At the Broken Heart Ranch You can always get work As a cowfool There's feelin's to wrangle Loose ends to untangle and tie Sun up to sundown Ridin' herd on old memories Sundown to sun up Singin' the bunkhouse blues There's a lone bawlin' calf Lost in a little box canyon Got no companion Lord, don't I know how he feels Up there on the canyon rim
Blows a cold coyote wind Buzzards grinnin' down at him I'm singin' the bunkhouse blues At the Broken Heart Ranch Saturday night sure gets lonesome I long for the lights And the comfort of someone in town Playin' cards and k**in' time Somebody stole my piggin' line this ain't no nursery rhyme I'm talkin' the bunkhouse blues