Well there's a lonesome feelin' that comes over me When I hear that highway moan I know it's where the good Lord meant for me to be A dreamin' drifter far from home
I roam from town to town out on the interstate I'm always only passin' through I need my woman's lovin' she's so far away I'm singin' the cowboy blues
Stranger don't you know I'd like to be your friend If I had the time to stay But I'm a tumbleweed a blowin' in the wind I've got to catch another stage
I strap on my guitar just like a .45 I pray each night my aim is true I'm shootin' for the heart a lookin' in your eyes Singin' the cowboy blues
Sometimes I get to thinkin' 'bout settlin' down Fade off into a memory Every night that I step out to face the crowd I know this is the life for me
I strap on my guitar just like a .45 I pray each night my aim is true I'm shootin' for the heart a lookin' in your eyes I'm singin' the cowboy blues Singin' the cowboy blues Singin' the cowboy blues