It Ain't Easy Bein' a Cowboy

Well, you took a few grey lines from somebody else

And rearranged and kept them for yourself

You think had the right to claim it as your own

So, call yourself an outlaw

With the spurs in your step, and the pistol in your hand

Tell the sheriff in town that you're above the law

(You're above them all)

But to bend the rules of one world

Is to follow the rules of another

And that's where colors will fade from your charade

Cause the winds, they blew in from the east

And stripped you bare to your insecurities

Now everyone sees you for what you are

And these cowboys will ride out in the desert sun

Off to prove their worth to everyone

Losing sight of what's important through the dust in their eyes

All the while they never realized they were living a lie

Yeah, it took so long to realize you were living a lie

When you conform to nonconformity

Unique becomes a fashion statement

You walk into the realm of the very thing you were trying to escape

"This town ain't big enough for the two of us"

Everyone's putting up charades, one trend at a time

Really, you're unique... just like everyone else.

And like cowboys we rode out in the desert sun

Off to prove our worth to everyone

Losing sight of what's important through the dust in our eyes

All the while we never realized

We were living a lie