MAMAS DON T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS
by Waylon Jennings
https://youtu.be/aiC17O_CUpI
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Cowboys ain t easy to love and they re harder to hold
They d rather give you a song than diamonds or gold
Lonestar belt buckles and old faded Levi s and each night begins a new day
If you don t understand him and he don t die young
He ll probably just ride away
[Chorus]
Mamas don t let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don t let them pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Let em be doctors and lawyers and such
Mamas don t let your babies grow up to be cowboys
They ll never stay home and they re always alone
Even with someone they love
[Verse 2] (A tone higher)
Cowboys like smokey ol pool rooms and clear mountain mornings
Little warm puppies, and children, and girls of the night
Them that don t know him won t like him and them that do sometimes won t know how to take him
He ain t wrong, he s just different but his pride won t let him
Do the things to make you think he s right
[Chorus]
Mamas don t let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don t let them pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Make them be doctors and lawyers and such
Mamas don t let your babies grow up to be cowboys
They ll never stay home and they re always alone
Even with someone they love