Papa Was a Rodeo
I like your twisted point of view, Mike
I like your questioning eyebrows
You've made it pretty clear what you like
It's only fair to tell you now
I see that kiss-me pucker forming
But maybe you should plug it with a beer, because
Papa was a rodeo
Mama was a rock'n'roll band
I could play guitar and rope a steer
Before I learned to stand
Home was anywhere with diesel gas
Love was a trucker's hand
Never stuck around long enough
For a one night stand
Before you kiss me you should know
Papa was a rodeo
The light reflecting off the mirror ball
Looks like a thousand swirling eyes
They make me think I shouldn't be here at all
You know, every minute someone dies
What are we doing in this dive bar?
How can you live in a place like this?
Why don't you just get into my car
And I'll take you away, I'll take that kiss now, but
(Boy) Papa was a rodeo . . .
And now it's 55 years later
We've had the romance of the century
After all these years wrestling gators
I still feel like crying when I think of what you said to me
Papa was a rodeo . . .
Before you kiss me you should know
Papa was a rodeo
What a coincidence, your Papa was a rodeo too
I like your questioning eyebrows
You've made it pretty clear what you like
It's only fair to tell you now
I see that kiss-me pucker forming
But maybe you should plug it with a beer, because
Papa was a rodeo
Mama was a rock'n'roll band
I could play guitar and rope a steer
Before I learned to stand
Home was anywhere with diesel gas
Love was a trucker's hand
Never stuck around long enough
For a one night stand
Before you kiss me you should know
Papa was a rodeo
The light reflecting off the mirror ball
Looks like a thousand swirling eyes
They make me think I shouldn't be here at all
You know, every minute someone dies
What are we doing in this dive bar?
How can you live in a place like this?
Why don't you just get into my car
And I'll take you away, I'll take that kiss now, but
(Boy) Papa was a rodeo . . .
And now it's 55 years later
We've had the romance of the century
After all these years wrestling gators
I still feel like crying when I think of what you said to me
Papa was a rodeo . . .
Before you kiss me you should know
Papa was a rodeo
What a coincidence, your Papa was a rodeo too
Credits
Writer(s): Stephin Merritt
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Other Album Tracks
- Beautiful Things
- Precision Auto
- Plenty Is Never Enough
- Sleep All Summer
- Complications
- Like a Fool
- Papa Was a Rodeo
- New Ways of Living
- King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 3
- Cowboy on the Moon
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Altri album
- Five Dice, All Threes
- Bells and Whistles
- Christmas in Prison (feat. John Prine) - Single
- Pan and Broom (Eve Maret Remix)
- Noise Floor: A Companion
- Cassadaga: A Companion
- The People's Key: A Companion - EP
- Middleman (Companion Version)
- I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning: A Companion
- LIFTED or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A Companion
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