I am just a cowboy, lonesome on the trail
A starry night, a campfire light
The coyote call and the howling wind wail
So I ride out to the old sundown

I am just a cowboy, lonesome on the trail
Lord, I'm just thinking about a certain female
The nights we spent together riding on the range
Looking back it seems so strange

Roll me over and turn me around
Let me keep spinning 'til I hit the ground
Roll me over and let me go
Riding in the rodeo

I was took in Texas, I did not know her name
Lord, all these southern girls all seem the same
Down below the border in a town in Mexico
I got my job busting broncs in the rodeo

Roll me over and turn me around
Let me keep spinning 'til I hit the ground
Roll me over and let me go
Running free with the buffalo
Here I go

Roll me over and I'll turn around
And I'll move my fingers up and down
Up and down

It's ok amigo
Just let me go
Riding in the rodeo

Roll me over and turn me around
Let me keep spinning 'til I hit the ground
Roll me over and let me go
Riding in the rodeo

Roll me over and set me free
A cowboys life is the life for me


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Cowboy Song Lyrics as written by Philip Parris Lynott Brian Michael Downey

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    This is possibly my fav thin lizzy song. Listen to the version on live and dangerous (the best album EVAAAAR) Its amazing.

    barneydon December 11, 2005   Link

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