Just Rope, Throw, & Brand 'Em

I love old westerns. I grew up watching "Gunsmoke", "The Big Valley", "Bonanza", "The Rifleman" and "Wild Wild West". There was something about them that made me want to be a cowboy. No not like a Kid Rock cowboy but a cattle driving, gun slinging cowboy. I think the theme songs had as much to do with my desire as the actual show did. I knew them all and I sang them often. Something struck me today that made me start to sing them in my head, but I couldn't remember all the words. It started to drive me nuts so I went in search of the forgotten lyrics. As I listened to the theme song of the old western show "Rawhide", it struck something inside of me. It made me think of many a church in today's society.




Keep movin, movin, movin. Though they’re disapprovin keep them doggies movin Rawhide!
Don’t try to understand ‘em, just rope, throw, and brand ‘em. Soon we’ll be living high and wide.
My hearts calculatin. My true love will be waitin, Be waitin at the end of my ride.

Move ‘em on, head ‘em up. Head ‘em up, move ‘em on. Move ‘em on, head ‘em up Rawhide
Count ‘em out, ride ‘em in. Ride ‘em in, count ‘em out. Count ‘em out, ride ‘em in Rawhide!