I hear the sound of sorrow in the wind 

Blowing down from every mile I've ever been 

Calling me out on some road that just won't end 

Where the sweetheart rides the rodeo again 



A thousand nights a thousand towns I took the bows 

But there is no compensation for me now 

Out along the highway where the west was won 

No matter how fast I ride or far I run 



Waiting for the sweetheart of the rodeo 

They're comin' down from Tonopah to Tupelo 

She'll come to town to ride the radio 

Like she's slidin' down the walls of Jericho 

There goes the sweetheart of the rodeo 



I stepped into the light you left behind 

I stood there where all the world could see me shine 

Oh I was on my way to you to make you mine 

But I took the longest road that I could find