Ian Tyson - Non-pro Song lyrics

Every evening on the interstate

Stop and go traffic he can hardly wait

To turn on the gravel

Leave the downtown core behind

Technology was going to set us free

That ain't the way it turned out to be

A little bit of leisure is

Harder and harder to find

He hits the gravel with some relief

He's older now and it's his belief

He maybe should have been just

A cowboy on the land

Chorus:

So saddle them ponies, open the gate

Gather them cattle 'cause supper can wait

It's the day in the life

Of a non-pro cuttin' horse man

Bridge:

This could be the year he puts it all together

This could be the year he finally gets it right

With a little luck and he don't draw into bad cattle

He'll be riding in the finals

On a Fort Worth Saturday night

(Y'know it's a)

Funny thing about this cuttin' game

A man gets hooked he's never the same

All he wants to do is ride and hunt a cow

So he'd better have an understanding wife

And keep it all together in his business life

If he wants to be cuttin' a couple of years from now

Ah, but there is magic in the horses' feet

In the way they jump and the way they sweep

It's an addiction, not that hard to understand