I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart

I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart I want to learn to rope and to ride I want to ride o'er the plains and the desert Out west of the great divide I want to hear the coyotes howlin' While the sun sets in the West I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart That's the life that I love best I want to ride Old Paint, goin' at a run I wanna feel the wind in my face A thousand miles from all the city lights Goin' cowhand's pace I want to pillow my head near the sleeping herd While the moon shines down from above I want to strum my guitar and odo-lay-eee-hee Oh, that's the life that I love I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart I want to learn to rope and to ride I want to ride o'er the plains and the desert Out west of the great divide I want to hear the coyotes howlin' While the sun sets in the West I wanna be a cowboy's sweetheart That's the life that I love best