5.

The Roses I Remember

Jay Wise - Shane Appling - Kitty Appling

© Blue Canyon Music, BMI

The roses I remember thorns I don't know
Seems like the dust never settles in the wild old rodeo
Freight car full of mud and rain and fading lights behind the train
Damn them miles of distance damn this old rodeo

I recall when I left home shoot I was still a boy
I left a gal who swore that she was mine
She settled down and she had some kids it's been some time ago
And I'm still stuck in this old rodeo

The roses I remember thorns I don't know
The dust just never settles in the wild old rodeo

Twenty years and a million miles and half that many spills
Broke some ribs last week down in El Paso
Made just about enough to buy this shirt pay them doctor bills
Get entered in the next old rodeo

Roses I remember thorns I don't know
Seems like the dust never settles in the wild old rodeo
Freight car full of mud and rain fading lights behind the train
Damn them miles of distances damn this old rodeo

Alright keep his head straight
That's it keep his head straight
He's layin' on my leg push him over

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