I grew up on Bob Wills and daydreams

My toes were a-tappin' to western swing

I wished upon a star

Atop an old boxcar

Chasing rainbows to the place the bluebirds sing

I painted my eyes up like Dolly

Sang with Kitty Wells 'til momma screamed

Then daddy shook his head as he carried me to bed

And tucked me in a-beggin' me to sing:



Thank Heavens for Dale Evans

You're everything I ever want to be

Yodel-lay-ee, Yodel-lay-ee

Yodel-lay-ee

Dale Evans made a cowgirl out of me



Now I play my guitar with the cowgirls

And what I got they never bat an eye

Like Shirley Temple's curls

Thank heavens for the girls

We'll sing a song to make a cowboy cry

I never got the limo or the diamond

But I got my hat, my boots and my guitar

I'm proud enough to say

I'll always be this way

Like the girl who went and stole Roy Roger's heart