Daddy Was A Cowboy

4. Daddy Was A Cowboy (3:20)

On the outskirts of town in a single wide,

Just mama and me And not much pride.

Whenever we’d go into town

No one said “hey”- They just looked down.

But daddy was cowboy, my daddy was a cowboy they say.

I found the picture I was lookin’ for

Buried in the bottom of her underwear drawer.

Long and lean in a pickup truck

Cigarette in his mouth And his sleeves rolled up.

Daddy was a cowboy. My daddy was a cowboy they say.

No one told me how he died

It must’ve been somethin’ big.

Maybe he died savin’ some young girl

From a wild horse stampede.

Or maybe the levee overflowed

And threatened to bury the town

Daddy lit the fuse and saved them all

Just before he drowned.

I guess it might’ve been that way



Cause Daddy was a cowboy.

My Daddy was a cowboy they say.

In and outta trouble since I been 10.

Didn’t like school- didn’t fit in.

Mama she went out late each night

didn’t come back ‘til morning light.

Never knew where she’d been away.

But daddy was a cowboy, My daddy was a cowboy they say.

I left home at just sixteen

Lookin’ for adventure - Chasin’ a dream.

‘long came a man in a pickup truck

cigarette in his mouth and his sleeves rolled up.

I hopped in and we pulled away.

Daddy was cowboy My daddy was cowboy they say.

Daddy was a cowboy, they say.