Jenny's daddy was five years gone
By the time that Jenny was 6 years old
It was her and her mom and her parakeet Pete
In a little blue house at the end of the street.
Her friends ask her what her daddy did
And you know how it is when you're just a kid
She couldn't tell em' that she didn't know
So Jenny just lied and told em'.
He's a cowboy riding the range
He's got a painted pony with a flowing mane
And he's chasin' the sun, dodgin' the rain
And he don't go running away.
When it gets tough
He's made of that stuff
That don't let you down, boy
No, he's a cowboy, he's a cowboy.
Ten years later after a pillow fight
Well, Jenny and her friends got to talking 'bout life
What they're gonna do when they graduate
What kind of guy they're gonna marry one day.
And all of her friends said the usual stuff
You know, Doctors and lawyers and bankers and such
But Jenny didn't even bat an eye
When she started talking about her dream guy.
He's a cowboy riding the range
He's got a painted pony with a flowing mane
And he's chasin' the sun, dodgin' the rain
And he don't go running away.
When it gets tough
He's made of that stuff
That don't let you down, boy
No, he's a cowboy, he's a cowboy.
Jenny married a guy named Mike
And they had a little boy and started a life
Mike ran off 4 years ago
And now her little boy is five years old.
And Jenny looks out the window with a smile
At the way life works when you give it a while
Little man running 'round out back
With a stick horse and a little red hat.
He's a cowboy riding the range
He's got a painted pony with a flowing mane
And he's chasin' the sun, dodgin' the rain
And he don't go running away.
When it gets tough
He's made of that stuff
That don't let you down, boy
No, he's a cowboy.
Yeah, he's a cowboy.
Jenny, got her that cowboy...