[Verse 1] Well, I knew the day I met her One day I'd have to let her Go find what she was lookin' for Down that dusty road Me and my best friends Laughed on summer nights By the bonfire glow Never knew it would end [Chorus] I ain't no cowboy, but I wish I was Could've held her closer in the settin' sun Instead of watchin' her drive out of my life If I could've kept her heart from wanderin' on I could've been the one she needed all along But she saddled up and left me in the night I ain't no cowboy, but I wish I was [Verse 2] Mama said that some folks Are meant to roam around Like the river to the ocean They can't stay in one town She wanted wide horizons I was roots in the ground Tried my best to hold her But she wouldn't slow down [Chorus] I ain't no cowboy, but I wish I was Could've held her closer in the settin' sun Instead of watchin' her drive out of my life If I could've kept her heart from wanderin' on I could've been the one she needed all along But she saddled up and left me in the night I ain't no cowboy, but I wish I was [Bridge] If I could've been braver If I could've been wild Maybe she'd have stayed here And raised our child [Final Chorus] I ain't no cowboy, but Lord, I wish I was We'd have rode off together in the settin' sun Instead of watchin' her ride right out of my life If I could've roped her heart back in I could've been what she needed when She packed up that truck and kicked up the dust I ain't no cowboy, but now I wish I was
