I bet you've never heard ol' Marshall Dillion 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 of said yes in a New York minute

They never tied the knot

His heart wasn't in it

He stole a kiss as he road away

He never hung his hat up at Kitty's place



I should've been a cowboy

I should've learned to rope and ride

Wearing my six-shooter riding my pony on a cattle drive

Stealing the young girl's heart

Just like Gene and Roy

Singing those campfire songs

Oh I should've been a cowboy



I might of had a side kick with a funny name

Running wild through the hills chasing Jesse James

Ending up on the brink of danger

Riding shotgun for the Texas Rangers

Go west yound man, haven't you been told

California's full of whisky, women and gold

Sleeping out all night beneath the desert stars

Dream in my eye and a prayer in my heart



I should've been a Cowboy

I should've learned to rope and ride

Wearing my six-shooter riding my pony on a cattle drive

Stealing the young girl's hearts

Just like Gene and Roy

Singing those campfire songs

Oh I should've been a cowboy



I should've been a Cowboy

I should've learned to rope and ride

I'd be wearing my six-shooter riding my pony on a cattle drive

Stealing the young girl's hearts

Just like Gene and Roy

Singing those campfire songs

Oh I should've been a Cowboy

Yeah I should've been a Cowboy

Yeah I should've been a Cowboy