A cowboy is to the prairie   As a sailor is to the sea   A cowboy is to the prairie   As a trucker is to the highway      If you don't think that cowboys cry   Well then you've never heard a cowboy's song   If you don't think that cowboys cry      Your daddy's not from Montana   You've never spent the night   Under the big sky   You've never been   Left behind for a saddle and a bottle of rye      If you don't think that cowboys cry   Well then you've never heard a cowboy's song   If you don't think that cowboys cry   If you don't think that cowboys cry   Well then you've never heard a cowboy's cry   If you don't think that cowboys cry      If you don't think that cowboys cry   You've never been left   For a campfire and a can of beans   You've never been left   For that big sky   For that big sky   For a saddle and a bottle of rye   And a bottle of rye      A cowboy is to the prairie   As a sailor is to the sea   A cowboy is to the prarie   As a trucker is to the highway