Miranda Lambert
Miranda Lambert
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Miranda Lambert
In “If I Was a Cowboy”, the lead single off Miranda Lambert’s ninth studio album Palomino, Lambert contemplates her life as a cowboy living in the Wild West.
[Intro]
Oh, ooh-ooh, oh, ooh-ooh
Oh, ooh-ooh, oh, ooh-ooh
[Verse 1]
Riding off in the sunset, blue eyes under my Stetson
A little lady on the front porch wishing my heart would start settling
Big iron hips with the holsters
I'd be looking mighty fine on a poster
Wanted by the law but the laws don't apply to me
[Chorus]
If I was a cowboy, I'd be wild and free
Rolling around these towns like tumbleweeds
I'd be a legend at loving and leaving
Nipping on a whiskey and numbing up my feelings
You thought the west was wild, but you ain't saddled up with me
If I was a cowboy, I'd be the queen
[Refrain]
Oh, ooh-ooh, oh, ooh-ooh
[Verse 2]
Sitting pretty on the prairie, baby, I'm your Huckleberry, let me hold you
This six gun sugar's got a hairpin trigger, like I told you
And this dove never really gets lonesome
I never begged, never borrowed, but I stole some
Wanted by the law but the laws don't apply to me, baby
[Chorus]
If I was a cowboy, I'd be wild and free
Rolling around these towns like tumbleweeds
I'd be a legend at loving and leaving
Nipping on a whiskey and numbing up my feelings
You thought the west was wild, but you ain't saddled up with me
If I was a cowboy, I'd be the queen
[Bridge]
So mammas, if your daughters grow up
To be cowboys, so what?
[Chorus]
If I was a cowboy, I'd be wild and free
Rolling around these towns like tumbleweeds
I'd be a legend at loving and leaving
Nipping on a whiskey and numbing up my feelings
You thought the west was wild, but you ain't saddled up with me
If I was a cowboy, I'd be the queen
[Outro]
Oh, ooh-ooh, I'd be the queen
Oh, ooh-ooh, oh, ooh-ooh
Oh, ooh-ooh, oh, ooh-ooh
If I Was a Cowboy was written by Miranda Lambert & Jesse Frasure.
If I Was a Cowboy was produced by Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall & Luke Dick.
Miranda Lambert released If I Was a Cowboy on Fri Oct 15 2021.
I wrote this song with my new friend, Jesse Frasure. We met doing the remix of “Tequila Does” and he and I just got together one afternoon for a write and this is what came out of it. It’s funny, he’s a Detroit boy and I’m an East Texan, but somehow we wrote a song about the Wild West together.
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As of the week ending March 5, 2022:
US Billboard Hot 100: #79
US Hot Country Songs: #19
Canada (Canadian Hot 100): #69