Can't Be A Cowboy Forever

Now he don't expect her, to stay true to him

And she never says that she will

But he's got a first love, that just might kill him

And she knows he's hooked on the thrill

So she'll wait and worry

Then she'll wait some more

For the fever that drives him

To just run its course

She talks to that picture

They took, their last night together

Says you can't be a cowboy forever

No you can't be a cowboy forever

Sometimes he calls her

He swears that the ground hurts

More than it did yesterday

She knows his voice

And he still sounds determined

To do whatever it takes

So she'll wait and worry

Then she'll wait some more

For the fever that drives him

To just run its course

The whiskey he drinks

Said some things, last spring that upset her

Lord he can't be a cowboy forever

No you can't be a cowboy forever

Then one night he shows up

And says 'what's for dinner?'

With that cocky grin on his face

The way that she smiled

And the way that she held him

Told him, he wasn't too late

And she closed her eyes

And he put that ring on her finger

Said you can't be a cowboy forever

Naw you can't be a cowboy forever

No you can't be a cowboy forever