Details of
Rodeo Pain
by Copperhead Jones


Lyrics Writer: C.W. Duncan


Lyrics

VERSE 1

 

Eight seconds is a long time

When you're riding for your life

Broncs are drawn

One dream is made   

When I fall hard

The dream’s not lost

I’ve got to get paid

But the pain is the cost

For another chance

At the next dance
 

 

VERSE 2
 

Eight years is a long time

When she made me her life

Lines were drawn

Her dream came true

I crossed the line

And her dream fell through

Every time I rode on

Her pain was the cost

For another chance

At the next dance

 

CHORUS 1
 

I chose the eight

I chose the dance

No ride’s the same, a different romance

My rodeo pain was all she could take

My rodeo pain

Her heartbreak

My rodeo pain

Her heartbreak
 

 

VERSE 3
 

Eight seconds was a long time

When I made it my life

Eight years of crossing the line

Finally cost me my wife

Broncs were drawn and my dream fell off

I kept climbing on, so she rode off

For another chance

At her own dance

 

 

 

CHORUS 2
 

I chose the eight

I chose the dance

No ride’s the same, a different romance

My rodeo pain was all she could take

My rodeo pain

Her heartbreak

My rodeo pain

Her heartbreak
 

 

BRIDGE

 

Broken bones and broken hearts

Were the price for what we lost

Never by her side

Always in the chute

Holding on tight

 

Holding on tight

As her heart broke too

 

 

CHORUS 3
 

I chose the eight

I chose the dance

No ride’s the same, a different romance

My rodeo pain was all she could take

My rodeo pain

Her heartbreak

My rodeo pain

Her heartbreak

 

Our rodeo pain