Ol' Double Diamond Lyrics - Chris Ledoux

The ol' Double Diamond lay out east of Dubois in the land of the buffalo 

And the auctioner's gavel it rapped and it rattled 

As I watched the ol' Double Diamond go 

And won't you listen to the wind mother nature's violin 

When I first hired on at the ol' Double Diamond 

I was a damn poor excuse for a man 

I never learned how to aim while my spirt was tame 

I didn't know all the cards in my hand 

And the wind whipped the granite above me 

And blew the tumbleweeds clean through my soul 

Well I fought her winters and I busted her horses 

I took more than I thought I could stand 

But the battles with the mountains and the cattle 

Will bring out the best in a man 

I guess a sailor needs an ocean and a mama her babies to hold 

But I need the plains of Wyoming in the land of the buffalo 

But now she's sellin' out and I'm movin' on 

But I'm leaving with more than I came 

Cause I got this pony and he ain't for sale and I've got this song to sing 

I've got a new range to find I've got a new knot to tie 

In a country where cowboys are king 

We turned tails to the wind at the ol' Double Diamond 

And took off down through the sage 

And won't you listen to the wind mother nature's violin