While the world keeps changing he won’t budge an inch He’d ride lightening and never even flinch He tips his hat to the ladies and the legends too Skoal ring on his pocket just like Chris LeDoux He loves whiskey and rolling smokes Campfires, songs and old man jokes
Long live cowboys, chasing gold buckle dreams Pearl snap shirts and old faded blue jeans Real life cowboys who weather the wind and the rain Like desperados waiting on a train Those honky tonk heroes and their six string guitars Outlaw troubadours beneath those neon stars Long live cowboys
Well, listen up girl your mama learned first hand The reason they don’t call him a cowman He’s a cowboy, he won’t always save the day He’ll ride off into the sunset even when he should stay The same thing that stole your heart Is the same dang thing that’s gonna tear it apart
Long live cowboys, chasing gold buckle dreams Pearl snap shirts and old faded blue jeans Real life cowboys who weather the wind and the rain Like desperados waiting on a train Those honky tonk heroes and their six string guitars Outlaw troubadours beneath those neon stars Long live cowboys Modern day, real life, cowboys
Naw, he’ll never settle down, you can’t tame his soul He was just born a hundred years too slow
Long live cowboys, chasing gold buckle dreams Pearl snap shirts and old faded blue jeans Real life cowboys who weather the wind and the rain Like desperados waiting on a train Those honky tonk heroes and their six string guitars Outlaw troubadours beneath those neon stars Long live cowboys Yeah, long live cowboys