Bob Birthisel - Cowboy (I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Cowboy) Lyrics

My family tradition tends to make me into something that I'm not
But I can't think of a better thing for me to be than me, and that's alright by me
I don't want to spend my days and nights and years inside some office building
No! Just give me the outdoors, a white horse and an old ten-gallon hat
What's wrong with that? Not a thing. I just sing
I wanna grow up to be a Cowboy, just like Buffalo Bill
I said it when I was a five-year-old and I guess I always will
Cause the Cowboy gets the bad guy, and the Cowboy gets the girl
Best of all he gets a Colt 45 with a handle made of pearl

In my dreams I'm the Sheriff of Laredo, and a Texas Ranger too
I'm the man who told Geronimo just where to go and what he had to do
But the mornin' brings reality right back to me, and damn I'm late for work
But they can't take my dreams away
I wanna grow up to be a Cowboy, just like Buffalo Bill
I said it when I was a five-year-old and I guess I always will
Cause the Cowboy gets the bad guy, and the Cowboy gets the girl
Best of all he gets a Colt 45 with a handle made of pearl. Alright

They can't take my dreams away
I wanna grow up to be a Cowboy, just like Buffalo Bill
I said it when I was a five-year-old and I guess I always will
Cause the Cowboy gets the bad guy, and the Cowboy gets the girl
Best of all he gets a Colt 45 with a handle made of pearl
Oh yeah, I wanna grow up to be a Cowboy, just like Buffalo Bill
I said it when I was a little boy and I guess I always will
The Cowboy gets the bad guy. The Cowboy gets the girl
Best of all he gets a Colt 45 with a handle made of pearl, a handle made of pearl