Fred Eaglesmith - Rodeo Rose lyrics

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They say that a man just doesn't grow up

'Till he's forty odd years old

Such was the case of young Kelly James

And everybody knows

He had a place on the back stretch

Out near the race track

Made money on the horses he broke

Had him a girl that he loved dearly

Name of Rodeo Rose

Young Kelly James and Rodeo Rose

They lived heart to heart

And up and down the streets of our town

You would never see them apart

'Till one day Rodeo Rose up and left him

And she never came back again

To this very day when you ask Kelly James

He says he doesn't understand

'Cause she wanted him crazy

But not that crazy

Wild, but not that wild

And they were going to settle down and get married some day

And maybe have themselves a child

Breaking horses and dealing in cattle

And living way over the edge

With the possibility he might always stay free

And she couldn't take the chance

Young Kelly James stayed in that place

And everything worked out alright

'Cept he'd go out drinking and shooting up the town

On some odd Saturday night

And they'd throw him in jail

And I'd go down and get him

And I'd put him back out on the street

And he'd stay straight, and he'd be okay

For another couple of weeks

'Cause she wanted him crazy

But not that crazy

Wild, but not that wild

And they were going to settle down and get married someday

And maybe have themselves a child

Breaking horses and dealing in cattle

And living way over the edge

With the possibility he might always stay free

And she couldn't take the chance

Rodeo Rose, now, she lives in the suburbs

In a house with a two car garage

She's got a steady husband

And a couple of children

And nothing hardly ever goes wrong

'Cept Rodeo Rose, she drinks too much, too

And when she does, she gets wild

She gets crying about horses, and underfed cattle

And always a month behind

'Cause she wanted him crazy

But not that crazy

Wild, but not that wild

And they were going to settle down and get married some day

And maybe have themselves a child

Breaking horses and dealing in cattle

And living way over the edge

With the possibility he might always stay free

And she couldn't take the chance

With the possibility he might always stay free

And she couldn't take the chance

They say that a man just doesn't grow up

'Till he's forty odd years old