I love (though it's sad) how the 'civilized woman' is afraid that the cowboy might cheat on her, and the beginning of the song makes the listener also think this. Then it turns out that it was not him but her who cheated. That even though he's a rough rodeo man his love was true, while hers wasn't. That he, in his social awkwardness, quickly returns to rodeo, the only other love he has...
I love (though it's sad) how the 'civilized woman' is afraid that the cowboy might cheat on her, and the beginning of the song makes the listener also think this. Then it turns out that it was not him but her who cheated. That even though he's a rough rodeo man his love was true, while hers wasn't. That he, in his social awkwardness, quickly returns to rodeo, the only other love he has...