The Wagon Tongue (Album Version)-Red Steagall

[ti:The Wagon Tongue (Album Version)] [ar:Red Steagall] [al:Born To This Land] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Wagon Tongue - Red Steagall [00:11.94]I hired on with Colonel Slaughter driving steers to Abilene [00:16.26] [00:17.15]Green and wet behind the ears a kid of seventeen [00:21.31] [00:22.96]Though I was raised in Texas I was not a seasoned hand [00:27.79]So I got the job of hoodlum the coosie's right-hand man [00:32.60] [00:34.03]On the Llano Estacado all you see is endless plains [00:38.82]You dread the sound of thunder there's no shelter from the rain [00:43.12] [00:44.85]Now the coosie did a strange thing [00:47.51]When the evening meal was done [00:49.70]He'd wait until the stars come out then move the wagon tongue [00:53.44] [00:55.44]He said son there ain't no landmarks [00:57.34]On these wide and rollin' plains [01:00.01] [01:00.75]There ain't no trees or mountains so each day it looks the same [01:05.01] [01:06.24]But you'll never lose direction and you'll know just where you are [01:11.50]If you'll always point your wagon tongue toward that ol' north star [01:16.00] [01:17.51]Out along the Cimarron one cold and stormy night [01:22.23]I watched the cattle stampede through the lightning's eerie light [01:26.41] [01:28.56]Took several days to round 'em up get 'em settled down [01:32.41] [01:33.03]And we followed in the wagon through the soft and muddy ground [01:37.06] [01:38.69]As we pushed the herd across the plains we had no way to know [01:43.90]That we had drifted way off course towards New Mexico [01:47.90] [01:49.88]But the night the stars came out his theory stood the test [01:54.61]Abilene's up north of us but we were headed west [01:59.07] [02:00.39]He said son there ain't no landmarks [02:02.74]On these wide and rollin' plains [02:04.87] [02:05.77]There ain't no trees or mountains so each day it looks the same [02:09.78] [02:10.88]But you'll never lose direction and you'll know just where you are [02:16.32]If you'll always point your wagon tongue toward that ol' north star [02:20.66] [02:22.38]My life has been a full one my hair is turnin' gray [02:27.31]And I've seen a lot of sunshine but I've seen some cloudy days [02:31.67] [02:33.46]For a while I wondered aimlessly and I still wear the scars [02:38.23]Of when I didn't point my wagon tongue toward that ol' north star [02:42.73] [02:44.22]'Cause life is like a grassy sea the trail ain't always plain [02:48.81] [02:49.38]One may lead to pleasure and another lead to pain [02:53.61] [02:54.82]But you'll never lose direction and you'll know just where you are [02:59.94]If you'll always point your wagon tongue toward that ol' north star [03:04.45] [03:05.70]Yes you'll never lose direction and you'll know just where you are [03:10.81]If you'll always point your wagon tongue toward that ol' north star