Farther Down The Line
Composer(s): Lyle Lovett
Performer(s): Lyle Lovett; Willie Nelson



Let's have a hand for that young cowboy
And wish him better luck next time
And hope we see him up in Fargo
Or somewhere farther down the line

This time he sure drew a bad one
One that nobody could ride
But by the way he pulled his hat on
You knew he'd be there for the fight

Chorus:
And it's the classic contradiction
The unavoidable affliction
Well it don't take much to predict son
The way it always goes
One day she says she loves you
And the next she'll be tired of you
And push will always come to shove you
On that midnight rodeo

He almost made it to the buzzer
Somehow he gave up in the end
They put one hand around the other
And let that pickup man on in

And it was his last chance to ride
And now he'll have to move along
But he knows back in his mind
He won't be away for long

Chorus:
And it's the classic contradiction
The unavoidable affliction
Well it don't take much to predict son
The way it always goes
Because one day she says she loves you
And the next she'll be tired of you
And push will always come to shove you
On that midnight rodeo

So let's have a hand for that young cowboy
And wish him better luck next time
And hope we see him up in Fargo
Or somewhere farther down the line