I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
  I want to learn to rope and ride
  I want to ride o'er the plains and deserts
  Out west of the Great Divide
  I want to hear the coyotes howling
  While the sun sets in the west
  I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
  The life I love the best
  
  I want to ride old Paint, goin' on a run
  I want to feel the wind in my face
  A thousand miles from all the city lights
  Go at a cowhand's pace
  I want to pillow my head near the sleeping herd
  While the moon shines down from above
  I want to strum my guitar, yodel-lay-ee-oo
  That's the life I love