I know why cowboys sleep at night   If they didn’t they’d ride neath the black open sky   And see they could fly instead of ride   And they’d ride ride off the rocks   They’d fly off the rock   Off their rockers      I know why cowboys sleep at night   If they didn’t they’d ride neath the black open sky   And they’d count all the stars   And the distance to Mars   And they’d see they could go even farther      I know why cowboys sleep at night   If they didn’t they’d ride neath the cracked open sky   And they’d see they could fly instead of ride   And they’d notice that, oh! there’s no roof on the earth    There’s no ceiling   And get this strange feeling and have to try      And then they’d wonder how   And then they’d find out how   And then all the cows would be running about   Left on their own just to wander      So sleep cowboy, sleep cowboy   sleep cowboy, sleep cowboy