The kid was tall, rangy,
still wet behind the ears
But he could ride and he could
roam way beyond his years
He said,
Daddy, can I ride with you
now that I'm sixteen?
Help you drive them dog
gies up the trail to
Abilene
His daddy was a mighty man,
a cowboy to the bone
Trail boss for the
J -Bar -Z out east of
San
Antone
He said, boy,
don't get impatient now
You've got a lot to learn
You'll get your chance to be top hand
But you'll have to wait your turn
Cause the trail goes on forever
And the days get mighty long
If a northern stock's too blowin'
It can chill you to the bone
And there's rivers and there's rustlers
And you've got to understand
It takes more than just a
cowboy's son
You've got to be a man
Against his daddy's wishes,
he left that very day
Signed on with the
Double
D to drive the
Chisholm train
There were two weeks out of
Texas
He was ridin' a drag one night
When an order started blowin'
And
Simpler
Heard was out of sight
The snow was fallin' faster now
The cold wind took his breath
He knew the end was coming soon,
he was sure to freeze to death
Went out of the blinding whiteness,
rode a tall and mighty man
He said, son, I was just passing through,
thought you could use a hand
Cause the trail goes on forever and
the days get mighty long
When that old north wind starts a blowin'
it can chew you to the bones
And so the top hand always has to
do the very best he can
And I knew you were a cowboy,
now I know that you're a man
I knew you were a cowboy, son,
now you've become a man
you