I Shouldn't Have Been A Cowboy

I Probably needed love instead I tied my hands
To a bull named Kobe
And danced with death in the sand

Aimed for eight but I fell by three
Now it's empty motel rooms
Where there's no one but me

I shouldn't have been a cowboy
I should've learned to breathe
I should've learned to open up
And probably learned to love
To keep her company

I shouldn't have joined the rodeo
Should've listened to the priest
I should've done it differently
Put her before my needs
But baby that ain't me
No baby that ain't me

I traded western skies
For some city lights
Traded my boots for a suit and tie

Left my old town
To where they ain't so kind
To a city full of strangers
Always drifting by

I shouldn't have been a cowboy
I should've learned to breathe
I should've learned to open up
And probably learned to love
To keep her company

I shouldn't have joined the rodeo
Should've listened to the priest
I should've done it differently
Put her before my needs
But baby that ain't me

I Know I don't text back
And when I do it's dry
Tend to keep my problems hidden deep inside
I tried to love but it ain't just work for me

I shouldn't have been a cowboy
I should've learned to breathe
I should've learned to open up
And probably learned to love
To keep her company