I wanna be a cowboy's sweetheart 
I wanna learn to rope and ride 
I wanna ride through the plains and the desert 
Out west of The Great Divide 
I wanna hear the coyote sing 
As the sun sets in the west 
I wanna be a cowboy's sweetheart 
That's the life I love the best. 

I wanna ride a paint 
Movin' at a run 
I wanna feel the wind in my face 
A thousand miles away from home 
Movin' at a cowman's pace 
I wanna pillow my head 
Beneath the open sky 
As the sun sets in the west 
I wanna strum my guitar and "yodel-le-hee-hee" 
That's the life I love the best