I bet you`ve never heard
ole Marshall Dillon say
Miss Kitty have you ever

thought of running away
Settling down would you marry me
If I asked you twice and
begged you pretty please

She`d have said Yes in
a New York minute
They never tied the knot
His heart wasn`t in it

He just stole a kiss
as he road away
He never hung his hat
up at Kitty`s place

I should`ve been a Cowboy
I should`ve learned
to rope and ride
Wearing my six-shooter riding

my pony on a cattle drive
Stealing the young girl`s hearts
Just like Gene and Roy
Singing those campfire songs

Oh I should`ve been a cowboy
I might have had a side
kick with a funny name
Running wild through the

hills chasing Jesse James
Ending up on the brink of danger
Riding shotgun for
the Texas Rangers

Go West young man haven`t
you been told
California`s full
of whisky women and gold

Sleeping out all night
beneath the desert stars
Dream in my eye and
a prayer in my heart

I should`ve been a Cowboy
I should`ve learned
to rope and ride
Wearing my six-shooter riding

my pony on a cattle drive
Stealing the young girl`s hearts
Just like Gene and Roy
Singing those campfire songs

Oh I should`ve been a cowboy
I should`ve been a Cowboy
I should`ve learned
to rope and ride

Wearing my six-shooter riding
my pony on a cattle drive
Stealing the young girl`s hearts
Just like Gene and Roy

Singing those campfire songs
Oh I should`ve been a cowboy
Yeah I should`ve been a cowboy
I should`ve been a cowboy