YOU JUS' GOTTA WONDER is lyrics for a Cowboy gettin' tired of all the hard work, poor pay, lousy social life, and sparse livin' conditions...time he bucks-up and starts payin' mind to why he's a cowpoke in the first place....

YOU JUS' GOTTA WONDER

You jus' gotta wonder
How ex'es and Texas
Rhyme with them Kisses
Like x's and all...
Why ol' Lady Luck isn't
Ever no lady - why luck
Is a factor don't
Add up a'tall...
Why bein' a Cowboy's
Like oil on water -
An' ever'one knows
That there ain't any pay
To bein' a Ranch-hand...
So hit the road, son,
An' don't fool with my girl -
That's all I'm gonna say....
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CHORUS

You jus' gotta wonder
Cuz wonderin's free, man,
An' you're just a wonderer
Wanderin' alone...
You ain't got no place now
Except in some bunkhouse
Where meals cost work
An' you're far from your home....
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You jus' gotta wonder
How you're such a Hero
In Rodeo circuits
With bulls in a ring...
An' with that mic turned up
You sound pretty good now
Whenever it's Country an'
Western you sing...
But out on that Range
You're jus' one more ranch hand -
You jus' might be a drifter
For all that they care...
You may as well go to some
Borin' old factory
Back in the city - life
Jus' don't play fair....
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CHORUS
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You jus' gotta wonder:
This livin' ain't easy
But there sure is Beauty
On Ranges sometimes...
An' there surely is freedom:
Jus' Land all around you-
No walls with small windows -
Jus' foothills to climb....
So maybe you'll stick it out
Jus' one more season
An' if the town's bars don't
Make savin's go dry:
You jus' might make somethin'
Out of this hard livin'...
So saddle up, ride out -
Live well til ya die....
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CHORUS
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