SHE'S IN LOVE WITH A RODEO MAN
(Bob McDill)


Johnny Russell - 1974
Don Williams - 1974
Sammi Smith - 1974
Chris LeDoux - 1974
Josh Graves - 1974






As recorded by JOHNNY RUSSELL:

(She won't go home with you, cowboy)
(She's in love with a rodeo man)

She's a barmaid in a West Texas dance hall
She's there every night till they close
The cowboys match for the jukebox
And she plays San Antonio Rose

Well I know that her life ain't been easy
Lord, the lines in her face say it all
But she's still a beautiful woman
In the lights of a Texas dance hall

But she won't sit down at your table
And I know that you can't hold her hand
No, she won't go home with you, cowboy
She's in love with a rodeo man

Well he's hard and he's scarred and he's greyin'
And he's stoned most all of the time
He drinks at a dark corner table
Where he waits there until closin' time

And at last the dance hall is empty
And there in the darkness he holds her close
And they dance all alone to the jukebox
While it plays San Antonio Rose

But she won't sit down at your table
And I know that you can't hold her hand
No, she won't go home with you, cowboy
She's in love with a rodeo man
She's in love with a rodeo man


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As recorded by SAMMI SMITH:

She's a waitress in a West Texas dance hall
She's there every night till they close
The cowboys match for the jukebox
While it plays San Antonio Rose

I know that her life ain't been easy
The lines in her face say it all
But she's still a beautiful lady
In the lights of a Texas dance hall

But she won't sit down at your table
And I know that you can't hold her hand
She won't go home with you, cowboy
She's in love with a rodeo man

Well he's hard and he's scarred and he's greyin'
And he's stoned nearly all of the time
And he sits at a dark corner table
He waits there until closin' time

And at last the barroom is empty
And in the darkness he holds her so close
And they dance all alone to the jukebox
While it plays San Antonio Rose

But she won't sit down at your table
And I know that you can't hold her hand
She won't go home with you, cowboy
She's in love with a rodeo man

No, she won't sit down at your table
And I know that you can't hold her hand
She won't go home.........FADE






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2012)