Karaoké Stampede Chris LeDoux

We made camp

Along Red River

Watched the cattle

As they bendded down

Back at the wagons

Right after supper

We spread our bedrolls

On the ground

And me and Willie

We took the night guard

And the sage

Never smelled so sweet

The prairie moon

Was blazin' silver

No chance tonight

For a stampede

Way over yonder

Off in the distance

Towards the mountains

There in the west

Did I see lightnin'

Did 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 tumbleweeds

These longhorn cattle

Are gettin' restless

God help us all

If they stampede

Smell the rain

Hear the thunder

The midnight sky

Turns black as death

The lightnin' crashes

Smell the sulphur

It's rank and strong

It's Satan's breath

The cattle rise up

And go to runnin'

I spur my pony on

And take the lead

And across the herd

I can hear Willie yellin'

Hey Stampede

Dust clouds rise

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

Then all at once

My pony stumbles

We hit the groun

I rise up to my knees

In a flash of light

I can see the cattle comin'

Lord I know I'm gonna die

In this stampede

Then I awake

And I look around me

I'm in my bedroll

And I'm layin' on the ground

Over there's the wagon

And there's the campfire

I was only dreamin'

But what's that sound

Then I feel the earth

Tremble underneath me

As the midnight

Sky begins to bleed

And from the blackness

I can hear Willie yellin'

Hey Stampede