Stampede-Chris Ledoux

[ti:Stampede] [ar:Chris Ledoux] [al:The Ultimate Collection CD2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:33.35]We made camp along Red River [00:37.29]Watched the cattle as they bedded down [00:40.91]Back at the wagons right after supper [00:46.16]We spread our bedrolls on the ground [00:49.03]And me and Willie we took the night guard [00:52.92]And the sage never smelled so sweet [00:57.05]The prairie moon was blazin' silver [01:00.81]No chance tonight for a stampede [01:06.81]Way over yonder off in the distance [01:10.69]Towards the mountains there in the west [01:14.75]Did I see lightnin' did I hear thunder [01:18.63]My mind is weary I could use some rest [01:22.69]Then all at once the wind shifts directions [01:26.63]The clouds roll in behind the tumbleweeds [01:30.63]These longhorn cattle are gettin' restless [01:34.44]God help us all if they stampede [01:40.63]Smell the rain hear the thunder [01:44.56]The midnight sky turns black as death [01:48.63]The lightnin' crashes smell the sulphur [01:52.38]It's rank and strong it's Satan's breath [01:56.50]The cattle rise up and go to runnin' [02:00.25]I spur my pony on and take the lead [02:04.25]And across the herd I can hear Willie yellin' [02:08.19]Hey Stampede [02:46.25]Dust clouds rise as the rain falls [02:50.13]They mix together turn the air to mud [02:53.94]I feel the longhorns brush against me [02:57.75]And I can feel the demons racin' through my blood [03:01.88]Then all at once my pony stumbles [03:05.88]We hit the ground I rise up to my knees [03:09.75]In a flash of light I can see the cattle comin' [03:13.69]Lord I know I'm gonna die in this stampede [03:19.94]Then I awake and I look around me [03:23.82]I'm in my bedroll and I'm layin' on the ground [03:27.63]Over there's the wagon and there's the campfire [03:31.63]I was only dreamin' but what's that sound [03:37.69]Then I feel the earth tremble underneath me [03:41.69]As the midnight sky begins to bleed [03:45.56]And from the blackness I can hear Willie yellin' [03:49.50]Hey Stampede