Jenny's daddy was five years gone

by the time that Jenny was 6 years old

It was her and her mom and her parakeet Pete

in a little blue house at the end of the street

Her friends ask her what her daddy did

and you know how it is when you're just a kid

she couldn't tell em that she didn't know so Jenny just lights on



he's a cowboy

riding the reigns

he's got a painted pony with a flowing mane

and he's chasin the sun

dodgin the rain

and he don't go running away

when it gets tough

he's made of that stuff that don't let you down, boy

no, he's a cowboy

he's a cowboy



10 years later after a pillow fight

well Jenny and her friends got to talking bout life

What they're gonna do when they graduate

What kind of guy they're gonna marry one day

And All of her friends said the usual stuff

You know, Doctors and lawyers and bankers and such

but jenny didn't even to lie when

she started talking about her dream guy



he's a cowboy

riding the reigns

he's got a painted pony with a flowing mane

and he's chasin the sun

dodgin the rain

and he don't go running away

when it gets tough

he's made of that stuff that don't let you down, boy

no, he's a cowboy

he's a cowboy





Jenny married a guy named Mike

And they had a little boy and started a life

Mike ran off 4 yrs ago

And now her little boy is five years old

And Jenny looks out the window with a smile

At the way life works when you give it a while

Little man running round out back

With a stick horse and a little red hat



he's a cowboy

riding the reigns

he's got a painted pony with a flowing mane

and he's chasin the sun

dodgin the rain

and he don't go running away

when it gets tough

he's made of that stuff that don't let you down, boy

no, he's a cowboy

yeah he's a cowboy



and he got her that cowboy