They were carved from the canyons

Raised on the plains

Made for stampedes and cowtown saloons

They choked on the trail dust

Slept out in the rain

Led hard lives that ended too soon

That one generation that transformed a nation

As descendants of those chosen few

We're cowboys, cowboys forever

We'll stand together as long as we live and breathe

We're cowboys, cowboys forever

We've always been, it's what we'll always be

Cowboys forever

Now they're cops in the city

Their lives on the line

They're truck drivers hauling that freight

They're young soldiers leaving their loved ones behind

They're all those who pull their own weight

That one generation that transformed a nation

As the decedents

We all salute here

We're cowboys, cowboys forever...

We'll ride together as long as we live and breathe

We're cowboys, cowboys forever...

We've always been, it's what we'll always be

We're cowboys forever...

We're cowboys, cowboys forever...

We'll ride together as long as we live and breathe

We're cowboys, cowboys forever...

We've always been, it's what we'll always be

We're cowboys forever...