When I was young and just a boy I Had myself a dream I'd get a horse and ride the range With Roy and Gene We'd save the girl in the nick of time And have the fastest guns Sing a song while the credits rolled And disappear into the setting sun
I didn't want to play football Or be a business man All I ever really wanted to do was play in a cowboy band
So give me a guitar And some shined up boots And I'll show you where I stand Somewhere out on the Navajo trail (Somewhere out on the stage tonight) Playin' in a cowboy band
When I was nine I stood in line To see Merle and The Strangers play But when the show was over and the lights went down I climbed up on that stage I looked at all that I would play And they'd be dancin' in the aisles
So give me a guitar And some shined up boots And I'll show you where I stand Somewhere out on the Navajo trail (Somewhere out on the stage tonight) Playin' in a cowboy band
Yea, I just might be in your hometown tonight But I'll be playin' in a cowboy band