(instrumental opening)

If I could spend time with the cattle
the first thing that I'd like to do
is speak of the day
when my dad took me up to the Bronx
and Mickey Mantle swung through.

If I have learned one thing from Curly
it's to concentrate on just one thing
and to figure it out
is what every man some day must do
for the wisdom it brings.

But there never seems to be enough time
to get cows from New Mexico
to Colorado.

I've looked around enough to know
that Ed and Phil are the guys I go
through time with.

(instrumental break)

If I let this calf I named Norman
go off to the other cows' doom
I would prove I'd learned nothing
so off to a petting zoo gone
he can't stay in my room.

But there never seems to be enough time
to get cows from New Mexico
to Colorado.

I've looked around enough to know
that Ed and Phil are the guys I go
through time with.

(instrumental close)