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