I WAS A NEW KID
ON THE CIRCUIT
GOLD BUCKLES
IN MY EYES
BUT THE HORSE I DREW
WAS PLENTY RANKED
AND MUCH
TO MY SURPRISE
I DID A DOUBLE
BACKFLIP
AND LANDED ON
MY HEAD
THIS OLD COWBOY
LIMPED OUT
IN THE ARENA
LEANED OVER ME
AND SAID
YOU GOTTA COWBOY UP
WHEN YOU GET
THROWED DOWN
GET RIGHT BACK
IN THE SADDLE
AS SOON AS YOU HIT
THE GROUND
YOU'VE HEARD
THAT THE TOUGH
GET GOING
WHEN THE GOING
GETS TOUGH
AROUND HERE
WHAT WE SAY IS
BOY YOU BETTER
COWBOY UP
6 BAR
BREAK
BY THE END
OF MY LAST SEASON
THEY SAID
I WAS AMONG THE BEST
SO I PROUDLY CALLED
THE GIRL BACK HOME
HOPING SHE WOULD BE
IMPRESSED
BUT HER MAMA SAID
SHE MARRIED A GUY
THAT I USED TO CALL
MY FRIEND
BUT BEFORE
THE FIRST
TEAR COULD FALL
THESE WORDS
CAME BACK AGAIN
YOU GOTTA COWBOY UP
WHEN YOU GET
THROWED DOWN
GET RIGHT BACK
IN THE SADDLE
AS SOON AS YOU
HIT THE GROUND
YOU'VE HEARD
THAT THE TOUGH
GET GOING
WHEN THE GOING
GETS TOUGH
AROUND HERE
WHAT WE SAY IS
BOY YOU BETTER
COWBOY UP
WELL IT'S NOT
AN EASY LESSON
TO LEARN IN LIFE
AND LOVE
BUT IT'S THE ONLY WAY
TO GO
WHENEVER
YOU BITE THE DUST
YOU GOTTA COWBOY UP
WHEN YOU GET
THROWED DOWN
GET RIGHT BACK
IN THE SADDLE
AS SOON AS YOU
HIT THE GROUND
YOU'VE HEARD
THAT THE TOUGH
GET GOING
WHEN THE GOING
GETS TOUGH
AROUND HERE
WHAT WE SAY IS
BOY YOU BETTER
COWBOY UP
AROUND HERE
WHAT WE SAY IS
BOY YOU BETTER
COWBOY UP