I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart I want to learn to rope and to ride I want to ride o'er the plains and the deserts Out west of the great divide I want hear the coyotes howlin' While the sun sinks in the west I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart That's the life that I love best I want to ride old paint going at a run I want to feel the wind in my face A thousand miles from these city lights Goin' at a cowhand's pace I want to cradle my head near the sleeping herd While the moon shines down from above I want to strum my guitar and yodel-a-e-hoo Oh that's the life that I love I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart I want to learn to rope and to ride I want to ride o'er the plains and the deserts Out west of the great divide I want to hear the coyotes howlin' While the sun sinks in the west I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart That's the life that I love best