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Old Riders In The Grandstand (1996 Digital Remaster) - Slim Dusty |
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I'm seated in the grandstand at a big-time rodeo |
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With my walking stick beside me as I watch the scene below |
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There are youngon's ridin' outlaws as I did when young and free |
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And I wonder are there many old ex-riders here like me |
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The horses they are ridin' couldn't buck to save their hide |
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Oh I'd like to see these youngon's on the ones I used to ride |
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I've used the likes of spinifex for a night horse on the run |
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And brahma bulls like Wadgerra we rode them just for fun |
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The saddles they are using are designed to hold you in |
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And the halter shanks are silky so as not to hurt your skin |
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We rode in flattened Poleans in the days of long ago |
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And could have rolled a smoke aboard the likes of Curio |
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The steers they use for doggin' are no bigger than a calf |
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And the time they take to throw them make us old timers laugh |
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We used to scrub big Mickey's twice the size in cattle yards |
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Oh but that was many years ago way back when times were hard |
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These youngon's dress so lairy in their fancy cowboy suits |
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We used to ride in moleskins and a pair of Bluecha boots |
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But all our glory's vanished we're forgotten men it seems |
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Old riders in the grandstand alone with all our dreams |
