Well I just came in this bar for a beer I didn't know that country band was playin' here 'Cause I'm in love with a steel player's wife And I know it's not right and I want her tonight And that's how it is in cowboy peyton place Well I met her in Soap Creek just by chance She asked me if I wanted to dance She said I love your records, they turn me on I love this steel playing band And it's part of the plan And we mess around in cowboy peyton place Well it seems like a plot out of a movie Maybe the pages of a Hollywood magazine Well they say the way were living might not be right dear But you know I think my dear we're never down Well I met her in Soap Creek just by chance She asked me if I wanted to dance She said I love your records, they turn me on I love this steel playing band And it's part of the plan And we mess around in cowboy peyton place Yes it has its up and downs in our town now When you stare it in the face And your part of the race In that losing boozing cowboy peyton place When you stare it in the face And your part of the race In that losing boozing cowboy peyton place