Album: Garth Brooks (1989)

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• This ol' highway's getting longer
  It seems there ain't no end in sight
  To sleep would be best, but I just can't afford the rest
  I've got to ride in Denver tomorrow night
  
  I called the house but no one answered
  For the last two weeks no one's been home
  I guess she's through with me, to tell the truth I just can't see
  What's kept the woman holding on this long
  
  And the white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
  I'm much too young to feel this damn old
  All my cards are on the table with no ace left in the hole
  I'm much too young to feel this damn old
  
  The competition's getting younger
  Tougher broncs, you know I can't recall
  A worn out tape of Chris LeDoux, lonely women and bad booze
  They seem to be the only friends I've left at all
  
  And the white line's getting longer and the saddle's getting cold
  I'm much too young to feel this damn old
  All my cards are on the table with no ace left in the hole
  I'm much too young to feel this damn old
  
  Lord, I'm much too young to feel this damn old Writer/s: Garth Brooks, Randy Taylor
  Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Comments: 6

• Jennifur Sunsadly the older I have gotten the more I feel like the title of this song
• Buzz from Fairbanks, AkI've followed Chris LeDoux since seeing him in concert at the Montana State Fair in 1989. Heard him interviewed on American Country Countdown many years age. He said he was driving with his family somewhere in WY first time he heard this song. He said as he listened to it, he liked the song, as it was somethign he could really relate to. When he heard his name mentioned, he did/said nothing. A few minutes after the song was over, he turned to his wife and asked her if she'd heard what he did. She smiled and said that she had, but wasn't sure she'd believed it until he asked her. It was a cool story, but nothing like he drove off the road/freaked out...
  Like Garth Brooks, Chris was a great concert performer.
• Joel from Lawrence, KsI like the fact that this song is about rodeo. It also mentions Chris LeDoux's name in a later lyric. We would listen to this song as well as many others on road trips.
• Kevin from Sandy, UtIt's been said that the first time Chris LeDoux heard this song he was driving his truck and when it mentioned his name he had to pull over because he couldn't believe it.
• J.t. from Winnemucca, NvGarth DID idolize Chris, but Chris didn't really idolize Garth. Garth always said that including Chris's name in the song is what made it a hit, Chris always said that Garth using his name resurected him and thanked him.
• Jennie from Gouldsboro, United StatesI think it's funny that Garth idolized Chris LeDoux and Chris idolized Garth

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