Written by Rodney Crowell

As performed by Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash



(Waylon Jennings)

She's a rounder i can tell you that

She can sing 'em all night too

She'll raise hell about the sleep she's lost

But even cowgirls get the blues



(Johnny Cash)

Especially cowgirls they're the gypsy kind

And need their reins laid on 'em loose

She's lived to see the world turned upside down

Hitchin' rides out of the blue



(Chorus: Both)

Even cowgirls get the blues, sometimes

Bound to don't know what to do, sometimes

Get this feeling like the restless winds

The only way she's ever been



(Waylon, then Johnny)

Lonely nights are out there on the road

Motel ceiling stares you down

There must be safer ways to pay your dues

But even cowgirls get the blues



(Repeat chorus twice)