Danny came to live next door when I was only seven
He was all I dreamed about, closest thing to heaven
He would ride the ranges in the backyard every day
He became my hero but my Daddy he would say
"Danny's just a cowboy and that's all he'll ever be,
Riding rainbows in the sky, trying to catch a tree.
Cowboy boots and levis don't make a man you'll see
Danny's just a cowboy and that's all he'll ever be".
Danny grew up with his dreams, burning deep inside
He joined up with a rodeo and learned to rope and ride
He took to the saddle just like it was meant to be
Born to be a champion but my Daddy said to me
"Danny's just a cowboy and that's all he'll ever be,
Riding rainbows in the sky, trying to catch a tree.
Cowboy boots and levis don't make a man you'll see
Danny's just a cowboy and that's all he'll ever be".
Now Danny is a champion, the best there's ever been
The greatest all round cowboy that the world has ever seen
He's what ladies dream about, riding wild and free
What every little backyard cowboy hopes one day to be
But Danny's still a cowboy and that's all he'll ever be
And now he catches rainbows and he brings them home to me
And Daddy, I've found me a real man don't you see,
He's only a cowboy, but that is all he needs to be.
"Danny's just a cowboy and that's all he'll ever be,
Riding rainbows in the sky, trying to catch a tree
And when the sun sinks in the west my love rides home to me
Danny's still my cowboy and that's all he'll ever be
Danny's still my cowboy and that's all he'll ever be