Cowboy Pride - Michael Martin Murphey

Well, I’m writing you this letter

And it’s a long time overdue

You’re thinkin' «Just mind your own business»

I wouldn’t blame you if you do

You know our range is gettin' smaller

Hear you’re all busted up inside

But it ain’t the Broncos that’ll kill you

It’s just that damned old cowboy pride

Cowboy pride can always get a man through

But cowboy pride will make a fool of you

Good women are hard to find

I’m talkin' about the faithful kind

I hear you’re running with that waitress

And she’s under age and wild

You know your wife’s the best there is, fella

Would you move in with that child?

She stuck with you through the hard times

Think of all the nights she cried

Will she be another victim

Of that same old cowboy pride

Guess it’s time to close my letter

It’s just somethin' that I had to do

You know I made the same mistake once

Before she fell in love with you

So go home to your wife and family

It’s time to put the past aside

So you don’t end up like me now

Nothin' left but cowboy pride

Cowboy pride can always get a man through

But cowboy pride will make a fool of you

Good women are hard to find

I’m talkin' about the faithful kind

Don’t end up like me now

With nothin' left but cowboy pride