At a truck stop in San Angelo I saw a billboard about this rodeo This weekend out in El Paso So I signed up to ride I drew a bull called Original Sin I heard he'd killed a couple of men Thinkin' this was somethin' I could win Cause the devil was on my side I was havin' myself one hell of a ride But I ended up disqualified That old bull just up and died Before they blew the whistle With them north Texas blues Thought I'd paid all my dues Then them south Texas blues Told me son you ain't through Had the east Texas blues And the west Texas too I've done all I know to do Tryin' to lose, tryin' to lose These old lone star blues Well I got laid off at Brown & Root Then on my way back to Cut & Shoot I lost my wristwatch and my boots Shootin' dice with a dude from Houston Well there ain't no jobs here workin' cattle So I got on part time haulin' gravel With some outfit from Seattle Down here buildin' custom homes With them north Texas blues Thought I'd paid all my dues Then them south Texas blues Told me son you ain't through Had the east Texas blues And the west Texas too I've done all I know to do Tryin' to lose, tryin' to lose These old lone star blues Well I gassed my truck and I packed my clothes Turned in the key and hit the road I said Cowtown's where I'll go You never know I might get lucky Well I got a friend there turning knobs At a place called Billy Bob's Said he could get me a job there Workin' as a bouncer First night on the job was just insane Some ol' boy got all deranged Hit me in the head with a Harley chain To this day my ears still ring With them north Texas blues Thought I'd paid all my dues Then them south Texas blues Told me son you ain't through Had the east Texas blues And the west Texas too I've done all I know to do Tryin' to lose, tryin' to lose These old lone star blues I've done all I know to do Tryin' to lose, tryin' to lose These old lone star blues
[00:11.76]At a truck stop in San Angelo [00:14.70]I saw a billboard about this rodeo [00:16.95]This weekend out in El Paso [00:19.82]So I signed up to ride [00:23.82]I drew a bull called Original Sin [00:26.20]I heard he'd killed a couple of men [00:29.07]Thinkin' this was somethin' I could win [00:31.71]Cause the devil was on my side [00:35.97]I was havin' myself one hell of a ride [00:39.00]But I ended up disqualified [00:42.24]That old bull just up and died [00:44.63]Before they blew the whistle [00:48.06]With them north Texas blues [00:50.51]Thought I'd paid all my dues [00:53.39]Then them south Texas blues [00:55.98]Told me son you ain't through [00:59.10]Had the east Texas blues [01:01.46]And the west Texas too [01:04.20]I've done all I know to do [01:06.85]Tryin' to lose, tryin' to lose [01:11.00]These old lone star blues [01:25.62]Well I got laid off at Brown & Root [01:28.32]Then on my way back to Cut & Shoot [01:31.00]I lost my wristwatch and my boots [01:33.50]Shootin' dice with a dude from Houston [01:37.72]Well there ain't no jobs here workin' cattle [01:40.30]So I got on part time haulin' gravel [01:42.98]With some outfit from Seattle [01:46.04]Down here buildin' custom homes [01:50.05]With them north Texas blues [01:52.62]Thought I'd paid all my dues [01:55.41]Then them south Texas blues [01:58.27]Told me son you ain't through [02:01.22]Had the east Texas blues [02:03.32]And the west Texas too [02:06.09]I've done all I know to do [02:08.81]Tryin' to lose, tryin' to lose [02:13.06]These old lone star blues [02:41.06]Well I gassed my truck and I packed my clothes [02:43.98]Turned in the key and hit the road [02:46.52]I said Cowtown's where I'll go [02:49.26]You never know I might get lucky [02:53.34]Well I got a friend there turning knobs [02:56.10]At a place called Billy Bob's [02:58.76]Said he could get me a job there [03:01.46]Workin' as a bouncer [03:05.39]First night on the job was just insane [03:08.00]Some ol' boy got all deranged [03:10.89]Hit me in the head with a Harley chain [03:13.45]To this day my ears still ring [03:18.00]With them north Texas blues [03:20.30]Thought I'd paid all my dues [03:22.94]Then them south Texas blues [03:25.49]Told me son you ain't through [03:28.79]Had the east Texas blues [03:30.90]And the west Texas too [03:33.69]I've done all I know to do [03:36.38]Tryin' to lose, tryin' to lose [03:40.75]These old lone star blues [03:44.66]I've done all I know to do [03:47.28]Tryin' to lose, tryin' to lose [03:51.51]These old lone star blues
