when i was young and just a boy i had myself a dream i d get a horse and ride the range with roy and gene we d save the girl in the nick of time and have the fastest guns sing a song while the credits rolled and disappear into the setting sun i didn t want to play football or be a business man all i ever really wanted to do was play in a cowboy band so give me a guitar and some shined up boots and i ll show you where i stand somewhere out on the navajo trail playin in a cowboy band when i was nine i stood in line to see merle and the strangers play but when the show was over and the lights went down i climbed up on that stage i looked at all that i would play and they d be dancin in the aisles so give me a guitar and some shined up boots and i ll show you where i stand somewhere out on the navajo trail playin in a cowboy band yea i just might be in your hometown tonight but i ll be playin in a cowboy band 