[00:04.300]Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold.
[00:12.300]They'd rather give you a song than diamonds or gold.
[00:20.300]Lonestar belt buckles and old faded levis,
[00:24.000]And each night begins a new day.
[00:28.000]If you don't understand him, an' he don't die young,
[00:32.000]He'll prob'ly just ride away.
[00:38.000]Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.
[00:45.300]Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks.
[00:49.390]Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such.
[00:55.000]Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.
[01:02.000]'Cos they'll never stay home and they're always alone.
[01:06.000]Even with someone they love.
[01:12.000]Cowboys like smokey old pool rooms and clear mountain mornings,
[01:19.490]Little warm puppies and children and girls of the night.
[01:27.000]Them that don't know him won't like him and them that do,
[01:31.000]Sometimes won't know how to take him.
[01:34.500]He ain't wrong, he's just different but his pride won't let him,
[01:38.000]Do things to make you think he's right.
[01:44.000]Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.
[01:52.000]Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks.
[01:56.000]Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such.
[02:00.300]Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.
[02:07.300]'Cos they'll never stay home and they're always alone.
[02:12.000]Even with someone they love.