Chris Ledoux - Stampede Lyrics
We made camp along red riverWatched the cattle as they bedded downBack at the wagons, right after supperSpread our bedrolls on the groundAnd me and willie, we took the night guardAnd the sage never smelled so sweetThe prairie moon, was blazin silverNo chance tonight for a stampedeWay over yonder, off in the distanceTowards the mountains there in the westDid I see lightnin, did I hear thunderThe mind is weary, I could use some restThen all at once, the wind shifts directionsThe clouds roll in behind the tumbleweedsThose longhorn cattle, are gettin restlessGod help us all, if they stampedeSmell the rain, hear the thunderThe midnight sky, turns black as deathThe lightnin crashes, smell the sulphurIts rank and strong, as satans breathThe cattle rise up, and go to runninI spur my pony on and take the leadAnd across the herd, I can hear willie yellinHey stampede!Dust clouds rise, as the rain fallsThey mix together, turn the air to mudI feel the longhorns brush against meI can feel the demons racing through my bloodThen all at once, my pony stumblesWe hit the ground, I rise up to my kneesIn a flash of light, I can see the cattle cominLord I know Im gonna die in this stampedeThen I awake, and I look around meIm in my bedroll and Im layin on the groundOver theres the wagon, and theres the campfireI was only dreamin, whats that sound?And I feel the earth tremble underneath meAs the midnight sky begins to bleedAnd from the blackness I can hear willie yellinHey stampede
