* I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart I want to learn to rope and ride I want to ride through the plains And the desert Out west of the Great Divide I want to hear the coyotes howling As the sun sets in the west I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart That's the life I love the best I want to ride Old Paint Moving at a run I want to feel the wind in my face A thousand miles away from the city life Goin' at a cowhand's pace I want to pillow my head 'neath the sleeping herd As the moon shines down from above I want to strum my guitar and yodel-le-hee-hee That's the life I love the best *Repeat