Gideon Tanner Lyrics - Kenny Rogers

I've been riding all night just to get here 

Don't you be throwing us out so soon 

Across the whole damn South with cotton-mouth 

Now we got some drinking to do. 

We've been stuck on the range for 45 days 

And that's a long long time 

We ain't leaving this place 'til there's a smile on our face 

And the whole room is a friend of mine. 

So won't you line 'em all up and slide 'em all down 

And let's hear the jukebox roll 

We've been living on bacon and beans 

Playing the jacks and the queens. 

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But we still got some money to blow 

And the times ain't wild enough 

We dig our spurs in the make them jump 

We're riding shotgun with the devil 

We're the buckaroos. 

My name is Gideon Tanner 

I've been a man of good manners 

I won't dance 'til the ladies ask me 

I simply tip my hat, I smile and sit back 

And then I wait for that friendly stampede. 

I started dancing so tight that this girl turned white 

I thought she must be passing away 

I said: now don't let me down, 'Cause when I hit this town 

I've got to live my whole life in a day. 

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So won't you line 'em all up and slide 'em all down 

And let's hear the jukebox roll 

We've been living on bacon and beans 

Playing the jacks and the queens...