We camp along Red River Watched the cattle as bedded down Back at the wagons, right after We our bedrolls on the ground
And me and Willie, we the night guard And the never smelled so sweet The prairie moon was silver No tonight for a stampede
Way yonder, off in the distance the mountains there in the west Did I see lightnin', did I thunder My mind is weary, I use some rest
Then all at once, the wind shifts The rolls in behind the tumbleweeds longhorn cattle, are gettin' restless God us all, if they stampede
Smell the rain, the thunder The midnight sky, black as death The lightnin' crashes, the sulfur rank and strong, it's Satan's breath
The rise up and go to runnin' I my pony on and take the lead And across the herd, I can Willie yellin' Hey stampede!
clouds rise, as the rain falls They mix together, the air to mud I feel the brush against me And I can feel the demons through my blood
Then all at once, my pony 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 around me I'm in my and I'm layin' on the ground Over there's the and there's the campfire I was dreamin', but what's that sound?
Then I the earth tremble underneath me As the midnight sky begins to And from the I can hear Willie yellin' Hey stampede!