I bet you've never heard ole Marshall Dylan say,

"Miss Kitty, have you ever thought of running away

And settling down; would you marry me

If I ask you twice and begged you pretty please?"

She'd have said yes in a New York minute

They never tied the knot; his heart wasn't in it

He just stole a kiss as he rode away

He never hung his hat up at Kitty's place

I should've been a cowboy

I should've learned to rope and ride

Wearing my six-shooter

Riding my pony on a cattle drive

Stealing the young girls' hearts

Just like Gene and Roy

Singing those campfire songs

Oh, I should've been a cowboy

I might've had a side kick with a funny name

Running wild through the hills, chasing Jesse James

Ending up on the brink of danger

Ridin' shotgun for the Texas Rangers

"Go west, young man; haven't you been told

California's full of whiskey, women and gold"

Sleeping out all night beneath the desert stars

With a dream in my eye and a prayer in my heart

I should've been a Cowboy

I should've learned to rope and ride

Wearing my six-shooter

Riding my pony on a cattle drive

Stealing the young girls' hearts

Just like Gene and Roy

Singing those campfire songs

Oh, I should've been a cowboy

I should've been a Cowboy

I should've learned to rope and ride

I'd be wearing my six-shooter

Riding my pony on a cattle drive

Stealing the young girls' hearts

Just like Gene and Roy

Singing those campfire songs

Oh, I should've been a cowboy

Yeah, I should've been a cowboy

I should've been a cowboy