[INTRO]
I’ve been ride’n… ride these fence. For five long days…. making mends here and there. Round up a few strays… Sleep’n on the ground next to a camp fire… Now I’m head’n back… ride’n in a driving rain…
[CHORUS]
I’m just a cowboy… working for pay… I ride hard bust’n a bronc… Ride’n and rope’n… throw one down… to put our brand on.. When the day is done… I ride into town… for cold beer… take a girl up stairs.
[VERSE 2]
I’ve been ride’n … for months of sundays… on a cattle drive. Sleep’n on the ground… eating chuck wagon grub… Santa Fe is three days ahead… then my job is done.
[CHORUS]
I’m just a cowboy… working for pay… I ride hard bust’n a bronc… Ride’n and rope’n… throw one down… to put our brand on.. When the job is done… I’ll ride into town… for little fun. Drink couple cold beers… take a girl up stairs.
[BRIDGE]
It gets lonely.. being a cowboy. Ride’n out there… in the sun, wind and rain. Coffee and cooking on camp fire. Its a cowboy’s way… earning his pay. I’m just a cowboy… ride’n and rope’n… bust’n bronc’s. Just a cowboy… earning his pay.