作词 : Cochran, Seely Well it really has been nice bein' with you but I'm afraid that I've got to leave As you know I'm a rodeo cowboy and there's a rodeo down in Mesquite That's the life of a rodeo cowboy breakin' broncs or gettin' broke That's the life of a rodeo cowboy and that's the only life I know On the day you think your day is the big one I'm walkin' away with all that they own Then your lyin' hurtin' hearin' someone saying Give him a hand that's all that cowboy is taking home Hot beer and cold stale hamburgers makes a meal sorta hard to enjoy And it kinda makes you think of momma's chicken Ah that's the life of a rodeo cowboy That's the life of a rodeo cowboy... [ guitar - dobro ] When your down and your really feeling sorry well you go for a drink in some bar Then someone points at you and you hear him whisper over there stands a rodeo star That's the life of a rodeo cowboy... That's the life of a rodeo cowboy...