I met him in Wyomin'

At the Cheyenne rodeo

Just a kid in pigtails

Of thirteen at the time

I remember how I cheered the day

He rode a horse called midnight

And I vowed that someday

That cowboy would be mine



I followed him to Denver

Where we became good friends

We'd sit around the shoots

And talk while he was killin' time

He'd laugh and tell me stories

But he never mentioned stayin'

For the next town and the rodeo

Were always on his mind



He's a rodeo cowboy, he follows the circuit

Where top money's paid, that's where he'll be found

The only thing he owns is a horse and silver saddle

Rodeo cowboy, he'll never settle down



In Salt Lake City, Utah

He told me that he loved me

But still I knew he wasn't born

To be the settlin' kind

For with tomorrow's sun

He'd pack up that old freighter

And leave all thoughts of me and love

A hundred miles behind



The last time that I saw him

Was in Amarillo, Texas

I'm still in love with him

Although he can't be mine

But I'll always keep that

Shiny silver buckle that he gave me

Reads 'All Around Cowboy

Of Nineteen-sixty-nine'



He's a rodeo cowboy, he follows the circuit

Where top money's paid, that's where he'll be found

The only thing he owns is a horse and silver saddle

Rodeo cowboy, he'll never settle down

He's a rodeo cowboy, he'll never settle down...