Well things ain't like they used to be
But you don't need me to tell you that
You better not look like a buckaroo
Its cooler nowdays to wear a baseball cap
And you can try to forget the wooly days
But I'll remind you how it was
Let's take this town back again
The yuppies don't need the whole world
In the old days when the Pioneer was still a bar
Two-headed calf in the window, winos passed out on the door
And the Basques and the whores and the drunks in the hats
And the horse trailers were lined up
When you walked into that town
Here's to hoping Elko will survive
Strong coffee and a round-crown hat
Two AM closing Stockman's down
Truck's dead and morning's cold
Don't say your mama never told you so
Shoulda chose the office
Shoulda gone to school
Shoulda, coulda, woulda, but its too late fool
Hold your head up high
When they label you wild
They say that you belong
In the old days when the Pioneer was still a bar
Two-headed calf in the window, winos passed out on the door
The Basques and the whores and the drunks in the hats
And the horse trailers were lined up
When you walked into that town
Here's to hoping Elko will survive
Elko will survive
You can keep your progress
Wild horses over family ranch
I'll keep my cowcamp, my guns, and my freedom
You can take your laws, filthy money, and goldmines
I'll trap and rope and brand and ride where I like
Like in the old days when the Pioneer was still a bar
Two-headed calf in the window, winos passed out on the door
And the Basques and the whores and the drunks in the hats
And the horse trailers were lined up
When you walked into that town
When you walked into that town
Here's to hoping Elko will survive
Elko will survive
The cowboy will survive
Things ain't like they used to be
But you don't need me to tell you that