By Moe Bandy Oh I am just a cowboy on my way back to Houston I used to play the rodeos but I can?t play ?em like I used to I?ve given? it up, I?m layin? it down I?ve had enough of bein? a rodeo clown So if you see a tear runnin down my face Don?t ask me why, cause cowboys ain?t suppose to cry Steel solo Oh I am just a drifter on my way back from Denver I kept ?em laughin from in my barrel but now it seems too hard to handle So I?ve given? it up, I?m layin? it down I?ve had enough of bein? a rodeo clown So if you see a tear runnin? down my face Don?t ask me why, cause cowboys ain?t suppose to cry