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Date Posted: 22:29:30 01/09/08 Wed
Author: Gunslinger
Author Host/IP: 02-217.172.popsite.net / 66.217.209.217
Subject: Comin' Out the Chutes

Comin Out the Chutes

Sitting in a café, an old man said to me-
“I know you fer a cowboy that much is plain to see.
I bet you sure can fan a bronc, and ride a bad bull too.
You sure put me in mind of me, when I was young, like you.”

I didn’t give an invite, but he pulled up a chair-
And pulled an old, black Stetson off, revealing silver hair.
“I hail from up in Idaho. Not fur from Cor’d’lene-a
And asking for a bait of grub, shore goes agin the grain.

I used to ride the rough stock, and followed rodeo-
And made it to the Finals in ’64, or so…
Age and breaks shore slowed me down, I fin’ly had to quit;
But lately I’ve give lots of thought to goin’ back to it.

I think I’ve got a few more rides, perhaps one more go ‘round,
I’ve know I’m old, I’ve got to try, before they put me down.
A few more miles I’d like to drive, fresh dirt beneath my boots,
I’d like to have a few more times, at comin’ out the chutes.”

I paid the tab, and left the tip; we walked across the floor-
I handed him a fifty, as we got to the door.
He grinned, and said, “I’m much obliged, I’ll catch you in Cheyenne.”
And climbed into his beat up truck, we never met again.

He more than paid the fifty back with his hard earned advice-
I know I’ve lived a fuller life, that’s had a lot more spice…
A few more rides, a few more roads; new dirt beneath my boots-
Like him, I’d like a few more times, a’comin out the chutes.

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