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

Give me a guitar and some shined up boots
And I'll show you where I stand
Somewhere out on the Navajo trail
Playin' in a cowboy band

When I was nine I stood in line
To see Merle and The Strangers play
And when the show was over and the lights went down
I climbed up on that stage

I looked at all those vacant seats
And I just had to smile
Cause I knew one day that I would play
And they'd be dancin' in the aisle

So give me a guitar and some shined up boots
And I'll show you where I stand
Somewhere out on the lone prairie
Playin' in a cowboy band

Listen to the rhythm of the bass and drums
It sounds like cowboys on the run, whoo-hoo

So give me a guitar and some shined up boots
And I'll show you where I stand
Somewhere out on the stage tonight
Playin' in a cowboy band

I just might be in your hometown tonight
Playin' in a cowboy band
In a cowboy band
In a cowboy band
In a cowboy band