she had on a pearl snapped shirt tied above her waist faded blue jeans and a gold belt buckle that she won from a barrel race she hot to trot from her boots up to her curves she came walkin straight out of my dreams there goes my cowgirl she had a reputation that i thought that i could change oh but you can t rope the wind and you sure can t tame a rattle snake litlle west tex tornado took me for a whirl she came walkin straight out of my dreams there goes my cowgirl have mercy on me she could dance a hole in the floor she was as wild as a tumbleweed oh and i could nt have asked for more but unfortunately for me you know you can t tie her down when the old rodeo is over she ll move on to another town oh there she goes have mercy on me she could dance a hole in the floor she was as wild as a tumbleweed oh and i could nt have asked for more but unfortunately for me you know you can t tie her down when the old rodeo is over she ll move on to the next go round so if you see a horse trailer on a jet black cadillac you better beware and approach with caution and keep your heart a few car lengths back she s left a trail of tears all around the world and i ve shed a few over her too there goes my cowgirl as that cowgirl rode away that old sad song began to play no this cowboy can sing cause there goes my cowgirl