Just a rodeo drifter, he comes and he goes,
Like a wild wind that blows in the night.
The highways and backroads are all that he knows,
He’ll be gone with the mornin’s grey light.
Like a blue norther howlin? like the tumbleweeds blow,
There’s no way to settle him down.
His spirit’s as wild as the horses he rides,
His freedom he wears like a crown.
Chorus
And he rides the wild horses,
The same blood flows through their veins.
Yes he rides the wild horses,
Like the horses he’ll never be tamed.
He’ll never be broke, he won’t be tied down,
He’ll never wear no man’s brand.
He won’t fit in with the nine to five crowd
Cause movin’s all he understands.
Chorus x 2
I met him in Salt Lake City after a concert in the motel I was staying in. he was down to earth and very personable. He never forgot the fans. One of the ones that I will miss in the music industry
This song always makes me choke up because it reminds me of my Grandpa Gordon who died when I was four but I still have some memories of him. My mom told me that even though he left us early, he was already proud of me and my brother.RIP Chris LeDoux and RIP Gordon Reinhart