[Verse 1] Jennys daddy was five years gone By the time that Jenny was six 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 youre just a kid She couldnt tell em that she didnt know So Jenny just lied and told em [Chorus] Hes a cowboy ridin the range Hes got a painted pony with a flowin mane And hes chasin the sun, dodgin the rain And he dont go runnin away when it gets tough Hes made of that stuff That dont let you down, boy No, hes a cowboy Hes a cowboy [Verse 2] Ten years later after a pillow fight Well, Jenny and her friends got to talkin bout life What theyre gonna do when they graduate What kind of guy theyre gonna marry one day And all of her friends said the usual stuff You know, doctors and lawyers and bankers and such But Jenny didnt even bat an eye When she started talkin bout her dream guy [Chorus] He was cowboy ridin the range Hes got a painted pony with a flowin mane And hes chasin the sun, dodgin the rain And he dont go runnin away when it gets tough Hes made of that stuff That dont let you down, boy No, hes a cowboy Yeah, hes a cowboy [Verse 3] Jenny married a guy named Mike And they had a little boy and they started a life But Mike ran off four years ago And now her little boy is five years old Jenny looks out the window with a smile At the way life works when you give it a while With little man runnin round out back With a stick horse and a little red hat [Chorus] Hes a cowboy ridin the range Hes got a painted pony with a flowin mane And hes chasin the sun, dodgin the rain And he dont go runnin away when it gets tough Hes made of that stuff That dont let you down, boy No, hes a cowboy Yeah, hes a cowboy Jenny got her that cowboy
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