Chris LeDoux - I`ve Got To Be A Rodeo Man

Sometimes this old road
Gets so damn lonesome away from home
Ain't no way in sight, head on back

Nobody knows the way it feels
Suffer through this living hell
Unless you've been on down that road yourself

Boy, don't you know I ain't really a bum
I was once a clean cut mothers son?
And you know down deep inside still I am

But this rodeo life's got it's hold on me
And there ain't no way to set me free
You know I've gotta be a rodeo man

Skinny old dog on the rodeo grounds
Scroungin', sniffin', lookin' around
In a lot of ways, well, I'm just like him

'Cause I'm eating up scraps off the dinner table
In a greasy cafe 'til I'm able
To ride those broncs good enough to win

Boy, don't you know I ain't really a bum
I was once a clean cut mothers son?
And you know down deep inside still I am

Oh, this rodeo life's got it's hold on me
And there ain't no way to set me free
You know I've gotta be a rodeo man
You know I've gotta be a rodeo man
Sometimes this old road
Gets so damn lonesome away from home
Ain't no way in sight, head on back

Nobody knows the way it feels
Suffer through this living hell
Unless you've been on down that road yourself

Boy, don't you know I ain't really a bum
I was once a clean cut mothers son?
And you know down deep inside still I am

But this rodeo life's got it's hold on me
And there ain't no way to set me free
You know I've gotta be a rodeo man

Skinny old dog on the rodeo grounds
Scroungin', sniffin', lookin' around
In a lot of ways, well, I'm just like him

'Cause I'm eating up scraps off the dinner table
In a greasy cafe 'til I'm able
To ride those broncs good enough to win

Boy, don't you know I ain't really a bum
I was once a clean cut mothers son?
And you know down deep inside still I am

Oh, this rodeo life's got it's hold on me
And there ain't no way to set me free
You know I've gotta be a rodeo man
You know I've gotta be a rodeo man
Chris LeDoux Rodeo Man

as much as I like Ned LeDoux's version of this song when I compare it to his father's version it seems like there's something missing and I noticed the original ...

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Ned LeDoux - 'Rodeo Man' (by: Western Skies, llc)

Ned LeDoux singing one of his favorite songs from his fathers tales of rodeo & life (Rodeo Man). This was recorded during the 2012 'Chris LeDoux Days' concert ...

Jared Rogerson - "I've got to be a rodeo man" (Chris LeDoux cover)

Jared Rogerson performing "I've got to be a rodeo man" by Chris LeDoux, with Riley Bennett (electric guitar) and Jim Halsey (percussion/harmonica).

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Old General Store Steakhouse and Saloon. Roy WA. 02/12/2016.

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