[Intro]
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I'll bet you've never heard ole Marshall Dillon say 
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Miss Kitty have you ever thought of running away 
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Settling down, would you marry me 
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If I asked you twice and begged you pretty please 
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She'd have said yes in a New York minute 
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They never tied the knot 
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His heart wasn't in it 
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He just stole a kiss as he rode away 
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He never hung his hat up at Kitty's place
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I should've been a cowboy 
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I should've learned to rope and ride 
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Wearing my six-shooter, riding by pony on a cattle drive 
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Stealing a young girl's heart 
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Just like Gene and Roy 
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Singing those campfire songs 
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Oh I should've been a cowboy
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I might of had a side kick with a funny name 
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Running wild through the hills chasing Jesse James 
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Ending up on the brink of danger 
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Riding shotgun for the Texas Rangers 
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Go west young man, haven't you been told 
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California's full of whisky, women and gold 
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Sleeping out all night beneath the desert stars 
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A dream in my eye and a prayer in my heart
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I should've been a cowboy 
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I should've learned to rope and ride 
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Wearing my six-shooter, riding by pony on a cattle drive 
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Stealing a young girl's heart 
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Just like Gene and Roy 
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Singing those campfire songs 
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Oh I should've been a cowboy
[Instrumentale]
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[Refrain]
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I should've been a cowboy 
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I should've learned to rope and ride 
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Wearing my six-shooter, riding by pony on a cattle drive 
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Stealing a young girl's heart 
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Just like Gene and Roy 
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Singing those campfire songs 
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Oh I should've been a cowboy  
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Should've been a cowboy 
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Should've been a cowboy
[Outro]
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