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One Lonely Rider

©2007 Sandra L. Reay / Ernie Martinez

Colorado Sandstorm Music, B.M.I. / ASCAP

 
1.
A hot wind blew ‘cross the prairie, a whiff of smoke in the air
  The cattle were restless and wary. The night riders better take care
  We lost Little Joe and three ponies down a dry wash early that day
  When a wall of water came sudden, and swept Big Ed’s best pal away
 
chorus The campfire was glowing, the cattle were lowing
  I was weary right down to my soul
  One Lonely Rider watched our campfire
  Go down to its last burning coal
  Go down to its last burning coal
 
2.
Big Ed pulled duty as night hawk. I offered to stand watch instead
  He said the horses would keep him from thinking ‘bout Joe being dead
  I bedded down away from the others. My buckskin was grazing near by
  I listened to him softly breathing as I watched the firelight die
 
chorus  
 
  Narration:
3.
I woke to a shout in the darkness. The cattle were starting to run
  The top hands scrambled for horses. All of them bolted but one
  I jumped to the back of my buckskin. There is one thing that I’ve learned
  If I could catch up to the leaders then somehow the heard could be turned
   
4.
A lone rider came out of nowhere, his catch rope stiff in his hand
  An angel sent down from heaven, he turned that whole demon band
  Slowly they circled each other, stopped and then stood deathly still
  I couldn’t find sign of that rider. I reckon that I never will
   
2nd chorus The campfire's glowing, the cattle are lowing
  I am weary right down to my soul
  One Lonely Rider watched our campfire
  Go down to its last burning coal
   
coda One Lonely Rider watched our campfire
  Go down to its last burning coal
Go down to its last burning coal
 
3.9 M
Full-length Demo
 
 
Samples from Production Versions:
 
I Wanted to Fly - Sandy Reay & Friends

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Where I Make My Home - Ernie Martinez
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Ernie made suggestions to help Sandy get past writer's block and wrote the chorus. Sandy suggested a chord change in Ernie's music . Bill Barwick suggested the reference to Little Joe the Wrangler in the first verse. Some cowboys from the Bailey, CO, area helped decide how the song should end.

 

"I was running errands in August, 2005. A hot wind was blowing up the valley where I live. As a result of forest fires from the year before, there was still a trace of smoke in the wind." — San

 
         
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