Cowboys they are ladies men all right they'll love 'em up and talk 'em up all night   But they're lonely when there's nothing else to do   And that's what makes the cowboys sing the blues   He does a little Shakespeare and he sings he plays the mandolin and other things   He's looking for love beauty and IQ and that's what makes the cowboy sing the blues   Cowboys have to fall in love get hurt and all that bit   Let their hearts hang out so they can write you all a hit   So ladies if they ask you don't refuse let's all help the cowboys sing the blues      Cowboys they don't ever understand this thing between a woman and a man   Until they find the one they always lose   And that's what makes the cowboys sing the blues   A cowboy takes his lonely pen in hand and tries to make somebody understand   But she has ears to hear a different tune   And that's what makes the cowboy sing the blues   Cowboys have to fall in love...   Let's all help the cowboys sing the blues