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Well, my daddy is a rancher
An' he's wrangled cattle dang near all his life
But he also liked to rodeo
So he traveled around with four kids and one wife
Yeah, his old ranch was rocky
But his ropes sail smooth for several years
Now, he worked real hard and roped real good
And tried to get his ranch out in the clear

He didn't want us kids to rodeo
He wanted more out of life for us
Maybe banking or a lawyer
Or maybe even driving some old bus
So that's when we took up singing
And his pride grew greater day by day
And I know his eyes grew misty
The night I sang up on the Opry stage

Now his ranch is so much bigger
The the days when he first started
The grass grows now where none used to be
Roping got him started
Cattle prices made it better
An' he's trying to get his ranch out in the clear

So five years ago September
He bought more steers and hung up all his ropes
But he often tells the stories
About the rodeos he won and cowboy jokes
It's funny that the first big roping
That he won some thirty years ago
It was the same day that I sang
On that stage of the Grand Old Opry show

Now his ranch is so much bigger
The the days when he first started
The grass grows now where none used to be
Roping got him started
Cattle prices made it better
An' he's trying to get his ranch out in the clear

So now he's feeding cattle
Toting hay and branding the YO
And his hired hand's there to help him
And she also cooks their meals when they get home
Oh, they built their ranch together
And they listened to the kids sing through the years
Well they worked real hard and roped real good
And now they got the ranch out in the clear

Because when a family works together
They finally get their ranch out in the clear
Out in the clear

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