Rodeo Cowboy

Dust in the air, crowd in a roar,
You bowed your head, said, “Lord, one more.”
Eight seconds of heaven — first a high,
The devil smiled and said, “You wanna fly?”
Your demons wore leather, your heart wore scars,
You rode for redemption beneath those stars.
And I, your outlaw bride,
Watched my cowboy fight what he couldn’t hide.

Ride through fire, ride through pain,
Eight seconds to break the chains.
Eight seconds
Eight seconds
I held on tight to my rodeo cowboy,
Prayin’ we’d both make it out alive.
Grabbed you by the horns through dust and storms,
Love was the ride I barely survived.

Ride through fire, ride through pain,
Eight seconds to break the chains.
Eight seconds
Eight seconds
Eight seconds
I held on tight to my rodeo cowboy,
Prayin’ we’d both make it out alive.
Grabbed you by the horns through dust and storms,
Love was the ride I barely survived.
Bar-room shadows, bottle’s edge,
Drownin’ in whiskey grief
Wrestlin’ ghosts
Bleedin’ truth from a barbed-wire hope.
Every ride was a war, every night a test,
You rode your rage like a wild machine,
Clung to hope in a buckin’ dream.
We both got burned, but baby, it’s true —
Even devils kneel when love breaks through.

Ride through fire, ride through pain,
Eight seconds to break the chains.
Eight seconds
Eight seconds
Eight seconds

I held on tight to my rodeo cowboy,
Prayin’ we’d both make it out alive.
Grabbed you by the horns through dust and storms,
Love was the ride we kept alive.
Eight seconds of heaven
Eight seconds
Eight seconds
Eight seconds — the angels cried,
we rode through hell and came out sanctified

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You hit the ground and I hit my knees,
Beggin’ mercy for both our decrees.
The bull, the bottle, the devil — all tried,
But heaven took over that final ride.

Ride through fire, ride through pain,
Eight seconds you broke the chains.
Eight seconds
Eight seconds
Eight seconds
My rodeo cowboy — I won’t let go.
Ride through fire, ride through pain,
Eight seconds to break the chains.
Eight seconds
Eight seconds
My rodeo cowboy — I won’t let go.
Eight seconds you broke the chains.
Eight seconds
Eight seconds
Eight seconds
My rodeo cowboy — I won’t let go.