sentences:  It has also been covered by The Byrds on their self-titled album.Like three other songs from "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere", "Cinnamon Girl", "Down by the River" and the title track, Young wrote "Cowgirl in the Sand" while he was suffering from the flu with a high fever at his home in Topanga, California.The song's lyrics are about a promiscuous woman, or perhaps three different women if each verse describes a different woman.