Jenny?s daddy was 5 years gone   By the time that Jenny was 6 years old   It was her and her mom and her parakeet Pete   In a little blue house at the end of the street      Her friends ask her what her daddy did   And you know how it is when you?re just a kid   She couldn't tell 'em she didn't know so   Jenny just lied and told em'      He?s a cowboy, riding the range   He?s got a painted pony with a flowing mane   And he?s chasin' the sun, dodgin' the rain   And he don?t go running away when it gets tough   He?s made of that stuff that don?t let you down, boy   No, he?s a cowboy   He?s a cowboy      10 years later after a pillow fight   Well Jenny and her friends got to talking 'bout life   What they?re gonna do when they graduate   What kind of guy they?re gonna marry one day      And all of her friends said the usual stuff   You know, doctors and lawyers and bankers and such   But Jenny didn't even to lie when   She started talking about her dream guy      He?s a cowboy, riding the range   He?s got a painted pony with a flowing mane   And he?s chasin' the sun, dodgin' the rain   And he don?t go running away when it gets tough   He?s made of that stuff that don?t let you down, boy   No, he?s a cowboy   He?s a cowboy      Jenny married a guy named Mike   And they had a little boy and they started life   Mike ran off 4 years ago and now her little boy is 5 years old   And Jenny looks out the window with a smile   At the way life works when you give it a while   Little man running 'round out back   With a stick horse and a little red hat      He?s a cowboy, riding the range   He?s got a painted pony with a flowing mane   And he?s chasin' the sun, dodgin' the rain   And he don?t go running away when it gets tough   He?s made of that stuff that don?t let you down, boy   No, he?s a cowboy   Yeah, he?s a cowboy   And he got her that cowboy