It Ain't The Years, It's The Miles - 24-Bit Digitally Remastered 04

I walked behind the chutes
Strapped my spurs to my boots
At that big rodeo in Cheyenne
Feelin' tired and sore
From the ride the day before
And a thousand other rides since I began

As I climbed up the gate
I heard that young cowboy say
"That ol' man ain't gonna ride," and I had to smile
I said, "Son, it ain't age that makes me look this way
It ain't the years, boy, it's the miles"

It ain't the years that I've known
That have taken their toll
'Cause they've been few
If you took all the mashings
The draggings and the crashings
You'd probably look the same way that I do

It's the million miles of road
Of gettin' snatched around and throwed
That finally put the cramp in my style
It ain't age that makes me look this way
It ain't the years, boy, it's the miles

I went on and made my ride, only scored 65
But you know what really made my day complete
Was when I looked up just in time
To see that young cowboy go flyin'
And land in a pile at my feet

And as the first aid came to haul him away
I said, "Son, you'll be alright in a liitle while"
He's on his way to findin' out what it's all about
It ain't the years, boy, it's the miles

It ain't the years that I've known
That have taken their toll
'Cause they've been few
If you took all the mashings
The draggings and the crashings
You'd probably look the same way that I do

It's the million miles of road
Of gettin' snatched around and throwed
That finally put the cramp in my style
It ain't age that makes me look this way
It ain't the years, boy, it's the miles

It ain't age that makes me look this way
It ain't the years, boy, it's the miles