Well, I was mindin' my business, holdin' the fort And I still remember how you sallied forth And my mind, it was busy, warnin' my heart But, hell, you ain't a cowboy if you ain't been bucked off Well, the story's familiar, the oldest tale in the west I fell into love then the bird left the nest Well, I guess that there's reasons we let our hard hearts turn soft And you ain't a cowboy if you ain't been bucked off There's all kinds of horses will leave you grabbin' the breeze Busted up and broken up with scars you can't see But if you ain't been bucked off and been throwed a few times It don't count for nothin' when you make that last ride ♪ Well, the years have passed quickly and ain't nothin's the same Only I don't feel different and you've hardly changed Well, I guess what I'm sayin' is I'll give one last nod 'Cause you ain't a cowboy if you ain't been bucked off Oh, you ain't a cowboy if you ain't been bucked off