[Intro]
[Band vamping, crowd noise rising]
(Yeah)
This one’s for the boys in the back pens
And the girls keepin’ time on the chutes
[Verse 1]
Dust on my hat brim
Rosin on my rope
Eight seconds from glory
Eight seconds from broke
Blood in the dirt
Sweat in my eyes
They call my name
Gate cracks, I fly
[Chorus]
Ride like JB
Spur for the whistle, not the fame
Leave it all out there
Every rank one knows your name
If you hit that ground
Stand up, wave, let ’em see
If you’re goin’ down in flames
Go down ridin’ like JB
(ride like JB)
[Verse 2]
Bull ridin’, bull fightin’
Heroes in the dust
Clowns dancin’ with danger
Throwin’ their bodies in front of us
If that horn finds me
And I’m tangled in the spin
I pray a cowboy angel
Throws his life right over mine again
[Chorus]
Ride like JB
Spur for the whistle, not the fame
Leave it all out there
Every rank one knows your name
If you hit that ground
Stand up, wave, let ’em see
If you’re goin’ down in flames
Go down ridin’ like JB
(hey, ride like JB)
[Bridge]
[Band drops back, crowd clapping in time]
From the short go lights
To the quiet truck rides home
You learn what you’re made of
When the doctor says “boy, don’t”
But your heart’s still noddin’
At a steel gate memory
Every kid with a dream
Yells, “Open that chute for me!”
[Chorus]
Ride like JB
Spur for the whistle, not the fame
Leave it all out there
Every rank one knows your name
If you hit that ground
Stand up, wave, let ’em see
If you’re goin’ down in flames
Go down ridin’ like JB
[Outro]
[Band hits hard, crowd sings]
Ride like JB
(c’mon, sing it with me)
Ride like JB
One more for the cowboy
Who showed us how to be
If you get one shot at heaven
Take it ridin’ like JB