I Ain't No Cowboy

Album: The Way I Am (2026)
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  • Well, I knew the day I met her
    One day I'd have to forget her
    But that didn't stop me from tryin' to hold her
    Like the river holds the rain
    She always wanted wide open spaces
    And I tried my best to tame her
    But I would have been better off breakin'
    A herd of wild mustangs

    I ain't no cowboy, but I wish I was
    We'd a rode off together in the settin' sun
    'Stead of watchin' her ride right out of my life
    If I coulda roped her heart back in
    I coulda been what she needed when
    She saddled up, and she kicked up a cloud of dust
    I ain't no cowboy, but now I wish I was

    If I coulda been more like John Wayne
    I coulda found a way to make her stay
    But she was a Lorie Darlin' lookin' for her Gus McCrae
    And at the end of the day

    I ain't no cowboy, but I wish I was
    We'd a rode off together in the settin' sun
    'Stead of watchin' her ride right out of my life
    If I coulda roped her heart back in
    I coulda been what she needed when
    She saddled up, and she kicked up a cloud of dust
    I ain't no cowboy, but, damn, I wish I was

    No, I ain't no cowboy, but I wish I was
    We'd a rode off together in the settin' sun
    'Stead of watchin' her ride right out of my life
    If I coulda roped her heart back in
    I coulda been what she needed when
    She saddled up, and she kicked up a cloud of dust
    I ain't no cowboy, but now I wish I was Writer/s: Cody Daniel Johnson, Jake Mears, Luke Albert Combs
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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