In the airport lounge She sat in a Marlene Dietrich hat The grandest lady I had ever seen Outside the heavy rains Had grounded all the planes So I asked her If she'd like some company In my rhinestone studded suit My cowboy hat and boots I must have ben a sight for her to see But she said: "Pull up a chair" As she fumbled with her hair A more unlikely pair you'll never see I was Mogen David wine She was Chablis Fifty-nine But there we sat The cowboy and the lady She was ski resorts in Aspen And summers in Paris I was Grand Ole Opry Nashville, Tennessee The cowboy and the lady As different as could be But it seemed so right That rainy night in Tennessee Then somewhere in between Her Harvey's Bristol Cream And the seven beers I ordered for the lady We somehow came together For a night of stormy weather Now there's a little bit of class In this old cowboy And there's a little bit of Cowboy and the lady And when the thunder had all gone And the night turned into dawn I woke up all alone Without the lady She'd left a note for me Said it was nice in Tennessee But it could never be For you and me No, it could never be For a cowboy and a lady.