Each night in the spotlight
I become everybody’s friend
With my fast gun and fast horses
Then it’s fast girls and sloe gin
The Wild West Show is over
and big top’s coming down
another day another dollar,
then it’s off to another town
So dream on, Bronco Billy
it’s one hell of a life you chose
keep those spurs a-jingling
’cause every cowboy knows
when you saddle your last pony
he’ll be calling by and by
and you’ll ride that final roundup
for that big boss in the sky
Now the paint is peeling
from the old carousel
and I’m feeling kinda faded
and my sequined shirt don’t fit as well
but when I see those little buckaroos
waiting for me to begin
the years roll back
and Bronco Billy becomes just a kid again
So dream on, Bronco Billy
it’s one hell of a life you chose
keep those spurs a-jingling
’cause every cowboy knows
when you saddle your last pony
he’ll be calling by and by
and you’ll ride that final roundup
for that big boss in the sky
Ronnie Milsap 1980
Lyrics by Six Foot Visibility Studios
Richmond VA
2013