| When I was young and just a boy |
| I Had myself a dream |
| I’d get a horse and ride the range |
| With Roy and Gene |
| We’d save the girl in the nick of time |
| And have the fastest guns |
| Sing a song while the credits rolled |
| And disappear into the setting sun |
| I didn’t want to play football |
| Or be a business man |
| All I ever really wanted to do |
| Was play in a cowboy band |
| So give me a guitar |
| And some shined up boots |
| And I’ll show you where I stand |
| Somewhere out on the Navajo trail |
| (Somewhere out on the stage tonight) |
| Playin' in a cowboy band |
| When I was nine I stood in line |
| To see Merle and The Strangers play |
| But when the show was over |
| And the lights went down |
| I climbed up on that stage |
| I looked at all that I would play |
| And they’d be dancin' in the aisles |
| So give me a guitar |
| And some shined up boots |
| And I’ll show you where I stand |
| Somewhere out on the Navajo trail |
| (Somewhere out on the stage tonight) |
| Playin' in a cowboy band |
| Yea, I just might be in your hometown tonight |
| But I’ll be playin' in a cowboy band… |