Story Behind The Song

Song about struggles with the cattle industry and how the cycle always continues.

Song Description

Generations of hard work through with pride, dignity through good times or bad

Lyrics

Verse 1
See that old Chevy layin' next to those cattle racks
It's sitting up on blocks waiting to make a comeback
I was riding in it when dad took me to our family farm
He taught me how to fix busted machines inside that barn

Verse 2
When I got my first saddle and a stiff new rope.
Learned how to heel a calf, pull a steer from the mud.

Can't think of a time when this old rope of mine
Didn't prove to me that ranching's in my blood.

Refrain
Feels like life's got a way of pulling on this rope of mine,

Chorus
Through the droughts, the downpours, the lean years and the grind,
When the prices keep rising, and the cattle don't fetch a dime,
I still pull what I can with what the good Lord put inside
My faith, my will, and this old rope of mine.

Verse 3
In a bar now instead of on a horse riding the line
These weathered hands prove this life ain't no nine to five
Praying for a few good men to help keep the ranch alive,
Like my daddy and his daddy... it's a fight to survive

Refrain
Feels like life's got a way of pulling on this rope of mine,

Chorus
Through the droughts, the downpours, the lean years and the grind,
When the prices keep rising, and the cattle don't fetch a dime,
I still pull what I can with what the good Lord put inside
My faith, my will, and this old rope of mine.
My faith, my will, and this old rope of mine.

Bridge
Dad told me the markets change like the wind
And the weather, well - she'll test you time and again
So hold steady, like your world rides on the end of your rope
Cause sometimes she'll show mercy... sometimes she won't

Chorus
Through the droughts, the downpours, the lean years and the grind, When the prices keep rising, and the cattle don't fetch a dime,
I still pull what I can with what the good Lord put inside
My faith, my will, and this old rope of mine.

Outro
I still pull what I can with what the good Lord put inside
My faith, my will, and this old rope of mine.