Silence On The Line-Chris Ledoux

[ti:Silence On The Line] [ar:Chris Ledoux] [al:Cowboys Ain t Easy To Love] [offset:0] [00:14.11]Took my last fall in San Diego [00:20.00]Bus headed north one headed south [00:26.13]I call a farm in Colorado [00:31.14]And I lift a dusty pay phone to my mouth [00:37.70]She says hello I say it's me hon [00:43.57]Sorry I stayed away so long [00:48.63]Tell the kids thier old man's through with playin' rodeo [00:54.88]Cause if it's alright with you I'm comin' home [01:01.63]Well there's silence on the line [01:04.39]She says you sure did take your time [01:07.56]But I still need a man for the things a man is good for [01:15.13]You know how it is raisin' crops and raisin' kids [01:20.57]Demands a man at least as fit as you are [01:26.33]So come on git on home there's hay that needs a mowin' [01:31.95]A boy that needs a whippin' and a hundred things to do [01:38.27]I hope you've finally found your mind [01:41.33]To leave that rodeo behind [01:44.02]I've spent half my life just waitin' here for you [01:53.78]I guess that nows the time I'd better tell her [01:59.40]Hon I've got this old friend that's here with me [02:04.83]He used to be a cowboy and a good one so they say [02:11.09]But now his legs are crippled he can't walk you see [02:16.58]But hon you ought to hear him tell his stories [02:22.40]Sing the old songs play the guitar too [02:27.96]I'd really like to show him Colorado [02:34.02]But I thought I'd better leave it up to you [02:40.89]Well there's silence on the line [02:44.21]And now I hear her sayin' [02:46.83]Babe I only need a man for the things a man is good for [02:54.02]And you know how it is a place just half this big [02:59.71]Demands a man at least as fit as you are [03:05.10]Put yourself in his place it'd awful hard to face [03:10.10]All the chores and work and nothing he could do [03:15.92]If you want to know my mind leave that rodeo bum behind [03:21.35]Don't waste our time I'm waitin' here for you [03:31.04]Well cryin's just for kids I put down the phone [03:36.67]Fumble with my crutches movin' slow [03:41.85]I wish that I was on the bus that's Colorado bound [03:47.54]And I hope the weather's nice in Mexico