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John Yaws
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since 1999-10-09
Posts 860
Texas

0 posted 2001-12-09 10:56 PM



Goin Down the Road

I threw my worn out saddle-
In a fourteen year old truck.
With my daddy's bareback riggin'
Hoping it would bring me luck.

I'd turned nineteen last Friday-
And I had a yearn to go...
To leave that one horse spread behind,
And follow rodeo.

Denver, Fort Worth, Houston-
Cold Springs, San Angelo...
Mesquite, and Texarkana-
Were the places I did go...

Freedom was my anthem-
The highway my abode...
I had the cowboy fever,
I was "goin' down the road".

The years went by too quickly,
Though I had a lot of fun...
I never made the big time-
When it all was said and done...

But I have a world of memories-
Flashy rides, time's I got throwed-
I'm satisfied, I had the privilege
Of "goin' down the road".

© Copyright 2001 John R. Yaws - All Rights Reserved
Startime
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since 2000-10-03
Posts 5918
Canada
1 posted 2001-12-09 11:01 PM


*sigh* you always take me with you when you travel down your road and I am just content to sit by the fire and listen to your tales. Magnificent. I love it. **hugs**

Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams.

Balladeer
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2 posted 2001-12-09 11:47 PM


"big time" can be defined several ways....you got a life of good memories...that's bigtime to me.

So is this poem  

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