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Gunslinger
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since 1999-10-09
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0 posted 2008-02-25 10:06 PM


If I Could I Would
I loaded up my saddle-
And went to get my check...
I'd barely made my entries back,
My pickup was a wreck.

My Wrangler jeans were threadbare-
My boots both needed soles-
I had some pasteboard stuffed inside,
To cover up the holes.

But as I headed out of town-
I felt that life was fine...
Living life just as I pleased...
No mouth to feed but mine.


A bedroll in the pickup bed-
A riggin' sack and clothes.
And not a thing I wanted, friend
Except to rodeo!

But that was twenty years ago-
And all of that is changed...
My riggin' sack's a briefcase now,
The city is my range.

I haven't rode a horse in years...
And don't know if I could...
If I could do it all again...
I guarantee, I would!


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divine chaos
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dancing 'neath the moon
1 posted 2008-02-25 11:33 PM


I'm loving your writes!!
Thanks for sharing pieces of you


Sheli

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with you
2 posted 2008-02-26 12:51 PM


very much enjoy reading you
JamesMichael
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3 posted 2008-02-26 03:26 AM


Enjoyed...James
TomMark
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4 posted 2008-02-26 01:03 PM


Very good. Could rent a mustang!
MJ
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5 posted 2008-02-28 01:28 AM


Love it. Get out the threadbare Wranglers and go for it!
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