I Can Still Make Cheyenne
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“I Can Still Make Cheyenne” | |||||
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Single by George Strait from the album Blue Clear Sky |
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Released | August 26, 1996 | ||||
Genre | Country music | ||||
Length | 4:14 | ||||
Label | MCA Nashville Records | ||||
Writer(s) | Aaron Barker, Erv Woolsey | ||||
Producer | Tony Brown, George Strait | ||||
George Strait singles chronology | |||||
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"I Can Still Make Cheyenne" is a country song written by Aaron Barker and Erv Woolsey and recorded by George Strait. The song appears on Strait's 1996 album Blue Clear Sky. The song also appears on two of his greatest hits albums including Strait Hits and 50 Number Ones. A live version can be heard on his album, For the Last Time: Live from the Astrodome, which came out in 2003. A DVD, with the same name, also features the song.
[edit] Lyrics
The song is about the life and sacrifice of a rodeo cowboy. The song begins with a phone call from a cowboy on the rodeo and always on the road, he phones home to his love to check in and also to apologize for letting the rodeo and life he is leading take precedent over their relationship. During the conversation, the cowboy assures her that he is coming home. However, her tone alerts him that something is wrong. The chorus reveals that the woman has gotten fed up with his life and the life he has left her with and has decided to leave him and go with another man. The song takes on its trememdous lyrical stance at this juncture, when the man rebutts that as much as this pains him, he will go on to his true passion, the rodeo.
The song continues, true to its form, with the continuation of the story. The woman is shocked by his reaction. The man, even though he momentarily has second thoughts about his decision, still feels that his love of the rodeo will mend his heart. Cheyenne is the most prestigous rodeo around. Without telling her, he was going to skip Cheyenne to come back to her. When she told him not to bother coming back home he could still make Cheyenne. He was going to give up Cheyenne to be with her, one of the biggest sacrafices a cowboy could make.