You see, I grew up as a wild child, played by my own rules Stubborn as a mother***er, I don't wanna go to school Man, class is boring, recess is old news I just wanna chill and have fun like the motor dudes As I did, and I never gave in Went back to the wind and the roof of your grin I was out for the sting, where I wanted I went When they told me I'd lose, I just told them I'd win And I snuck out of class, headed down the road Ventured on home, call me Indiana Ole Said I'd never look back, I just set my own path I don't need a game plan, I can get my own map Till girl meets boy, and boy meets girl Never would've thought that she would change this world I remember that day when we met up in the rain She just looked me in the eyes and she said one thing I remember that day when we met up in the rain She just looked me in the eyes and she said one thing Oh, yeah Yeah Oh, oh Oh, yeah Cowboy by night Cowboy by night Pray about a day Pray about a day Cowboy by night Cowboy by night Pray about a day Pray about a day Don't you see what I am? See what I'm doing? This is my life, don't you see what I ruin? Drown my gifts, drive my faith Forgot my dream, I've lost my way And there's nobody to blame, nobody to call to I was doing fine, why the *** did I involve you? Ready as I am, I would never get the chance To show you what I've learned, cause you never understand I'm a cowboy by night, ready to buy the day If I could find a saloon, I could find my way Earn my living with my outlaw Winnings, I could spend it all with me But I just can't stay Now everything's gone, everything's lost Promises to God I paid my cost Never would've thought that she'd ever let us go But she lives in my heart, I can feel it in my soul I remember that day when we met up in the rain She just looked me in the eyes and she said one thing She just looked me in the eyes and she said one thing Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh She just looked me in the eyes and she said one thing Oh, oh, oh Cowboy by night, cowboy by night Ready to buy the day, ready to buy the day Cowboy by night, cowboy by night Ready to buy the day, ready to buy the day What's wrong, who cares, so long, cold stare I've been wrong about everything you owe me And if I had another chance to try it all again Then you know you'd be looking at the old me So if there's anything left, anything at all Let me write that song that'll put you in my arms I could see you a star, but please don't shoot Please, at the least, let me speak my truth A little too late, she whispered in the wind I wish you never left, this shouldn't be the end She always on my mind when I'm thinking in my zone When there's nothing left to drink and I'm sitting here alone The cards are on the table, the odds are looking grim Indebted to regret, there's no profit in the win I told her what she meant, just hope she remembers that I sent her with a prayer, but she never wrote a letter back