Lyrics

PECOS BILL

CHORUS

WHEN YOU WATCH THE ROPIN' AT THE RODEO
REMEMBER PECOS BILL HE INVENTED IT YOU KNOW
HE DIDN'T TAKE A ROPE AND TWIRL IT OVERHEAD
BILL MADE A LASSOE OUT OF SOMETHING ELSE INSTEAD

ONE DAY THE SOUTHWEST GOT SO HOT AND DRY
CLOUDS COULDN'T ROLL BUZZARDS WOULDN'T FLY
PECOS BILL HEARD RUMBLING IN THE ATMOSPHERE
LIKE THE ROAR OF TEN THOUSAND GRISLEY BEAR

A HURRICANE GROWLED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO
CLAWING ACROSS TEXAS STRIKING MANY A BLOW
PECOS BILL WAS ALL MAN BUT A TEAR CAME TO HIS EYE
THE PANHANDLE WAS SMACKED HIGH INTO THE SKY

REPEAT CHORUS

BILL LASSOED TWO MOUNTAIN CHAINS WITH CARE
TWIRLING THESE CHAINS, HE TOSSED THEM IN THE AIR
LOOPING THE PANHANDLE, BILL GENTLY TUGGED IT BACK
THE OTHER LOOPED THE HURRICANE SLOWING IT IN ITS TRACK

THE HURRICANE ROARED AT HIM AS IF TO SAY
PECOS BILL PREPARE TO MEET YOUR MAKER TODAY
BILL PULLED THIS LASSOE SO HARD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND
THE HURRICANE HIT THE GROUND DIGGING THE RIO GRANDE

REPEAT CHORUS

MADE A LASSOE OUT OF SOMETHING ELSE INSTEAD
MADE A LASSOE OUT OF SOMETHING ELSE INSTEAD
PECOS BILL PECOS BILL fade

Joe Pickering Jr Songwriter Roger Eydenberg Artist
King of the Road Music Publisher C 1995