[Lyric] This Cowboy Rides Alone (Chris Petersen)

[Verse 1]
New frost on the windshield
Of my old Chevrolet
Clouds on that horizon
Looks like a storm is headed my way

[Verse 2]
And I've been [driving?] half the night
Just listening to old George Strait
Playing it loud, and feeling the sound
Of The Cowboy Rides Away

[Chorus]
Well I'm just a wandering soul
Why I can't stay, I'll never know
The open road just calls to me
Like the sound of a distant melody
And I go
There's things in life that I'll never know
Why we get back on every time that we're thrown
And I'll never know why this cowboy rides alone
Yeah I'll never know why this cowboy rides alone
[Verse 3]
The picture on the dashboard
Keeps telling me I should stay
And that empty seat beside me
Says I'm a fool for going away

[Verse 4]
But this restlessness I feel
Is just something that I can't hide
It keeps calling my name
I get a song in my mind
Says, cowboy, it's time to ride

[Chorus]
But I'm just a wandering soul
Why I can't stay, I'll never know
The open road just calls to me
Like the sound of a distant melody
And I go
There's things in life that I'll never know
Why we get back on every time that we're thrown
And I'll never know why this cowboy rides alone
Yeah I'll never know why this cowboy rides alone

[Bridge]
My cellphone's ringing
But I keep singing and driving into the night
Although I know that it's wrong
This freedom I'm feeling
Somehow makes it alright
[Chorus]
I'm just a wandering soul
Why I can't stay, I'll never know
The open road just calls to me
Like the sound of a distant melody
And I go
There's things in life that I'll never know
Why we get back on every time that we're thrown
And I'll never know why this cowboy rides alone
Yeah I'll never know why this cowboy rides alone

Yeah I'll never know why this cowboy rides alone