My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

(Sharon Vaughn)



I grew up a dreaming of being a cowboy

And loving the cowboy ways

Pursuing the life of my high ridin' heroes

I burned up my childhood days.



I learned all the rules of a modern day drifter

Don't you hold on to nothin' too long

Just take what you need from the ladies then leave them

With the words of a sad country song.



My heroes have always been cowboys

And they still are it seems

Sadly in search of and one step in back of

Themselves and their slow movin' dreams.



Cowboys are special with their own brand

Of mis'ry from being alone too long

You could die from the cold in the arms of a nightmare

Knowing well that your best days are gone.



Pickin' up hookers instead of my pen

I let the words of my youth fade away

Old wornout saddles and old wornout mem'ries

With no one and no place to stay.



My heroes have always been cowboys

And they still are it seems

Sadly in search of and one step in back of

Themselves and their slow movin' dreams...