Legend has it years ago
A sound was born and began to grow
Old Tex and Buddy showed the way
And a brand new beat was here to stay
Miles around you could hear it comin'
Steel guitars and a flat pick strummin'
And it told the story of the workin' man
And the beat spread out across the land
The western beat is alive and kickin'
Carrying on an age old tradition
The good old boys are turnin' up the heat
And the house is shakin' to the western beat
So come on boys rosin up the bow
There's fire in the fiddle and the old banjo
Stoke it 'till you can't hold it down
Serve it up at the speed of sound
The western beat is alive and kickin'
Carrying on an age old tradition
The good old boys are turnin' up the heat
And the house is shakin' to the western beat
Well the western beat is a freight train comin'
Across the land like a diesel hummin'
And it tells the story of the workin' man
You can still hear it ringin' out across the land
Yeah the western beat is alive and kickin'
Carrying on an age old tradition
The good old boys are turnin' up the heat
Yeah the western beat is alive and kickin'
Carrying on an age old tradition
The good old boys are turnin' up the heat
And the country's shakin' to the western beat
