We left San Antonio in April '83
Trailin' a herd to the railhead, my brother Bob and me
Except for dust and Comanches, and nesters pushin' plows
All I've seen since the day we left was the south end of those cows
But there was lights in the distance
I thought I heard music play
The voices of fallen angels get closer everyday
Well a hunter come by in a wagon, he looked part Cherokee
I said "What's that ahead of us partner", this is what he said to me
Yonder's Dodge City
Queen of the cow towns
Runnin' a wide open game
Don't try to brand her
She's too wild to handle
Too tough by far for you to tame
I drank whiskey in the longbranch
And I got in a poker game
Danced with some fancy ladies I don't recall by name
Woke up in jail next morning, this blue lump on my head
And an old tin star named Wyatt Earp unlocked the cell and said
This here's Dodge City
Queen of the cow towns
Runnin' a wide open game
Don't try to brand her
She's too wild to handle
Too tough by far for you to tame
Got back my guns and saddle
I wound up in Fort Worth
Throwed in with Billy Ray Walker
A pushin' another herd north
He said "What's that ahead of us partner"
I said "Billy if you care to know
It's a slice of cowboy heaven, when you get there take it slow"
Yonder's Dodge City
Queen of the cow towns
Runnin' a wide open game
Don't try to brand her
She's too wild to handle
Too tough by far for you to tame
She's way too wild for us to tame