She's a barmaid in a west Texas dance hall

She's there ev'ry night till they close

And the cowboy's pay for the jukebox

And she plays 'San Antonio Rose'

Well I know her life ain't been easy

Lord, the lines in her face say it all

But she still is a beautiful woman

In the lights of the Texas dance hall

But she won't sit down at your table

And I know that you can't hold her hand

She won't go home with you cowboy

She's in love with a rodeo man

Well he's hard and he's scarred and he's grayin'

And he's stoned most all of the time

And he drinks at a dark corner table

And he waits there until closin' time

So she won't sit down at your table

And I know that you can't hold her hand

She won't go home with you cowboy

She's in love with a rodeo man

She won't sit down at your table

And I know that you can't hold her hand

She won't go home with you cowboy

She's in love with a rodeo man