Michael Hess

Lyrics

I remember the day your momma brought you home to me
She would tuck you in I'd come to lay down at your feet
Keep a watch and guard on you I would look for any sign
Go wake her when my new friend said its feeding time
So every where you’d go I’d be tagging right
behind
You'd head down to the Hondo creek and take your fishin line
Cast out in the water let that bobber float on top
When it disappeared down under your first rodeo was on

Yippie Yea Ky Oh Yippie Yo Ky Yea My sweet Lord another beautiful day

As those seasons flew in and out of view we did our chores and played
Had a blast in the winter of ‘82 I got to pull you on that sleigh
By the spring of 1991 you were old enough to drive
We started punchin’ them ole doggies underneath those April skies
When the dust would settled down we would finally eat some grub
Then we’ed stare into that sunset waiting for heaven to shine above
You would build us all a fire then sing some cowboy tunes
We’d listen to the coyotes howling at the moon

Yippie Yea Ky Oh Yippie Yo Ky Yea My sweet Lord another beautiful day

Now 15 years had past us by and we wondered where they went
When you add them up in dogie years it means I’m near the end
My best friend he is older he is a cowboy through and through
Can rope a wild stallion he can break it for you too
We’ve got a few scars and bruises and like our age they’re starting to show
We’ve been kicked down knocked out compromised but keep coming back for more

Yippie Yea Ky Oh Yippie Yo Ky Yea My sweet Lord another beautiful day

Well the had come to say goodbye you know it’s really hard
When this cowboy had to face the truth and his tears began to fall
There's not a man on earth that gives a damn that could put up any fight
And win the battle of that pain he feels when it comes to see the light
So he picked me up he carried me we went down to that ole creek
Sat down at a table underneath an old oak tree
He held me as tight as his teddy bear like he did when he was 2
It was quite a sentimental touch of what this man was going through

Yeah my Lone Ranger and I we fit just like a glove
As we stared into the sunset waiting for heaven to shine above
He built me a fire He sung me a gospel tune
Then Ole Tonto left the ranger howling at the moon

Yippie Yea Ky Oh Yippie Yo Ky Yea
Ole Tanto's soul went drifting away
Yeah my sweet lord took me to heaven today