Just a broken down cowboy all down on his luck

Been through the best of his friends

On a long lonesome highway in an old pick-up truck

Cross Texas like a hot dusty wind



He was All Around Cowboy back in forty-nine

From the top it's been a long way down

Since the whiskey and the women started winning his time

They rode him high and hard to the ground



He remembers the thrill of being a winner

and the days of his first rodeo

There's something 'bout winnin' that don't last forever

Maybe tomorrow things will get better

If the devil lets loose of his soul

He'll be the All Around Cowboy again



So he rolls up a smoke and he sips his Old Crow

Wipes the whiskers that cover his chin

And he grins as he dreams of old rodeos

He's the All Around Cowboy again



He remembers the thrill of being a winner

and the days of his first rodeo

There's something 'bout winnin' that don't last forever

Maybe tomorrow things will get better

If the devil lets loose of his soul

He'll be the All Around Cowboy again