Indoor Rodeo

Indoor Rodeo

We used to walk down

To the fairgrounds

And let the dogs run and play

When we were almost 

Up to the gatepost

There was a sign which used to say

Mother Mary

Full of Grace

Keep us where we go

Whether we're in love

Or out of place

As an indoor rodeo

You surrender to

Me and I to you

And with the times we both changed

We fought back hard

From our own back yard

As the town got rearranged

There used to be a field

With an old caboose

And a place for the pony show

Then they paved it all 

And built a strip mall

And an indoor rodeo

What's a hog tie without the heat of the sun?

Like a bull ride without a cowboy to throw

It means progress I guess, but it aint as much fun

It's an indoor rodeo

Baby you got me pegged

I'm a bit bowlegged

And I'm a sappy sonofagun

You call me knobby kneed

Other people have agreed

But you're my favorite one

I want to live outside

In the spring

And every fall we'll go

Long as I see your face

I'll never feel out of place

Like an indoor rodeo.