Lyrics

The Stockyards
                                                   By Mike Whiteley
Verse 1
I’d push my socks through denim hard as cardboard
Getting’ ready for a Ft Worth Friday night
A pair of Justins and a button down that stood up by itself
And my Resistol, you know it was looking tight

I’d splash on a little Stetson, and get out of my truck
A quick glance in the mirror, then give everything a tuck
Head over to the Cadillac and walk right past the line
I’d wink and pass the doorman knowing that the world was mine

Chorus
Those were the days, those were the nights
Back when the planets all aligned
We lived for the chase, we lived for the chance
We flew by the Ws on our pants
And we thought that it was gonna last forever
We know now that nothing ever does
But, for just a little while up north in Ft Worth
A few of us knew just what magic was
In the Stockyards, In the Stockyards
                                                          The Stockyards
Verse 2
My girlfriends helped me zip my pants with pliers
The things we did with hair you might call art
Handfuls of bunched up Kleenex was our Wonder Bra
We polished til’ we shined like Texas stars

I’d watch every single guy out on the dancefloor
I’d find the one, then try to catch his eye
A couple drinks and a couple dances later
I’d let him hold me close and I knew the world was mine

Chorus
Those were the days, those were the nights
Back when the planets all aligned
We lived for the chase, we lived for the fun
Oh, looking back we were so young
And we thought that it was gonna last forever
We know now that nothing ever does
But, for just a little while up north in Ft Worth
A few of us knew just what magic was
In the Stockyards, In the Stockyards

                                                     The Stockyards

Bridge
The women that I used to chase in Ft Worth
These days they’d look like little girls to me
I met my ex-husband on that dance floor
But, I tell you, I wouldn’t change a thing

Chorus
Those were the days, those were the nights
Back when the planets all aligned
We lived for the chase, we lived for the chance
We flew by the Ws on our pants
And we thought that it was gonna last forever
We know now that nothing ever does
But, for just a little while up north in Ft Worth
A few of us knew just what magic was
In the Stockyards
In the Stockyards