He's been known to lose more than he wins

He falls down just to get back up again

And when he smiles his face is weathered and leathered and lined

You can tell he's learned to laugh thru a lot of hard times

He gets by without shoving a drifter and a dreamer

Born to roam rolls his own what you get is what you see here


Once a cowboy always a cowboy

Between the blue sky and unbroken ground he wears his freedom like a crown

Let the whole world around him change that don't mean a thing

Once a cowboy always a cowboy


She tries to tell him he's running outta time

But that ain't what you'd see if you were looking thru his eyes

He's still chasing sunsets still trying to find

Something better than what he left behind

She tries to love him but somehow she understands

That it was over the moment it began


Once a cowboy always a cowboy

Between the blue sky and unbroken ground he wears his freedom like a crown

Let the whole world around him change that don't mean a thing

Once a cowboy always a cowboy


He's been known to lose more than he wins

He falls down just to get back up again


Once a cowboy always a cowboy

Between the blue sky and unbroken ground he wears his freedom like a crown

Let the whole world around him change that don't mean a thing

Once a cowboy always a cowboy