From the recording Couple Things
Lyrics
Verse 1
Did you ever hurt someone you loved bad enough that you thought it was over and then
She came back and loved you again
I’m not gonna get everything right but I’ll try and I’ll fail and hope she’ll understand
It’s not if I mess up, it’s when
But in my own defense
Chorus 1
This life is my first rodeo
I know I’m not perfect but dammit, it’s just my first time on this planet
I’ve never been this age before
I’m tryin’ not to blow it, l’ll learn as I’m goin’, this life is my first rodeo
Verse 2
Lying next to her in the morning the sun and the breeze stir the stars in the air
My fingers trace her hair
Funny how mistakes from the past make a path to the future we’re both here to share
I whisper in her ear
My shy but ernest prayer
Chorus 2
This life is my first rodeo
Her love is the rope I been grippin’, to stay on this bull they call livin’
It’s just my first time, being this old
I’m tryin’ not to blow it, l’ll learn as I’m goin’, this life is my first rodeo
Bridge
We show up on this crazy ball to live a hundred years, and
I’m convinced that time exists for me to know her here
Chorus 3
This life is my first rodeo
I know I’m not easy but dammit, it’s just my first time on this planet
I’ve never been this age before
I’m tryin’ not to blow it, l’ll learn as I’m goin’, this life is my first rodeo
Outro
My first rodeo