My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys Lyrics - Chris Ledoux

I grew up a-dreamin' of bein' a cowboy 

Lovin' the cowboy ways 

Pursuin' the life of my high-ridin' heroes 

I burned up my childhood days 

I learned all the rules of the modern-day drifter 

Don't you hold on to nothin' too long 

Just take what you need from the ladies, then leave them 

With the words of a sad country song 

My heroes have always been cowboys 

And they still are, it seems 

Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of 

Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams 

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 your best days are gone 

Pickin' up hookers instead of my pen 

I let the words of my years fade away 

Old worn-out saddles, an' old worn-out memories 

With no one and no place to stay 

My heroes have always been cowboys 

And they still are, it seems 

Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of 

Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams