[Intro]
Appaloosa rider
Appaloosa rider
[Verse 1]
Well, somewhere back around thirty six
I was standing knee deep in the Oklahoma sticks
Picking them Jimmie Rodgers' licks like I owned them
And the girls in town loved what I'd do
I had Choctaw hair and eyes of blue
They'd call me baby I was six foot two and looked lonesome
[Verse 2]
Then yonder come a man in a big old car
With a black beret and a big cigar
He said son you're a natural cowboy star for sure
He looked at me and he said sign
I looked at him and I said fine
I wrote my name on the dotted line and I became
[Chorus]
The Appaloosa rider
Appaloosa rider
Appaloosa rider
Hero of the plains
[Verse 3]
Soon I was smiling from magazines
My head slicked down with Vaseline
And all those bobby-sox babies' screams would ring
They'd pack them in like Maine sardines
And stand them in the mezzanines
To see me ride across the screen and sing
[Verse 4]
A hundred fights I must have won
A thousand bullets in my gun
And my hat stayed on through all the fun and glory
But my real life pony had its hood adorned
With a big old set of western horns
While all America ate popcorn and marveled at the one and only
[Chorus]
Appaloosa rider
Appaloosa rider
Appaloosa rider
Hero of the plains
[Verse 5]
Well, a real life villain had crossed the line
So I crossed Hollywood and Vine
And signed another dotted line my handle
But when I come back most all the noise
Was made for Hoppy's, Gene's, and Roy's
And Hollywood had more cowboys than scandals
[Verse 6]
So here I am in the Oklahoma sticks
And out of all my old sidekicks
Jack Daniels is the one who sticks around
But old friends and fans have begun to write
And I learned why the other night
When I woke up to a TV fight
The hero won and his hat stayed white
And guess who rode across my sight
I tell you I was dynamite
That there was me
[Chorus]
Appaloosa rider
Appaloosa rider
Appaloosa rider (Get it)
Appaloosa rider
Appaloosa rider
Appaloosa rider