Lyrics

It’s a long hard lonely road, to be traveling on
But a troubadour must keep singing, eventually we’ll all catch on
For we all got hearts to mend, like fences around the lawn
And there ain’t no better fix than a love song

Sometimes he says “yes”, more often he says “no”
Ain’t tryin to keep from getting where it is he’s trying to go
She said “I got your room waiting” but he took off like the wind
Ain’t trying to be living at the Rooster County Inn

Oh Warden take my heart and set it free
I never meant to hurt nobody but me
I’m unfit for love, that’s how I was raised
But maybe I’ll change one of these days

So he got back on the road, moved on down the line
Looking for another chance to do it a differently next time
So he outran Sheriff Coltrane and his new young barmaid named Sin
Knowing he was born to early to be having feelings like this

Maybe a change in scenery and climate for his lungs,
Would take some weight off his heart and all the painful things he’s done
So he made a deal with his God; left his vices at the side of the road
Swore he’d be dry by the time he reached the Western Slope

For life is too short to be taken by the wind
Don’t wanna be getting blown into the Rooster County Inn