Stampede

We made camp along the river Watch the cattle As they bend down Back at the wagons Right after supper Spread the bed rolls On the ground Me an willie We took the night guard And the sage Never smelled so sweet The prairie moon Was blazin silver No chance tonight For stampede We rode off yonder In the distance Towards the mountains There in the west Then I see lightening And I hear thunder My mind is weary I could use some rest Then all at once The wind shifts directions The clouds roll in Behind the tumble weeds These longhorn cattle Are gettin restless God help us all If they stampede Smell the rain And hear the thunder The midnight sky Turns balck as death Lightening crashes Smell the sulfur It's rank and strong As satan's breath The cattle rise up And go around I steer my pony On to take a lead And across the heard I can hear willie yellin Hey stampede Dust clouds ride As the rain falls They mix together Turn the air to mud I feel the longhorns Brush against me And I can feel the demons Racin through my blood And all at once My pony stumbles We hit the ground And I rise Up to my knees And flash a light I can see the cattle comin Lord I know I'm gonna die In this stampede Then I wait And I look around I'm in my bed roll And I;m layin on the ground Over there's a wagon And there's the campfire I was only dreamin But what's that sound Then I feel the earth Tremble beneath me As the midnight sky Begins to bleed And from the blackness I can hear willie yellin Hey stampede