I'll bet you never heard old Marshall Dillon say
Miss Kitty, have you ever thought of running away?
Settling down, would you marry me?
If I asked you twice and begged you pretty please
She'd have said yes in a New York minute
They never tied the knot, his heart was a minute
He just stole a kiss as he rode away
He never hung his hat up at Kitty's place
I should have been a cowboy
I should have learned to road ride
Wearing my six shoe, riding my pony on a cabin drive
Stealing a young girl's heart
Just like Gene and Roy
Singing those campfire songs
Oh, I should have been a cowboy
I might have had a sidekick with a funny name
Running wild through the hills chasing Jesse James
Ending up on a brink of danger
Riding shotgun for the Texas Rangers
Go west, young man, haven't you been told?
California's full of whiskey, women and ghosts
Sleeping out all night beneath the desert stars
With a dream in my eye and a prayer in my heart
I should have been a cowboy
I should have learned to road ride
Wearing my six shoe, riding my pony on a cabin drive
Stealing a young girl's heart
Just like Gene and Roy
Singing those campfire songs
Oh, I should have been a cowboy
I should have been a cowboy
I should have learned to road ride
I'd be wearing my six shoe, riding my pony on a cabin drive
Stealing a young girl's heart
Just like Gene and Roy
Singing those campfire songs
Stealing a young girl's heart
Just like Gene and Roy
Singing those campfire songs
Oh, I should have been a cowboy
Yeah, I should have been a cowboy
I should have been a cowboy
I should have been a cowboy