he's a cowboy

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 lied and told em'. he's a cowboy riding the range, 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. ten 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 bat an eye, when she started talking about her dream guy. he's a cowboy riding the range, 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 years 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 range, 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. jenny, got her that cowboy.