[Spoken]
Salud, everybody
Here's a song without a name

[Verse 1]
Rode hard and put up wet
I ain't down but I can't get up yet
It's a long ride back to the way I want to feel

Sun down across the plain
I've been sore before I'll be sore again
No place to hide to keep from runnin'
Laid down in the cottonwood hollow
I left a trail no man could follow
Is it safe to rest my head again till morning
Cracked throat and my canteen's dry
And rain don't fall from an empty sky
So I'll whisper Hail Marys till the sun comes up

[Chorus]
Now don't tell me that part of the story
When the cowboy falls in love
When he traded in his pistol and his saddle and the stars above
And when the candle's burnin' down
When midnight comes around
You know the best that we can hope for
Is to be laughin'
When we finally hit the ground
[Verse 2]
Rode hard I jumped down tired
Stripped from the saddle when the rifle fired
Deep in dreams of women and clean water
Well I did before what I'll do again
So forgive me Father if I have sinned
But the old wood cracks before it bends

[Chorus]
Now don't tell me that part of the story
When the cowboy falls in love
When he traded in his pistol and his saddle and his stars above
And when the candle's burnin' down
When midnight comes around
You know the best that we can hope for
Is to be laughin'
When we finally hit the ground

[Chorus]
Now don't tell me that part of the story
When the cowboy falls in love
When he traded in his pistol and his saddle and his stars above
But when the candle's burnin' down
When midnight comes around
You know the best that we can hope for
Is to be laughin'
When we finally hit the ground
Yeah the candle's burning down
Now midnight comes around
You know the best that we can hope for
Is to be laughin'
When we finally hit the ground

The candle's burning down
When midnight comes around