[Verse 1]

            
  And the tenn

             
is court was c

         
overed up
              
With some tent

          
-like thing
            
  And you aske

              
d me to dance
             
But I said, "d

              
ancing is a da

         
ngerous game"
      
  Oh, I  thoug

ht
             
This is gonna 

              
be one of thos

      
e things
      
  Now I   know
             
I'm never gonn

          
a love again


[Chorus]

            
  I've got som

             
e tricks up my

       
 sleeve
             
Takes one to k

          
now one
              
You're a cowbo

          
y like  me


[Verse 2]

              
Never wanted l

  
ove
              
Just a fancy c

 
ar
            
  Now I'm wait

     
ing by the pho

ne
             
Like I'm sitti

              
ng in an airpo

     
rt bar


[Chorus] 

            
  You had some

             
 tricks up you

        
r sleeve
             
Takes one to k

          
now one
              
You're a cowbo

       
y like me


[Refrain]

              
Perched in the

    
 dark
              
Telling all th

             
e rich folks a

              
nything they w


anna hear
              
Like it could 

    
be love
              
I could be the

  
 way forward
              
Only if they p

          
ay for it
              
You're a bandi

       
t like me
              
Eyes full of s

  
tars
              
Hustling for t

    
he good life
              
Never thought 

     
I'd meet you h

ere
             
It could be lo

ve
              
We could be th

   
e way forward
              
And I know I'l

             
l pay for it


[Instrumental Break]

           
   Ohhh ohhh  

         
   Ohhhh ohhhh
           
   Ohhh ohhh  

         
   Ohhhh ohhhh
            
            


[Refrain]

              
You're a cowbo

        
y like me
              
Perched in the

     
 dark
              
Telling all th

             
e rich folks a

              
nything they w


anna hear
              
Like it could 

    
be love
              
I could be the

  
 way forward
              
Only if they p

         
ay for it
              
You're a bandi

       
t like me
              
Eyes full of s

  
tars
              
Hustling for t

    
he good life
              
Never thought 

     
I'd meet you h

ere
             
It could be lo

ve
              
We could be th

   
e way forward
              
And I know I'l

             
l pay for it


[Bridge]

            
   And the ske

            
letons in both

      
 our closets
             
Plotted hard t

            
o mess this up
              
And the old me

   
n that I've sw

indled
             
Really did bel

             
ieve I was the

   
 one
              
And the ladies

            
 lunching have

         
 their stories

 about
             
When you passe

             
d through town
              
But that was a

           
ll before I lo

         
cked it down


[Verse 3]

            
  Now you hang

 
 from my lips
             
Like the Garde

           
ns of Babylon
            
  With your bo

      
ots beneath my

 bed
             
Forever is the

          
 sweetest con


[Chorus]

            
  I had some t

          
ricks up my sl

eeve
            
  Takes one to

           
 know one


[Outro]

              
You're a cowbo

            
y like   me
             
And I'm never 

              
gonna love aga


in
    

             
I'm never gonn

         
a love again
           
       Ohhhh

 
        
Ohhhhhh
             
I'm never gonn

         
a love again