I want to be cowboy´s sweetheart I want to learn to rope and to ride I want to ride o´er the plains and the deserts Out west of the great divide I want hear the coyotes howlin´ While the sun sinks in the west I want to be cowboy´s sweetheart That´s the life that I love best -yodeling- -yodeling- I want to ride old paint going at a run I want to feel the wind in my face A thousand miles from these city lights Goin at a cowhand´s pace I want to pillow my head Near the sleeping herd While the moon shines down from above I want to strum my guitar and yodelaehoo Oh that´s the life that I love I want to be cowboy´s sweetheart I want to learn to rope and to ride I want to ride o´er the plains and the deserts Out west of the great divide I want hear the coyotes howlin´ While the sun sinks in the west I want to be cowboy´s sweetheart That´s the life that I love best -yodeling- -yodeling- -yodeling- -yodeling-