"Scatter The Ashes" lyrics - CHRIS LEDOUX

He got busted up bad down in Lubbock
He was taking the greyhound back home
Though the fire in his eye never flickered
He knew the best of his good days were gone

He said, "I'm thinking a lot about retiring
But the rodeo life's all that I know"
Saying, "I don't know what to do with the rest
But I'm too burned out to go on"

He said, "Scatter the ashes over the road
And then let a strong wind blow
When I can't walk away, it's my time to go"

He said "Son, my road map to heaven
Sometimes leads me out of the way
Through those rodeo towns and those drunkin' old sundowns
Someday to an early grave"

He pulled his saddle up over his shoulder
He said, "Before you throw dirt on my bones
Hey tell me what do you do with the broken old cowboy
Who spend his whole life being thrown"

He said, "Scatter the ashes over the road
And then let a strong wind blow
When I can't walk away, it's my time to go"

Scatter the ashes over the road
And then let a strong wind blow
When I can't walk away, it's my time to go

Scatter the ashes over the road
And then let a strong wind blow
When I can't walk away, it's my time to go