Sad Sweetheart of the Rodeo

Not another existential cowboy

And no more California champagne

Not another saddle tramp, sick

Sore, lonely, and out of place

Cryin' in his coffee ice cream

Edith cannot fix another engine

Nor paint another face on a rubber can clown

She takes another temp job

But in her secret heart she rides

She's just a sad sweetheart of the rodeo

Not an urban legend now

Sad sweetheart of the rodeo

Give it a rest, give it a rest, give it a bad night's sleep

Norman says that you should take a Valium

Or maybe something stronger

'Cause he doesn't understand

How you get so excited watching the lusty men

The Marlboro man died of cancer

And he wasn't a rocket scientist when he was healthy

She took one last gulp of his soft city condescension

And blasted off from his little launch pad to parts west

Sad sweetheart of the rodeo

Not an urban legend now

Sad sweetheart of the rodeo

Lonesome cowboy Bill, where are you?

Sad sweetheart of the rodeo

Not an urban legend now

Sad sweetheart of the rodeo