Thank Heavens for Dale Evans

I grew up on Bob Wills and daydreams

My toes were a-tappin' to western swing

Atop an old boxcar I wished upon a star

Chasing rainbows to the place the bluebirds sing

Sang with Kitty Wells 'til momma screamed

And tucked me in a-beggin' me to sing:

I painted my eyes up like Dolly

Then daddy shook his head as he carried me to bed

Thank Heavens for Dale Evans

Yodel-lay-ee, Yodel-lay-ee Yodel-lay-ee

Dale Evans made a cowgirl out of me

Like Shirley Temple's curls

You're everything I ever want to be

Now I play my guitar with the cowgirls

And what I got they never bat an eye

We'll sing a song to make a cowboy cry

I never got the limo or the diamond

Thank heavens for the girls

But I got my hat, my boots and my guitar

I'm proud enough to say

Like the girl who went and stole

Roy Roger's heart I'll always be this way