What Does It Take to be a Cowboy

What Does it Take to be a Cowboy?
Words & Music by Billy White, Jr.

Verse 1
My young son came up to me one evening wearing his Roy Rogers boots and hat
He said he'd like to be like the cowboys on TV and asked what did I think of that
I told him if he wanted to be like them he'd have to learn the things that cowboys do
He stood & thought a while, looked away and smiled turned around and asked me something new

Chorus 1
He asked me what does it take to be a cowboy?
Is it just a hat and boots and jeans?
I think its more than that, more than just a hat
A cowboy is a way of life it seems

Fiddle Solo

Verse 2
I told him about living on the prairie, riding hard and chasing down the strays
Working day and night, doing what was right, listening to the lone coyote bay
I told him how a cowboy treasured honor, didn't like to cheat or steal or lie
Looked after man or beast, lived in quiet peace, slept beneath the clear wide open sky

Chorus 2
I told him that's what it takes to be a cowboy
More that just a hat and boots and jeans
A cowboy is a man, a man who loves the land
A cowboy is a way of life it seems

Chorus 3
I told him that's what it takes to be a cowboy
More that just a hat and boots and jeans
A cowboy is a man, a man who understands
A cowboy is a way of life it seems

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A cowboy is a way of life it seems
A cowboy is a way of life it seems

© 1993 Billy White, Jr. – Hoopie Music BMI