yourself a nice high paying job air conditioned offices
Yea you got movie theaters right on down the street there
You got yourself a city park too, now that's country
And there you don't have to worry about no rattle snakes biting on your leg
Or no abdominal snowman coming down and tearing off your head or nothing like that there

 

[Asmina]

"Rhinestone Cowboy"

"Rhinestone Cowboy"


I've been walkin' these streets so long
Singin' the same old song
I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway
Where hustle's the name of the game
And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain
There's been a load of compromisin'
On the road to my horizon
But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me

Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
And offers comin' over the phone

Well, I really don't mind the rain
And a smile can hide all the pain
But you're down when you're ridin' the train that's takin' the long way
And I dream of the things I'll do
With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe
There'll be a load of compromisin'
On the road to my horizon
But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me

Like a rhinestone cowboy
Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo
Like a rhinestone cowboy
Gettin' cards and letters from people I don't even know

 

[Asmina]

"Long Black Veil"

"Long Black Veil"


Ten years ago on a cold dark night there was someone killed neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene but they all did agree
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me
The judge said son what is your alibi
If you were somewhere else then you won't have to die
I spoke not a word though it meant my life
For I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows nobody sees nobody knows but me

The scaffold was high and eternity near she stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil she cries o'er my bones
She walks these hills...
Nobody knows but me

 

[Asmina]

"Rodeo Rose"

"Rodeo Rose"


When I first saw you I din't think you were too pretty
Kinda Dumb looking and tell you the truth really ugly
But I wanted and needed what you had to offer
So I swallowed my pride and together we hit the road
Rodeo Rose I'm mighty glad that you're mine
You're the best thing this cowboy ever could find
You've been with me mile after mile and never complained
And the way that I treated you I never thought you could ever stand the strain

The weeks and the months we have known have turned into years
And you have stuck by me through all the hard times and the tears
And I know you can't hear me because you don't have any ears
Oh but that doesn't matter at all I still love you so
Rodeo Rose I'm mighty glad that you're mine
You're the best thing this cowboy ever could find
You've been with me mile after mile and never complained
And it wouldn't surprise me if you're the first truck in the cowboy hall of fame

 

[Asmina]

"All Around Cowboy Of '64"

"All Around Cowboy Of '64"



Folks used to think that I could ride any bronc or bull alive
Maybe in my younger days I could
But now I'm slowin' down a bit friends tell me that I should quit
And if I didn't love it so I would
I recall when folks thought I was great and all the riders used to hate
To see my name upon the enter door
Cause I could ride and I could rope the others seem they have no hope
A lookin' at a bickle that I wore
It's that all around cowboy of nineteen sixty four
Long days and lucky breaks have me alone
Workin' hard and ridin' fast and sleepin' in the cold
Made me all around cowboy of nineteen sixty four

Folks don't seem to realize the thrill I get from every ride
That bronc feels like you're dynamite to me
Scratched and bruised my body aches from day to day to use its takes
Lord only knows the way that sets me free
Now my days have shorten up I'm out of breakes and out of luck
And the things will never be the same old way
As I look back and shed a tear sometimes I can almost hear
The echo of the judges they would say
You're the ll around cowboy of nineteen sixty four
Long days and lucky breaks helped me along
Working hard and riding fast and sleeping in the cold
Made me ll around cowboy of nineteen sixty four
Yes I'm the ll around cowboy of nineteen sixty four

 

[Asmina]

"John Ed Sang Cowpoke"

"John Ed Sang Cowpoke"
When the rodeo was over, we're all go to the room.
We're drink some beer relax awhile and sing some cowboy tunes.
That old guitar we passed around, it was battered, scratched, and
broke.
But Lord it sounded mighty fine, when John Ed sang "Cowpoke"

Ben he's think of some old tune, and he's really wail away.
Dunder's play the spoons and sing until the break of day.
Clyde he's tell a poem or two and old Rich he's crack a joke.
But damn it nearly make you cry when John Ed sang "Cowpoke"

Someday this road I travel, Lord I will leave behind.
But memories of the things I've seen will never leave my mind.
On a quiet summer's evening when the sun is sinking low,
I'll think again of days gone by when John Ed sang "Cowpoke".