Me and my son were in a tack shop one day,
he'd just got a pony for his seventh birthday.

He needed a rig and we found one he liked and I was
tryin' to get the old feller to come down off his price and he said son,

let me give you some cowboy advice



There's a few things a man needs to know

As he travels this trail we call life

Like don't ever eat yellow snow

Or bed down with a tougher mans wife

Get your water upstream from the herd

But the best lesson I've ever learned is



Good saddles ain't cheap

But there're worth every dime

And you'll be glad you've got one

When you're on a long ride

You know a deal and a bargain

Are often misunderstood

Good saddles ain't cheap

Cheap saddles ain't good



Said, you might save yourself a few dollars

Feel pretty smart at the time

But there's nothing that hurts any smarter

Than a galled raw blistered behind

And you're vertebrae's all out of whack

Not to mention your poor horses back



Good saddles ain't cheap

But there're worth every dime

And you'll be glad you've got one

When you're on a long ride

You know a deal and a bargain

Are often misunderstood

Good saddles ain't cheap

Cheap saddles ain't good



It depends on what you want to spend

But you get what you pay for my friend



Good saddles ain't cheap

But there're worth every dime

And you'll be glad you've got one

When you're on a long ride

You know a deal and a bargain

Are often misunderstood

Good saddles ain't cheap

Cheap saddles ain't good



Good saddles ain't cheap

Cheap saddles ain't good