A young city-dweller discovers he is a cowboy at heart. "It makes no difference where your body resides, what matters the most is inside... and inside, lives the heart of a cowboy!"
When I was a child there was not a cow
There was not a chicken, there was not a horse in sight
Noisy day and night, people everywhere talking all the time
Who didn’t know wrong from right
Then I met a man, living down the block
Who said he could tell there was trouble on my mind
Listen to me, boy, my eyes may be old
But they still can see that you will turn out just fine
The heart of a cowboy is big as the sky
Over canyons and deserts, like a condor it flies
It makes no difference where your body resides
What matters the most is inside
And inside, you’ve got the heart of a cowboy
From that moment on, I kept dreaming
How I would get away and live on a ranch or farm
But at twelve years old it’s a little tough
Making any plans to leave folks and friends behind
So when Mom and Dad asked me if I had
Anything in mind for a summer camp that year
I knew right away that this was a chance
To follow my dream, and I told them loud and clear
The heart of a cowboy is big as the sky
Over canyons and deserts, like a condor it flies
It makes no difference where your body resides
What matters the most is inside
And inside, I’ve got the heart of a cowboy
I’m a grownup now and in my neighborhood
There’s no rodeos, rattlesnakes or tumbleweeds
But I’m on the trail every chance I get
Where the air is pure and Mother Nature sings
All around the world, millions of others softly tread the earth
They long to live in harmony
Like Woody Guthrie sang “This land is your land
This land is my land, it was made for you and me”
Where there’s oceans to sail and mountains to climb
Where there’s no roof above and no words can describe
When the world is quietly spinning around
A gentle breeze carries the beating sound
From the heart of a cowboy
The heart of a cowboy is big as the sky
Over canyons and deserts, like a condor it flies
It makes no difference where your body resides
What matters the most is inside
And inside, lives the heart of a cowboy