I meet her in Wyoming at the Cheyenne rodeo Just a girl in blue jeans and eighteen at the time I remember how she cheered the day I rode a horse called Midnight And I hoped that someday that cowgirl could be mine She followed me to Denver where we became good friends We'd sit around the cutes and talk while I was killin' time I'd laugh and tell her stories but I'd never mention stayin' For the next town and the rodeo were always on my mind I'm a rodeo cowboy I follow the circuit Where top money's paid that's where I'll be found The only thing I own is a suitcase and a saddle Rodeo cowboy I'll never settle down
In Salt Lake City Utah I told her that I loved her But still she knew I wasn't born to be the settlin' kind For with tomorrow's sun I'd pack up my ol gear bag And leave all thoughts of her and all the hundred miles behind The last time I saw her was in Amarillo Texas I'm still in love with her although she can't be mine But I hope she'll keep the shinny silver buckle that I gave her Says All Around Cowboy of 1969 I'm a rodeo cowboy...