[intro]
The Illinois cowboy
Champion at the rodeo
Our boy Romeo
Losing him home to the government
Ain’t got no where else to go
Making his way to the south side of Chicago
[Verse]
Romeo rode wide plains
Dust in his hair
Now he's trading his boots for a city glare
South side streets got no cattle
No stars
Just sirens singing
Steel and cars
[Prechorus]
He misses the broncos
The dust in his throat
The crowd's wild roar
The sweat in his coat
[Chorus]
South side Romeo
Where did your lasso go
No rodeo
Just concrete rodeo
South side Romeo
You can’t rope a shadow
But you try
Oh you try
Oh you try
[Verse 2]
The alley’s his canyon
The trains his stampede
The neon moon’s shining on his cowboy creed
He hums old ballads to a cold city night
Dreams of open fields bathed in golden light
[Bridge]
His boots still click on the pavement cracks
He rides these streets like the old dirt tracks
Lost in the rhythm of a world so fast
Chasing a memory that just won’t last
[Chorus]
South side Romeo
Where did your lasso go
No rodeo
Just concrete rodeo
South side Romeo
You can’t rope a shadow
But you try
Oh you try
Oh you try