Daddy knew that he was tuff
When old doc Windsor slapped his butt
The night he was born

He just smiled

Bed sheets for a parachute

He jumped off that old barn roof
When old doc set his arm
He said I guess I was wrong thinking I could fly


He's been busted, bruised, and broken, brushed it off and kept on going, but not tonight...
I know it must hurt like hell

When a cowboy cries

Got rolled in a holdin pen

By a rank bull out in old Cheyenne
They say he broke five ribs
Nearly lost his left eye


One night he straightened out a curve
With a pick up truck outside Fort Worth

When they finally cut him out
Put a Marlboro in his mouth
And bummed a light


He's been busted, bruised, and broken, brushed it off and kept on going, but not tonight...
I know it must hurt like hell

When a cowboy cries

And as a teardrop hit his whiskey glass

He said the only true love I'll ever have
Just walked out the door
She said she didn't love me anymore.


Yeah, He's been busted, bruised, and broken, brushed it off and kept on going, but not tonight...
Not tonight

It must hurt like hell
It must hurt like hell
When a cowboy cries