you can be a cowboy

you can be a cowboy

no one has to know

you don't have to wear a hat

or ride the rodeo

so take your old guitar

down from the shelf

you can be a cowboy

and still be yourself

it's all in your thinking

and not what you're told

when you find out you're a cowboy

deep in your soul

it's nothing you're choosing

it's something you are

you can be a cowboy

deep down in your heart

          yipee ty-wy-oh

          sit by the campfire

          or ride along slow

          yipee ty-wy-ay

          and accept your place

          inside the milky way

you can be a cowboy

if only in your mind

you don't need to have a posse

just a hankering inside

you don't have to be jesse james

or anybody else

you can be a cowboy

and still be yourself

you can be a cowboy

and still be yourself