You pulled up in that limousine, said
Cowboy, let me take you for a ride
It was obvious to me, I was something new that you had never tried
So I gathered up my saddle, took my hat off and I dusted off my clothes;
And crawled in to the back seat of the circus that you call a rodeo

I spent a week in heaven making love and drinking beer right by the pool
Every night a different party, I was fittin' in with all those other fools;
But too much of a good thing ain't no good thing that a cowboy oughta know;
The difference in the new thing at the circus that you call a rodeo

You said, ride Cowboy ride, we're bullet proof and almost ten feet tall
I said, maybe you are, but I'm whipped and I can't hardly even ride at all
Ain't there any lettin' go, in this circus that you call a rodeo

I've done a lot of crazy things;
This may not be the worst, but it comes close
I've busted bulls and they've busted me and I've paid the price for everything I rode;
And it breaks my heart to tell you, but I'm leavin' this old dog and pony show;
I've had all that I can handle in this circus that you call a rodeo

You said, ride Cowboy ride, we're bullet proof and almost ten feet tall
I said, maybe you are, but I'm whipped and I can't hardly even ride at all
Ain't there any lettin' go, in this circus that you call a rodeo
Ain't there any lettin' go, in this circus that you call a rodeo