Copyright 1995-2005 - Chuck Pritchard

POETS, BARDS & LIARS

An old friend asked me just the other day

What I do when I'm bored and I must truthfully say

That just doesn't happen in this lifestyle of mine

I live every day just to watch the sun as it rises and shines

See, I don't work in a factory or sit behind a desk

I'm sort of a free spirit, more or less

The world is my office and it's a hell of a place

I do what I want and nobody's in my space

Sometimes I cowboy, whenever I can of course

Me and Ol Spook, he's my favorite horse

A flea bit gray he stands 17 hands

And weighs every bit of 1200 pounds

We ride the flats over on Triple B land

Move 'em to new feed, out of the mesquite and sand

Up to the mountains and on to new range

Some people call that a vacation; now isn't that strange?

Then on to the Huecos, they're sure rough and tough

All full of cactus and rocks and such

Mountains so high you can't get to the peak

And sometimes coming down you make unmanly little squeaks

But it looks like a picture from way up high

Watching the clouds as they move across the western sky

Not a car or a plane, there's nothing in sight

Except what God created with all of his might

Now, when I'm home just building my saddles

My minds always working, it's never addled

A jillion things I've got to plan and do

And once in awhile here comes an old memory or two

Bulls and ponies and my cowboy friends

They're certainly my favorites, sure been plenty of them

Long days, hard nights and a senorita or two

Cow works and brandings, a big old dog named Blue

A lot of friends, and the good times over the years

A few I had to lose, and I've shed my tears

Now friend, when you read this I hope you will find

How boredom doesn't happen with my state of mind

I haven't counted all the stars way up in the night sky

And there's to many things that I'd still like to try

I've yet to sail the ocean or soar on the wind

And there's a few old friends that I'd really like to see again

I live life to the fullest as you should to

There's just not enough time, and much to do.