Discouraged is the word these days at homes acros the range   The livestock markets down and it don't look like it's gonna change    Nobody's found a cure for what we are goin' through    But I'll tell you boys just what I'm gonna do   Well I'm gonna saddle up old paint right after shipping time   Ride out on the mountain among the aspens and the pines   Take along my fishing pole and leave my cares behind   And find myself a little piece of mind   I'm gonna ride up on the mountain live like a mountain man   Lay my body on the ground eat from a fryin' pan   I know it's not the answer but I'm gonna try to lose   These dog gone low down workin' cowboy blues      Well next year it might get better aw thats what they always say   But I've seen a string of next years come and Lord they're all the same   But as long as there's a mountain, someplace to get away   Well this old cowboy just might not go insane   I'm gonna ride up on the mountain...   These dog gone low down lonesome workin' cowboy blues