A cowboy needs a woman
That'll love him true
And the one he'll love
Only one he'll choose
Satisfied with a good home
With her love to keep

And the green back dollar
Ain't his only need

But his ridin' and ropin'
He'll have to do
And his ridin' in a rodeo
Will make her miss him too
Though he'll think about her everyday
Might never take her blues away

A man has to earn his daily pay
The cowboy way a cowboy's calloused hands
And a burn from the sun
Shows a cowboy's work
Hell it ain't ever done
With his horses flowin' mane
As he rides out in the range
From a mornin' blue sky
To a warm evenin' rain

The cowboy way the cowboy way