Back in the Saddle

Track 1 on Rocks

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When the band was recording their album Rocks in 1975, producer Jack Douglas talked with songwriter Steven Tyler about using the phrase “back in the saddle” as a way of… Read More

May. 3, 19761 viewer25.7K views

Back in the Saddle Lyrics

[Chorus]
I'm back
I'm back in the saddle again
I'm back
I'm back in the saddle again

[Verse 1]
Riding into town alone
By the light of the moon
I'm looking for old Sukie Jones
She crazy horse saloon
Barkeep give me a drink
That's when she caught my eye
She turned to give me a wink
That'd make a grown man cry

[Chorus]
I'm back in the saddle again
I'm back
I'm back in the saddle again
I'm back

[Verse 2]
Come easy, go easy
All right until the rising sun
I'm calling all the shots tonight
I'm like a loaded gun
Peeling off my boots and chaps
I'm saddle sore
Four bits gets you time in the racks
I scream for more
Fool's gold out of their mines
The girls are soaking wet
No tongue's drier than mine
I'll come when I get back

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[Chorus]
I'm back in the saddle again
I'm back
I'm back in the saddle again

[Bridge]
I'm riding, I'm loading up my pistol
I'm riding, I really got a fistful
I'm riding, I'm shining up my saddle
I'm riding, this snake is gonna rattle

[Chorus]
I'm back in the saddle again
I'm back
I'm back in the saddle again
I'm back

[Outro]
Riding high
Riding high
Riding high already

About

When the band was recording their album Rocks in 1975, producer Jack Douglas talked with songwriter Steven Tyler about using the phrase “back in the saddle” as a way of saying the band was back with a hard-rocking new album.

Tyler had always thought of the phrase not as “making a comeback”, but “having sex more than once a night”, and therefore wrote a song about a cowboy’s sexual escapades.