Working Cowboy Blues - Chris Ledoux

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