Dave Stamey Song for Jake lyrics

I AM AN OLD COWBOY
I DON'T RIDE MUCH NO MORE
I CAME TO THIS VALLEY
RIGHT AFTER THE WAR
I USED TO SHOE HORSES
AND THERES SOME SADDLES I BUILT
AND I'VE RODE AFTER CATTLE
ALL OVER THESE HILLS

STARTED OUT AT THE PITCHFORK
WHEN I WAS THIRTEEN
RIDING YOUNG HORSES
RIDING MY DREAM
AND THEM OLD HANDS THEY TAUGHT ME
ALL IT TAKES IS SOME NERVE
JUST THROW A LEG OVER AND RIDE WHAT YOU RIDE
FOR ALL THAT IT'S WORTH

SOME FOLKS REGRET
THE LIVES THEY LEAD

THEY STARE OUT THE WINDOW
THEY YEARN TO BE FREE
I LIVE THE LIVE THE LIFE
THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME
AND I THREW A LEG OVER
AND I RODE IT FOR ALL IT WAS WORTH
YES I RODE IT
FOR ALL IT WAS WORTH

I WAS BLUE EYED AND WINDBURNED
I WAS EVERY GIRLS DREAM
WILD STEERS ON THE MOUNTAIN
WHERE THE SCRUB BRUSH WAS GREEN
AND THOSE SOME DAYS WERE DARK ONES
WHEN THAT OLD NORTH WIND BLEW
I JUST GATHERED MY REIGNS