Featuring Ian Tyson


The rodeo's over, the folks have gone home

and the cowboys are all down the road

well boys, she was a good un, we kicked a hole in the sky

and even the rank ones got rode

it was as wild as they come and it was almighty western

and none of us thought it would end

but finish it did, with a bang and a whisper

and now I must leave you my friend


We may do it again in some future season

but somehow it won't be the same

'cause our draws will be different and our injuries healed

and it's likely the weather will change

so take from the lessons and be glad for the memories

of the days that we rode in the sun

for after today, there?ll be no man can claim

that we didn't have us a good run


So burn all the blankets and dry all the tears

we can always go further out west

and I'll meet you out there in the vastness somewhere

I swear it but first I must rest