There's a difference
In the Wild, Wild West and a Podunk town
There's a difference
In a ramblin' man and a boy that's just runnin' around
You ain't ridin' in the sunset, boy, you're just jettin'
In a Tennessee hat actin' like it's a Stetson

But you ain't a cowboy
When cowboys head out, boy
They turn back around, boy
Settle down, boy
Come home to the woman they love
You ain't nothing like George Strait
His kind don't just ride away
Lonely, lost on some highway
Tryna play
Like you've got some old smoking gun
But you ain't a cowboy

You think you're an outlaw
'Cause you stay out real latе always stirrin' up trouble
But you didn't fool me
In your dirty, old Wranglers and your shiny gold bucklе
You're still shootin' back shots, guess I dodged a bullet
I love you's a trigger, couldn't make yourself pull it

'Cause you ain't a cowboy
When cowboys head out, boy
They turn back around, boy
Settle down, boy
Come home to the woman they love
You ain't nothing like George Strait
His kind don't just ride away
Lonely, lost on some highway
Tryna play
Like you've got some old smoking gun
But you ain't a cowboy

You ain't a cowboy
You ain't a cowboy
No, you ain't

There's a difference in stumblin' out
and a tumbleweed rollin'
There's a difference in just actin' out and rodeoing

But you ain't a cowboy
When cowboys head out, boy
They turn back around, boy
Settle down, boy
Come home to the woman they love
You ain't nothing like George Strait
His kind don't just ride away
Lonely, lost on some highway
Tryna play
Like you've got some old smoking gun
But you ain't a cowboy

You ain't a cowboy
You ain't a cowboy
No, no, you ain't
You ain't a cowboy