2024   (HE RODE BACK INTO TOWN)

HE RODE BACK INTO TOWN WHEN NO ONE WAS LOOKING
STARTED A FIRE. BEGAN SLOWLY COOKING
SAID HE HAD HIM SOME OLD FRIENDS TO SEE
HE LOOKED ODDLY FAMILIAR TO ME

I ASKED HIM, “HAVEN’T I SEEN YOU AROUND”
THAT’S WHEN HIS SMILE TURNED INTO A FROWN.
ARE YOU A RIDER OR A RODEO CLOWN?
ON THE DAY HE RODE BACK INTO TOWN.

SO AFTER A YEAR OF ‘TO HAVE OR HAVE NOT’
ARE YOU HAPPIER NOW WITH ALL YOU AIN’T GOT?
BY THEN, THE FIRE WAS BURNING SO HOT.
ASKING THE PEOPLE AND STIRRING THE POT.

IN THE DISTANCE AN OMINOUS SOUND
OF SOMEONE WHO’S BEEN UP AND BEEN DOWN
WAS HE A RIDER OR JUST A RODEO CLOWN?
AFTER THE DAY HE RODE BACK INTO TOWN.

THEN HE LEAD THE MARCH RIGHT UP THE MAIN STREET
HIS REVIVAL IT SEEMED WAS NEARLY COMPLETE
AS HE GATHERED HIS TROOPS  HE WON’T BUDGE
LOCKED AND LOADED AND HOLDING A GRUDGE

NOW NO ONE CAN KICK HIM AROUND
HE WANTS THE GLORY AND RECLAIM THE CROWN.
IS HE THE NEW SHERIFF OR JUST A RODEO CLOWN?
ON THE DAY HE RODE BACK INTO TOWN.
IS HE A RIDER OR A RODEO CLOWN?
ON THE DAY HE RODE BACK INTO TO TOWN
LIKE IT OR NOT, HE’S BACK HERE IN TOWN.