Karaoké Cowboy Logic Michael Martin Murphey

There's a great American hero we all look up to

When the times are hard and chips are down he knows just what to do

Now a cowboy's got a set of rules that he lives by day to day

And if you ask for his advice he'll more than likely say

If it's a fence mend it

If it's a dollar bill spend it

Before it burns a hole down in them jeans

It it's a load truck it

If it's a punch duck it

If she's a lady treat her like a queen

That's cowboy logic every cowboy's got it

It's in the way he lives his life and the songs he sings

That's cowboy logic every cowboy's got it

He's got a simple solution for just about anything

If it's a job do it

Put your back in to it

'Cos a little bit of dirt's gonna wash off in the rain

If it's a horse ride it

If it hurts hide it

Dust yourself off and get back on again

That's cowboy logic every cowboy's got it

It's in the way he lives his life and the songs he sings

That's cowboy logic every cowboy's got it

He's got a simple solution for just about anything

An old cowboy and a young buckaroo were workin' ridin' fence

The old hand was testin' the kid on his skills and his common sense

He said, son, if you'd seen three men in a pick-up dressed alike from boot to hat

Could you tell which one was the real cowboy just from where he sat

The kid scratched his head awhile and then he said

Well, there just ain't no way to know

The old hand grinned and then he said

Kid, you've still got a ways to go

The real cowboy's the one in the middle

He ain't there just by fate

'Cos first he don't have to drive

And then he don't have to mess with the gate

That's cowboy logic every cowboy's got it

It's in the way he lives his life and the songs he sings

That's cowboy logic every cowboy's got it

He's got a simple solution for just about anything

He's got a simple solution for just about anything