MY FIRST RODEO


MY FIRST RODEO

I USE TO GO INTO TOWN ON SATURDAY NIGHTS
GET BLINDED BY THOSE BIG CITY LIGHTS
MAKE A FOOL OF MYSELF IN SO MANY WAYS
AS A YOUNG MAN I’D CLIMB IN THAT CHUTE
KICK THAT BULL WITH THE HEEL OF MY BOOT
FIRE IN MY SADDLE...SPIKE IN MY VEINS

CHORUS
THIS IS NOT MY FIRST RODEO
EVERYBODY KNOWS I’VE BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK A TIME OR TWO
NO THIS IS NOT MY FIRST RODEO
IT TOOK SOMEONE LIKE YOU
TO SHOW ME WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW
AND THEN TO HELP ME REAP WHAT I SEW
YOU TOOK ME WHERE I’VE WANTED TO GO
SINCE MY FIRST RODEO

HEY LETS TAKE A CHANCE AND RIDE THIS BULL
THE SOUND OF THUNDER...THE POWERFUL PULL
WHEN A THOUSAND POUND NIGHTMARE
THROWS HIS WEIGHT AROUND
AIN’T NO MAGIC TRICK...NO SLEIGH OF HAND
JUST HOLD ON TIGHT AND STICK WITH OUR PLAN
WE’LL RIDE ON THE WIND...WE MAY NEVER COME DOWN

CHORUS
THIS IS NOT MY FIRST RODEO
EVERYBODY KNOWS
I’VE BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK
A TIME OR TWO
NO THIS IS NOT MY FIRST RODEO
IT TOOK SOMEONE LIKE YOU
TO SHOW ME WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW
AND THEN TO HELP ME REAP WHAT I SEW
YOU TOOK ME WHERE I’VE WANTED TO GO
SINCE MY FIRST RODEO

BRIDGE
HEY I MADE A FOOL OF MYSELF
IN SO MANY WAYS
YEAH I WAS YOUNG AND DUMB
BACK IN THOSE GOOD OLD DAYS
WHEN I’D GO INTO TOWN WITH FIRE IN MY VEINS
CLIMB INTO THAT CHUTE...HOLD ON TO THE REINS
BUT IT TOOK SOMEONE LIKE YOU
TO HELP ME REAP WHAT I SEW
I FOUND A LOVE THAT CAN GROW
NOW ITS TIME TO LET GO
OF MY FIRST RODEO...MY FIRST RODEO...MY FIRST RODEO