I Remember (The Rodeo Song) Lyrics

You once told me I knew everyone in town

But that no one knew me

That I needed pirates and rogues and faded movie stars

To keep a drunkard's ragged company

And in the hazy bloom of morning

I swore I'd never sail that ship again

But the ground below my feet would shake and rumble

And that promise slipped away upon the wind

I remember the rodeo

The painted faces and the smell of beer

Then one day when you wake up

All the clowns have disappeared

You were living on the borderland

And I was chasing a ragged star

When the bills piled up and the paper just stopped coming

You slipped into another empty bar

Then I took off like there'd never be another tomorrow

With no one left to lend a helping hand

I crashed and burned with nothing left to offer

Then I finally drew that line in the sand

I remember the rodeo

The painted faces and the smell of beer

Then one day when you wake up

All the clowns have disappeared

You once told me I knew everyone in town

But I didn't even know myself

I've grown enough to finally learn to live in my own skin

And leave the bottle resting on the shelf

And it only took a million times to say I'm sorry

I didn't mean to leave you far behind

Now when the sun comes up I never have to fear tomorrow

I live my life one day at a time

I remember the rodeo

The painted faces and the smell of beer

Then one day when you wake up

All the clowns have disappeared

I remember the rodeo

The painted faces and the smell of beer

Then one day when you wake up

All the clowns have disappeared