My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

I grew up a-dreamin' of bein' a cowboy



Lovin' the cowboy ways



Pursuin' the life of my high-ridin' heroes



I burned up my childhood days



I learned all the rules of the 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, but one step in back of



Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams



Cowboys are special with their own brand of misery



From being alone too long



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



Knowin' well your best days are gone



Pickin' up hookers instead of my pen



I let the words of my years fade away



Old worn-out saddles, an' old worn-out memories



With no one and no place to stay



My heroes have always been cowboys



And they still are, it seems



Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of



Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams