Rodeo Queen (Back Home Again)

from Miles Across The Sky by David Roos

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Rodeo Queen (Back Home Again)

I'll never be an actor, cause I hate standing still on my mark
I'll never be a car thief, cause I'd have to find a place to park

I'll never be a magician, a rabbit wouldn't fit inside of my hat
I'll never be a surveyor, keeping my lines nice and straight and all that

I may not be the rodeo queen
Or the cowboy riding in the spotlight
Maybe something in between
Someone who hasn't made the headlines, but feels like he might

Don't want to be a fire walker, don't want no coals burning onto my feet
I've already been a bus driver, picking up strangers on the corner of every other street
I'll never be a banker, a cobbler or a cook, a soldier or an undertaker
I'll never count money, mend shoes or bake bread
Never shoot first and ask questions later

Better sell lots of tickets before inviting everybody in
Terrify the neighbors til the cops come and close us down again
Take the big show on the road
Everywhere is out west of somewhere
Tuesday in Chicago, Thursday Madison, and Friday in Eau Claire

Never be an honor student and have to do just as I'm told
I'll never be a lion tamer unless the lions are all drugged, sleepy and old

Maybe when I wake up and see this life has been just a dream
When the light begins to separate all that is and all that might have been
When cowboy and rodeo queen ask themselves, “what then?”
They finish with the rodeo and head back home again

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from Miles Across The Sky, released January 17, 2012

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