When I was a young man Grandaddy bought me my first beer The bartender Caught me staring At a pretty girl in tears And said That Girl Loves a Cowboy Who ropes and rides Under western skies That Girl Loves a Cowboy That's why she cries Well I hopped in the saddle Like Papa did before my time But all of my love And leaving You know, it should be a crime But That Girl Loves a Cowboy Who ropes and rides Under western skies That Girl Loves a Cowboy That's why she cries This ain't no life For a girl that pure I keep trying to settle down But then I'm not sure She knows someday When it's springtime And the snow melts on the pass That I will rise And say goodbye That Girl Loved a Cowboy Who ropes and rides Under western skies That Girl Loved a Cowboy That's why she cries