I have always had my heroes 
I've loved a lot of legends
Many men in my mind are ridin' tall
But my cowboy hero hats off 
to the man who rode a donkey
He's the greatest cowboy of them all


He loves all his little doggies 
he speaks to them kind and gently
And he'll lift up any maverick that falls
He sees every stray that scatters 
like it's the only one that matters
He's the greatest cowboy of them all

Once he rode into the sunset 
but some returning sunrise
He'll call up all the riders in the sky
I gotta get my roll together 
gettin' ready for that sunrise
That winds up where old cowboys never die

The trail he rides is narrow 
but it's straighter than an arrow
And he rides point for all the great and small
He will take us through the wire 
onto that plain that's higher
He's the greatest cowboy of them all

Once he rode into the sunset 
but some returning sunrise
He'll call up all the riders in the sky
I gotta get my roll together 
gettin' ready for that sunrise
That winds up where old cowboys never die

The trail he rides is narrow 
but it's straighter than an arrow
And he rides point for all the great and small
He will take us through the wire 
onto that plain that's higher
He's the greatest cowboy of them all
He's the greatest cowboy of them all