i was mindin my business and holdin the fort and i still remember how you sallied forth and my mind it was busy warnin my heart but hell you ain t a cowboy if you ain t been bucked off the story s familiar the oldest tale in the west i fell into love then the bird left the nest well i guess that there s reasons we let our hard hearts go soft and you ain t a cowboy if you ain t been bucked off there s all kinds of horses will leave you grabbin the breeze busted up and broken up with scars you can t see but if you ain t been bucked off and been throwed a few times it don t count for nothin when you make that last ride well the years have passed quickly and ain t nothin s the same only i don t feel different and you ve hardly changed well i guess what i m sayin is i ll give one last nod cause you ain t a cowboy if you ain t been bucked off