Cowboy Life Ain'T Dead

They said the cowboy way of living has withered away and is long gone Least that's what I seen in the movies and heard in all them old country songs They tell me bout how them olden days and the way cowboy's life used to be Is now just faded pages in books of folklore and revered history So I headed out to Montana so that maybe I might understand Just how them old cowboys could make it livin their life out there on the land Well lo and behold I could hardly believe the things these eyes of mine saw To my surprise you see, all them old cowboy ways weren't gone after all They are still out cowpokin' just like time for them has never had to change Still a ropin’, ridin’ and brandin’ and pushing them cows across the range Still searching for a few straying cows from rugged canyons, mountains and streams A rounding them all together for dehorning and branding so it seems Still bustin’ all them ‘onry ole broncs that's as wild as the hot prairie wind Out riding alone along miles of them fences looking for breaks to mend Still singing all those old cowboy songs while gathered around the campfire light A telling their tall tales of glory underneath a bright rustler’s moon light Still feeling the scorching summer's sun that burns the grass and dries out the sage Giving everything they can muster for a few beans and almost no wage Still working hard and loving harder the way that cowboys have always done I know I will ride alongside them because a cowboy I have become The great life of the western cowboy that everyone thought was dead and gone May have had its place in history but I say the best is yet to come