Man Of The Hour
-- by Steve Topping -- Copyright 1997 -- topwheel@softcom.net
Let's Have a Big Hand Folks
For this Bull-riding Man"
"Topping," a Name, Known Throughout the Land
"Teeny Topping" Is His Name, " Big as a Tower"
"Teeny Topping" Is His Name, " Man of the Hour"
"Stand up and Cheer," this Bow Legged Critter"
As He Walks Towards the Bucking Chute
Eight Seconds to Him, Doesn't Give Him the Jitters
Because His Courage Is Strictly Absolute
"Mama" He Whispers under His Breath
As He Waves to Another
Just a Little Boy, Walking Straight and Tall
Holding On to the Hand of His "Mother"
"Need Some Rosin on Your Glove Champ?"
Was Asked by "Ty," a Friend
"A Little," He Smiled with a Thank
"Rub from Here to the End"
"Tighter on the Bull Rope" He Motioned to "Tuff"
As He Tightened and Then Said, "That's Enough"
Down on That Critter and up to His Hand
He Nodded His Head and Looked Toward the Stand
Open Went the Gate, Deep Went His Rowels
As Teeny Raked That Old Bull and Then Thought" Wow!!"
This Old Bull Is Just the Best and He Sure Can Buck
"Please Lord, Give Me Strength and Don't Change My Luck"
The Bulls Head Went Left and Then to the Right
Into a Spin and Not an End in Sight
"Keep Spinning," Thought Teeny, as He Spurred with His Right
Deep into His Side, and with All His Might
The Stand Was Going Wild, as Teeny Was Riding Loose
"The Same," He Thought," as Riding My Beloved Cauyuse"
No Letup, as He Thought of His "Honey"
"Four More Seconds "Sweetheart," and I'm in the Money"
A Change of Direction, Was All the Bull Was Needing
To Send this Cowboy into the Air and Speeding
Into the Stands to Be with His Cousins
Who Were Cheering and Cheering Him There by the Dozens
Two More Jumps and the Sound of the Horn
An Easy Off and Praising the Day He Was Born
Still Number One on the List and Going Strong
Strutting Across the Arena and Feeling like "King Kong"
"Teeny Topping" Is His Name, "Still Big as a Tower"
"Teeny Topping" Is His Name, " Still Man of the Hour"