Cowboy

Story Behind The Song

Being a kid who grew up on TV Westerns, I had these feelings since a very young age and when I wrote the initial chord pattern, the lyrics flowed.

Song Description

Subtitled "I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Cowboy" this is a mid-tempo, retro-traditional Country shuffle with a sense of humor. It's about hopes and dreams of being a Cowboy hero, catching the bad guy and getting the girl. You'll hear fiddle, pedal steel, and influences like Jimmy Webb, Bob Wills and The Eagles along the way. Fun and uplifting!

Song Length 3:58 Genre Country - Cowboy, Country - Traditional
Tempo Slow (71 - 90) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Cheerful, In High Spirits Subject Cowboy, Dreams
Similar Artists George Strait, Jimmy Webb Language English
Era 1980 - 1989

Lyrics

My family tradition tends to make me into something that I'm not.
But I can't think of a better thing for me to be than me and that's alright by me.
I don't want to spend my days and nights and years
inside some office building. NO!
Just give me the outdoors, a white horse and an old ten-gallon hat.
(What's wrong with that?): Not a thing. I just sing...

I wanna grow up to be a Cowboy, just like Buffalo Bill.
I said it when I was a five-year-old and I guess I always will,
'cause the Cowboy gets the bad guy, and the Cowboy gets the girl.
Best of all he gets a Colt 45 with a handle made of pearl.

In my dreams I'm the Sheriff of Laredo, and a Texas Ranger too.
I'm the man who told Geronimo just where to go and what he had to do.
But the mornin' brings reality right back to me,
and DAMN I'm late for work! But they can't take my dreams away.

I wanna grow up to be a Cowboy, just like Buffalo Bill.
I said it when I was a five-year-old and I guess I always will,
'cause the Cowboy gets the bad guy, and the Cowboy gets the girl.
Best of all he gets a Colt 45 with a handle made of pearl. Alright!

They can't take my dreams away!
I'm gonna grow up to be a Cowboy, just like Buffalo Bill.
I said it when I was a five-year-old and I guess I always will,
'cause the Cowboy gets the bad guy, and the Cowboy gets the girl.
Best of all he gets a Colt 45 with a handle made of pearl.
Oh yeah, I'm gonna grow up to be a Cowboy, just like Buffalo Bill.
I said it when I was a little boy and I guess I always will.
The Cowboy gets the bad guy. The Cowboy gets the girl.
Best of all he gets a Colt 45 with a handle made of pearl.
A handle made of pearl!

Lyrics Robert P. Birthisel Music Robert P. Birthisel
Producer Robert P. Birthisel Publisher Worldwide Birthisel Publishing (ASCAP)

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