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Well I didn't make it as a football star
I was O line vicious like a jaguar
And I was gonna make it if it wasn't for this knee
So I got a job off the interstate
Riding some horses for old man Tate
Until one of his steers broke out of his wooden yard
I tried to be like Branquinho
But I missed the horns and down I'd go
Fell like a sack of shit from ten stories up
And there I was
I got the rush
A Honkytonk Bulldoggin' man is what I'd be
In ten years time
I'll be just fine
I'd ride all the places that I never thought that I'd see
I'll be as wild I can
Because I am a Honkytonk bulldogging man
Few years later I was down in Huntsville
Running steers 'til I get my fill
Then finally I drew a steer that wasn't dirt
Got out clean and got out quick
Got off low and twist his shit
Finally got my first check out of the mud
And what's a cowboy do with it
Not pay the bills or let it sit
My Donation went straight back to the bar
And there I was
I got the rush
A Honkytonk Bulldoggin' man is what I'd be
In ten years time
I'll be just fine
I'd ride all the places that I never thought that I'd see
I'll be as wild I can
Because I am a Honkytonk bulldogging man
Now my knees have finally had enough
Didn't win heaps but I was tough
For all the fellas I didn't make it cheap
Sold my trailer and retired my horse
Bought old Tate's farm and moved back of course
Hung my buckles near the Christmas tree
My boys are older and gonna leave the farm
Until one of them went and twisted my arm
To teach them how to do it before they go
And there they was
They got the rush
A Honkytonk bulldoggin' man is what they'd be
In ten years time
They'll be just fine
And they'd ride all the places that they never thought that they'd see