Standard (EADGBE)

This old highway's getting longer

Seems there ain't no end in sight

To sleep would be best

 But I just can't afford to rest

I gotta ride in Denver tomorrow night

I called the house, but no one answered

For the last two weeks no one's been home

I guess she's through with me

 To tell the truth, I just can't see

 What's kept a woman holding on this long

(CHORUS)

 And the white line's getting longer

 And the saddle's getting cold

 Now I'm much too young to feel this damn old

 All my cards are on the table with no ace left in the hole

 Now I'm much too young to feel this damn old

 The competition's getting younger

 Tougher broncs, you know I can't recall

 A worn out tape of Chris LeDoux

 Lonely women and bad booze

 Seem to be the only friends I've left at all.

(CHORUS)