At the broken heart ranch   You can always get work   As a cowfool   There's feelin's to wrangle   Loose ends to untangle and tie      Sun up to sundown   Ridin' herd on old memories   Sundown to sun up   Singin' the bunkhouse blues      There's a lone bawlin' calf   Lost in a little box canyon   Got no companion   Lord, don't I know how he feels      Up there on the canyon rim   Blows a cold coyote wind   Buzzards grinnin' down at him   I'm singin' the bunkhouse blues      At the broken heart ranch   Saturday night sure gets lonesome   I long for the lights   And the comfort of someone in town      Playin' cards and killin' time   Somebody stole my piggin' line   This ain't no nursery rhyme   I'm talkin' the bunkhouse blues