Well, it really has been nice bein' with you   But I'm afraid that I've got to leave   As you know I'm a rodeo cowboy   And there's a rodeo down in Mesquite      That's the life of a rodeo cowboy, breakin' broncs or gettin' broke   That's the life of a rodeo cowboy and that's the only life I know      On the day you think your day is the big one   I'm walkin' away with all that they own   Then you're lyin', hurtin', hearin' someone saying   Give him a hand that's all that cowboy is taking home      Hot beer and cold stale hamburgers   Makes a meal sorta hard to enjoy   And it kinda makes you think of momma's chicken      Ah, that's the life of a rodeo cowboy   That's the life of a rodeo cowboy      When you're down and you're really feeling sorry   Well, you go for a drink in some bar   Then someone points at you   And you hear him whisper over there stands a rodeo star      That's the life of a rodeo cowboy   That's the life of a rodeo cowboy