[Intro] [pedal steel over a shuffling two-step groove] [Verse 1] There's frost along the fuel line and steam risin' off the pad Kerosene at daybreak — sweetest smell I ever had They counted down from ten like they was auctionin' the herd I touched my hat to Wyoming and I never said a word [Chorus] I ride rockets like the old boys rode the range The saddle's got more switches but the lonesome ain't changed There's peace up past the weather, there's quiet on the moon I ride rockets, darlin' — but I'm comin' down soon [Verse 2] I had a good one, called her Ruby — forty runs up off this rock She'd buck a little past the tower, then gentle to a walk But a good one gets away from you — she's grazin' out past Mars And a bad one just blows up on the pad and leaves you seein' stars [Chorus] I ride rockets like the old boys rode the range The saddle's got more switches but the lonesome ain't changed There's peace up past the weather, there's quiet on the moon I ride rockets, darlin' — but I'm comin' down soon [Steel Guitar Solo] [Bridge] The company store owns my boots and meters out my air I'm three paychecks shy of ownin' this old pressure suit I wear I came up here for quiet, and Lord, the quiet's fine But it don't hold a candle to you laughin' on the line [Final Chorus] I ride rockets like the old boys rode the range The saddle's got more switches but the lonesome ain't changed There's peace up past the weather, there's quiet on the moon I ride rockets, darlin' — but I'm comin' down soon Yeah, come Friday evenin', honey — I'll be burnin' for the barn [Outro] Keep the porch light burnin', darlin' — I can see it from up here [spoken] Whoa now... easy, girl... there she is.
