Cowboy Heartstrings

As a cowboy I'll love in my heart

Where the dust road finds the dawn

I ride where the prairie keeps quiet

Hat pulled low against the rain

Your letter

rides folded in my pocket

Soft as a prayer I can't explain

Every mile wears down my boots

But not the promise of your name

As a cowboy I'll love in my heart

Across every fence, every field,

every star

If the trail runs lonely,

if the night gets hard

I'll keep your fire in my heart

In my heart

At sundown the cattle move slower

And the sky turns copper red

I count all the places I've wandered

Then count the words you said

Home ain't a house on a hillside

Home is where your hands have led

As a cowboy I'll love in my heart

Across every fence, every field,

every star

If the trail runs lonely,

if the night gets hard

I'll keep your fire in my heart

In my heart

If my hands grow tired from holding reins

If my face takes weather and time

Let the last road bring me to you

Let your love be mine

As a cowboy I'll love in my heart

Across every fence, every field,

every star

When the trail runs lonely,

I'll know who you are

I'll keep your fire in my heart As a cowboy I'll love

in my heart Till the morning carries me home