Let The Ponies Run
Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff Walker


We held a funeral and a wake at the Diamondback Saloon

With every old-time cowboy agathered in one room

Swappin' tales and tellin' lies from days when they were young

Fearless buckaroos who always let the ponies run


I still see us behind the chutes, standin' in the sun

Light reflecting off the shiny buckles that we'd won

Farmin' boys from everywhere, just a ropin' in our dreams

Buckin' down the highway in old trucks and faded jeans


Cheyenne days to Fort Worth nights, we drove every inch of road

We often spoke our dreams out loud, sharing rooms and dirty clothes

The bandaged up, the broken ones, too tough to ever cry

The one we won the big go around, the drinks were ours to buy


Days were filled with mundane chores that kept us lean and mean

But our nights were spent out dancin' with the fairest girls we'd seen

Regaling them with wild ass tales, that weren't that far from true

There wasn't a single favor asked that your old pal wouldn't do


And every year the finals drew us back to OKC

Shoulders, Mahan, Steiner, Vol, T-bone and old Duffy

And when the dust had settled and the last go-round was run

We stayed up all night singing songs 'til every song was sung


The broken bones and broken hearts that led to broken homes

And the trails we rode together, now we travel on alone

And the friends we saw each summer, now we hardly saw at all

A little something's broken off each time a cowboy falls


Well adios amigos, see you down the line

I sure enjoyed the bullshit, cause it brought back some good times

And if you see those pals we knew from days when we were young

Tell them I stil saddle up just to feel the ponies run


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Corral   Ol' 55   Ol' 55   Old Five And Dimers   Old Five And Dimers Like Me   Old Nashville Cowboy   Old Road   Pick Up The Tempo   Pickup Truck Song   Pissin' In The Wind   Pissin' In The Wind   Pot Can't Call The Kettle Black   Pot Can't Call The Kettle Black   Promise   Public Domain   Quiet Faith Of Man   Railroad Lady   Ramblin', Scramblin'   Ramblin', Scramblin'   Rhythm Of The Rain   Rhythm Of The Rain (Bonus Out Take)   Rock & Roll My Baby   Rock & Roll My Baby   Rock and Roll My Baby   Rockin' Chair   Rockin' On The River   Rockin' On The River   Rodeo Cowboy   Rodeo Wind   Round And Round   Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer   Sailing   Sangria Wine   Santa Claus Is Coming to Town   Saturday Night Special   Seasons Change   Seasons Change   She Knows Her Daddy Sings   She Left Me Holdin'   She Left Me Holdin'   She Made Herself A Promise   Singin' The Dinosaur Blues   Singin' The Dinosaur Blues   Sloop John B.   So Bad Last Night   Some Day I'll Get Out   Some Day I'll Get Out   Some Go Home   Some Phone Numbers   Standin' At The Big Hotel   Standin' At The Big Hotel   Still Around   Stoney   Suckin' A Big Bottle Of Gin   Suckin' A Big Bottle Of Gin   Takin' It As It Comes   Takin' It As It Comes   Tangee   Texas On My Mind   That Old Beat Up Guitar   That Old Beat-Up Guitar   That Old Time Feeling   The Ballad Of The Hulk   The Cape   The Christmas Song   The Continuing Saga of the Classic Bummer...   The Continuing Saga Of The Classic Bummer...   The Dutchman   The Dutchman   The First Showboat   The Gift   The Man He Used To Be   The Moon is Still Over Her Shoulder   The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder   The Other Jerry Jeff   The Road You Choose   The Road You Choose   The Wheel   Then Came The Children   Those Were The Days   Time To Stay Home   To The Artist   Too Old To Change   Tracks Run Through The City   Trashy Women   Tryin' To Hold The Wind Up With a Sail   Tryin' To Hold The Wind Up With A Sail   Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother   Up Against The Wall, Red Neck   Up Against The Wall, Red Neck (Live 1973, Luckenba...   Very Short Time   Viva Luckenbach   Wanted For Love   We Were Kind Of Crazy Then   We Were Kinda Crazy Then   We Wish You a Merry Christmas   What Are We Doing?   What I Like About Texas   When I Had You   Where Was I   White Christmas   Will There Be Any   Wind   Wingin' It Home To Texas   Wingin' It Home To Texas   Woman In Texas   Won't You Give Me One More Chance   Won't You Give Me One More Chance

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