We camp along Red River Watched the cattle as they bedded at the wagons, right after supper We our bedrolls on the ground
And me and Willie, we took the night And the never smelled so sweet The prairie was blazin' silver No chance tonight for a
Way over yonder, off in the Towards the mountains there in the Did I see lightnin', did I hear My mind is weary, I could use some
all at once, the wind shifts directions The clouds in behind the tumbleweeds These cattle, are gettin' restless God us all, if they stampede
Smell the rain, the thunder The sky, turns black as death The lightnin' crashes, smell the It's rank and strong, it's Satan's
The rise up and go to runnin' I spur my pony on and take the And across the herd, I can Willie yellin' Hey stampede!
Dust clouds rise, as the rain mix together, turn the air to mud I feel the longhorns brush me And I can feel the demons racin' through my
all at once, my pony stumbles We hit the ground, I rise up to my In the of light, I can see the cattle comin' Lord I know I'm gonna die in stampede
Then I awake and I look me I'm in my bedroll and I'm layin' on the Over the wagon and there's the campfire I was only dreamin', but what's that
Then I feel the tremble underneath me As the midnight sky begins to And from the blackness I can hear yellin' Hey stampede!