I'm a cowboy who knows just how far you can go
And still lose a love of your lady
If you're a real cowboy you'll live with the pain
But you'll bow down your head like a tramp in the rain

And it's yippi cry ai I'm ridin' again
Holding my sack till my broken heart mends
In need of a shoulder to hold up my chin
Yippi cry ai I've lost her again

It's the first cold one that I've had today
But I've been up all night and it's early
A bad right ain't good when you've got hill to pay
I tried to hang with her and I will all the way

And it's yippi cry ai I'm ridin' again...

In need of a shoulder to hold up my chin
Yippi cry ai I've lost her again