Cowboy First

Met you where the sidewalk ends Dust on your boots Grease on my jeans You laughed like you’d forgotten how Said "Guess we’re both just here for now" Sunburned nose and shaking hands Two scared kids in secondhand brands You kissed me in that old truck Said "I’ve never done this" and we both froze up You were my first My cowboy first Pulled my heart from the dirt Taught me how to take the hurt Turn it into something gentle If this road pulls you away And you ride off anyway I’ll still love the boy you were You’ll always be my cowboy first Yeah, you'll always be my cowboy first You’d call me “king” at night I’d trace your tatts in the dorm light You said “They won’t get this side of me” But you still kept my shirt in your back seat We planned a life with sandy shores Two chipped mugs and swinging doors But mornings came with heavier truths You said “I can’t stop loving you.” You were my first My cowboy first Pulled my heart from the dirt Taught me how to take the hurt Turn it into something gentle If this road pulls you away And you ride off anyway I’ll still love the boy you were You’ll always be my cowboy first Yeah, you'll always be my cowboy first You cried “I’m sorry” in the drive Hat in your hands Can’t meet my eyes I said “Love, go find your light I’ll be alright I’ll be alright” Maybe someday years from now You’ll hold his hand in some new town And when you’re brave enough to stay I hope he looks at you the way I did then I do now Somewhere Somehow You were my first My cowboy first Pulled my heart from the dirt Taught me how to take the hurt Turn it into something gentle If our paths don’t cross again And we just stay “used to be” friends I’ll still bless the day we burst Into being each other’s first You’ll always be my cowboy first So ride on Love, don’t look back I’ll be fine with what we had We may never share that life we drew But there’s a world ahead For me and you For me And you