Riding arenas living the dream
Searching for the perfect one
Always loading and leaving chasing the feeling
That it's out there in the setting sun
Noone ever said it was easy

You gotta get back up
When you get bonked off that bronco love
Trying to make an 8 second ride
You get kicked and thrown all over it
And broke is the only word that fits
It's bound to leave you a little gun shy
It ain't hard to see why this old heart is
Afraid of new horses

You think it'd be safe being this brave
Shining in the rodeo lights
But when you hit the dirt you hide the hurt
Behind a scared to death kinda smile
But you don't get to quit when you're this close

You gotta get back up
When you get bonked off that bronco love
Trying to make an 8 second ride
You get kicked and thrown all over it
And broke is the only word that fits
It's bound to leave you a little gun shy
It ain't hard to see why this old heart is
Afraid of new horses

So I stay with the familiar pain
This devil I know is that damned old rodeo

You gotta get back up
When you get bonked off that bronco love
Trying to make an 8 second ride
You get kicked and thrown all over it
And broke is the only word that fits
It's bound to leave you a little gun shy
It ain't hard to see why this old heart is
Afraid of new horses"