Stampede

Well I was sitting in a coffee shop

Just having a cup to pass the time

Swappin' rodeo stories with this old cowboy friend of mine

When some motorcycle riders starting snickering in the back

Started poking fun at my friends hat

One ole boy said "Hey Tex where you'd park your horse "

My friend just pulled his hat down low but they couldn't be ignored

One husky fella said " I think I'll rip that hat right off your head "

That's when my friend turned around and this is what he said

You'll ride a black tornado 'cross the Western sky

Rope an ole blue northern and milk it 'til it's dry

Bull dog the Mississippi pin its ears down flat

Long before you take this cowboys hat

Now partner this ole hat's better left alone

See it used to be my daddy's but last year he passed on

My nephew skinned the rattler that makes up this hat band

But back in '69 he died in Vietnam

Now the eagle feather was given to me by an Indian friend of mine

Someone ran him down somewhere around that Arizona line

And a real special lady gave me this hat pin

But I don't know if I'll ever see her again

You'll ride a black tornado 'cross the Western sky

Rope an ole blue northern and milk it 'til it's dry

Bull dog the Mississippi pin its ears down flat

Long before you take this cowboys hat

Now partner if your leather jacket means to you what this hat means to

Me I guess we understand each other and we'll just let it be

But if you still think its funny Man you got my back up against the wall

But if you touch my hat your gonna have to fight us all

Well right then I caught a little sadness in that gang leaders eyes

He turned back to his buddies and they all just kinda shuffled on outside

But when my friend turned back towards me I noticed his old hat brim

Well it was turned up in a big ole Texas grin

You'll ride a black tornado 'cross the Western sky

Rope an ole blue northern and milk it 'til it's dry

Bull dog the Mississippi pin its ears down flat

Long before you take this cowboys hat

You'll ride a black tornado 'cross the Western sky

Rope an ole blue northern and milk it 'til it's dry

Bull dog the Mississippi pin its ears down flat

Long before you take this cowboys hat

You'll ride a black tornado 'cross the Western sky

Rope an ole blue northern and milk it 'til it's dry