My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - Feb. 23, 1984) Willie Nelson

[Intro]
Thank you very much

[Verse 1]
Well, I grew up a-dreamin' of bein' a cowboy and livin' the cowboy ways
Pursuin' the life of my hard-ridin' heroes, I burned up my childhood days
And I knew all the rules of a modern-day drifter, don't you hold on to nothin' too long
Just take what you need from the ladies and then leave them with the words of a sad country song

[Chorus]
My heroes have always been cowboys and they still are, it seems
Sadly in search of and one step in back of themselves and their slow-movin' dreams

[Verse 2]
Cowboys are special with their own brand of misery from being alone too long
You could die from the cold in the arms of a nightmare, knowin' well that your best days are gone
Pickin' up hookers instead of my pen, I let the words of my youth slip away
Old worn-out saddles and old worn-out memories and no one and no place to stay

[Chorus]
My heroes have always been cowboys and they still are, it seems
Sadly in search of and one step in back of themselves and their slow-movin' dreams
Sadly in search of and one step in back of themselves and their slow-movin' dreams