Rodeo Shack

[couchgrouch]

Rodeo ShackIt was way past midnight, and the sheriff's wifeanswered their bedside phonethere was trouble with reporters, at some place on the borderand the sheriff should come alonethough the mayor'd long been, against houses of sinnear his quiet Texas townout with armadilloes, was a wrangler bordellothat he'd promised to shut downit's the Rodeo Shackon the borderlineit's got dark-haired beautiesmescalero and moonshinesure it's illegal, but lotsa peoplelike it wild and loudand that's how boys, like outlaws and cowboysget their ya-ya's outat the Rodeo Shack the sheriff knew this time, his badge was on the lineif the story made the newsso he broke some reporters', cam'ras and recordersand snuck someone out who had no shoesalthough they knew the truth, the papers had no proofjust rumors and ideashow the sheriff went in there, and found the mayorwith a dancegirl named Mariaat the Rodeo Shackon the borderlineit's got bronze-skinned beautiesmescalero and moonshinesure it's illegal, but lotsa peoplelike it wild and loudand that's how boys, like outlaws and cowboysget their ya-ya's outat the Rodeo Shack (c)2004 Robert George