(COPYRIGHT 1997) A cowboy needs a woman, that'll love him true And the one he'll love, only one he'll choose Satisfied with a good home, with her love to keep And the green-back dollar, ain't his only need. CHORUS: But his ridi'n and ropi'n, he'll have to do And his ridi'n in a rodeo, will make her miss him too Though he'll think about her everyday Might never take her blues away A man has to earn his daily pay The cowboy way. A cowboy's calloused hands, and a burn from the sun Shows a cowboy's work, hell it ain't ever done With his horses flowi'n mane, as he rides out in the range From a morni'n blue sky, to a warm eveni'n rain. REPEAT CHORUS The cowboy way The cowboy way