I bet you never heard old Marshall Dillion say,

Miss Kitty, have you ever thought of running away?

Settling down, would you marry me?

If I asked you twice, and begged you pretty please?

She'd have said yes in a New York minute.

They never tied the knot, his heart wasn't in it.

He just stole a kiss as he rode away.

He never hung his hat up at Kitty's place.

I should've been a cowboy,

I should've learned to rope and ride.

Wearing my six shooter, riding my pony on a cattle drive.

Stealing the young girl's hearts,

just like Gene and Roy.

Singing those campfire songs.

Oh, I should've been a cowboy.

I might have had a sidekick with a funny name,

running wild through the hills chasing Jesse James.

Or ending up on the brink of danger,

riding shotgun for the Texas Rangers.

Go West young man, haven't you been told?

California's full of whiskey, women and gold.

Sleeping out all night beneath the desert stars,

with a dream in my eye, and a prayer in my heart!

I should've been a cowboy,

I should've learned to rope and ride.

Wearing my six shooter, riding my pony on a cattle drive.

Stealing the young girl's hearts,

just like Gene and Roy.

Singing those campfire songs.

Oh, I should've been a cowboy.

I should've been a cowboy,

I should've learned to rope and ride.

Wearing my six shooter, riding my pony on a cattle drive.

Stealing the young girl's hearts,

just like Gene and Roy.

Singing those campfire songs.

Oh, I should've been a cowboy.

Yeah, I should've been a cowboy.

I should've been a cowboy!