"Dear Rodeo" lyrics

"Dear Rodeo"

Dear Rodeo
I'd be lying if I tried to tell you I don't think about you
After all the miles and the wild nights that we've been through
Lord knows we had a few

Dear Rodeo
I'd like to say that I took the reins and rode away
No regrets, no "left unsaids"
Just turned the page
Oh, but you know better, babe

Between the almost-had-'ems and broken bones
The dream of the buckle I'll never put on
I'm jaded, oh I hate it

But somehow the highs outweigh the lows
And I'd do it all again even though we both know
I'd still have to let you go

So dear Rodeo
I tried like hell to tell myself
It was all your fault
I held on tight with all my might
I just couldn't hang on
And that's hard to hang your hat on

Between the almost-had-'ems and broken bones
The dream of the buckle I'll never put on
I'm jaded, oh how I hate it

But somehow the highs outweigh the lows
And I'd do it all again even though we both know
I'd still have to let you go

Dear Rodeo
I'd like to think you miss me too
But I know you don't
Oh, but that don't change the past
And that don't change the truth
I'm still in love with you
Dear Rodeo


Thanks to Cactus for correcting these lyrics.
Writer(s): Cody Johnson, Dan Couch
"Dear Rodeo" was played on the ninth episode of the fourth season of the drama "Yellowstone", "No Such Thing As Fair", on the 26th of December, 2021.
Cody Johnson told in the documentary "Dear Rodeo: The Cody Johnson Story", "When I was a kid, I wanted to be the Lone Ranger. Like, I've always had those figures like Gus McCrae from Lonesome Dove, John Wayne. 'That's what I wanna be!' You know? That's 'I wanna be there when I grow up!' Because he's always the good guy. He's always the larger-than-life guy that walks in the room." He also added, "If you could talk to rodeo, what would you say? I didn't know that I was gonna have the opportunity to write something that would change my own life."
Reba McEntire shared about the meaning of this song, "I always thought everyone wanted to be a cowboy or cowgirl. That's a way of life that's very romantic. It's honesty, it's mother nature, it's what God gave you."
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