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