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Should’ve Been A Cowboy Lyrics By Toby Keith

    i bet you have never heard ol’ marshal dillon say
    miss kitty have you ever thought of running away
    settling down would you marry me
    if i asked you twice and begged you pretty please
    she’d have said yes in a new york minute
    they never tied the knot his heart wasn’t in it
    he just stole a kiss as he rode away
    he never hung his hat up
    at kitty’s place

    i should’ve been a cowboy
    i should’ve learned to rope and ride
    wearing my sixshooter riding my pony on a cattle drive
    stealing the young girls’ hearts
    just like gene and roy
    singing those campfire songs
    oh i should’ve been a cowboy

    i might’ve had a sidekick with a funny name
    running wild through the hills chasing jesse james
    ending up on the brink of danger
    riding shotgun for the texas rangers
    go west young man haven’t you been told
    california’s full of whiskey women and gold
    sleeping out all night beneath the desert stars
    with a dream in my eye and a prayer in my heart

    i should’ve been a cowboy
    i should’ve learned to rope and ride
    wearing my sixshooter riding my pony on a cattle drive
    stealing the young girls’ hearts
    just like gene and roy
    singing those campfire songs
    oh i should have been a cowboy

    i should’ve been a cowboy
    i should’ve learned to rope and ride
    i’d be wearing my sixshooter riding my pony on a cattle drive
    stealing the young girls’ hearts
    just like gene and roy
    singing those campfire songs
    oh i should have been a cowboy

    yeah i should’ve been a cowboy
    i should have been a cowboy

    Artist: Toby Keith

    Year: 1993

    Decade: 90s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 146