I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
I want to learn to rope and to ride
I want to ride o'er the plains and the deserts
Out west of the great divide

I want hear the coyotes howlin'
While the sun sinks in the west
I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
That's the life that I love best

I want to ride old paint going at a run
I want to feel the wind in my face
A thousand miles from these city lights
Goin' at a cowhand's pace

I want to cradle my head near the sleeping herd
While the moon shines down from above
I want to strum my guitar and yodel-a-e-hoo
Oh that's the life that I love

I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
I want to learn to rope and to ride
I want to ride o'er the plains and the deserts
Out west of the great divide

I want to hear the coyotes howlin'
While the sun sinks in the west
I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
That's the life that I love best