KEEPING ROSIE PROUD OF ME
(Troy Seals / Don Goodman)


Bobby Bare - 1976





We've come a long way on this east Texas highway
And I'm feelin' awfully old at forty-three
Sure am glad that Rosie's here with me
I guess I showed 'em what I could do
When I rode everything in Houston
Boy was Rosie proud of me

I'm just a broken down ol' rodeo rider
Tryin' to make just one more show
Shoulda hung it up a long time ago
'Cause I've been kicked and I've been down
And busted to my knees
Just a-keepin' Rosie proud of me

You see Rosie's young and pretty 
She likes to have her fun
If she don't have it with me
She gonna have it with someone
I gotta finish in the money
So we can go on to Cheyenne
And I can go on bein' Rosie's man

You see Rosie's young and pretty 
She likes to have her fun
If she don't have it with me
She gonna have it with someone
I gotta finish in the money, Lord
So we can go on to Cheyenne
And I can go on bein' Rosie's man
I can go on bein' Rosie's man






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2012)