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[00:13.55]They say that a man just doesn't grow up
[00:19.14]'Til he's forty odd years old
[00:27.11]And such was the case of young Kelly James
[00:33.85]And everybody knows
[00:39.80]He had a place on the back stretch
[00:43.98]Out near the race track
[00:46.66]Made money on the horses he broke
[00:53.28]Had him a girl that he loved dearly
[01:00.14]Name of Rodeo Rose
[01:06.88]Young Kelly James and Rodeo Rose
[01:13.42]They lived heart to heart
[01:19.35]And up and down the streets of our town
[01:25.96]You would never see them apart
[01:30.21]'Til one day Rodeo rose up and left him
[01:38.65]And she never came back again
[01:45.25]And to this very day when you ask Kelly James
[01:51.23]He says he doesn't understand
[01:55.88]'Cause she wanted him crazy
[02:01.74]But not that crazy
[02:05.29]Wild but not that wild
[02:11.02]And she was going to settle down
[02:13.94]And get married someday
[02:17.69]Maybe have herself a child
[02:24.45]And breaking horses and dealing cattle
[02:30.94]And living way over the edge
[02:37.03]With the possibility he might always stay free
[02:43.98]She couldn't take the chance
[02:50.65]Young Kelly James stayed in that place
[02:57.05]And everything turned out alright
[03:02.57]Except he'd go out drinking
[03:06.42]And shoot up the town
[03:09.61]On some odd Saturday night
[03:15.51]And they'd throw him in jail
[03:18.74]And I'd go down and get him
[03:22.06]And I'd put him back out on the street
[03:28.92]And he'd stay straight
[03:32.02]And he'd be okay
[03:35.13]For another couple of weeks
[03:39.31]'Cause she wanted him crazy
[03:45.27]But not that crazy
[03:48.62]Wild but not that wild
[03:55.23]Rodeo Rose now she lives in the suburbs
[04:01.43]In a house with a two car garage
[04:07.58]She's got a steady husband and a couple of children
[04:14.55]Nothing hardly ever goes wrong
[04:20.80]'Cept Rodeo Rose, she drinks too much too
[04:27.74]And when she does she gets wild
[04:33.79]She gets crying about horses and underfed cattle
[04:40.77]And always a month behind
[04:46.78]And she wanted him crazy
[04:50.39]But not that crazy
[04:53.70]Wild but not that wild
[04:59.73]And she was going to settle down
[05:02.77]And get married someday
[05:06.56]Maybe have herself a child
[05:13.46]And breaking horses and dealing cattle
[05:20.01]And living way over the edge
[05:26.14]With the possibility he might always stay free
[05:33.12]She couldn't take that chance
[05:39.17]With the possibility he might always stay free
[05:46.01]She couldn't take the chance
[05:52.15]And they say that a man just doesn't grow up
[05:57.98]'Til he's forty odd years old