[Verse 1]
I'm a ten-dollar cowboy
Baby, that's a fact
I got some inhibitions
That might be holding me back
I've been seeing this portrait
Attached to a small fee
For a ten-dollar cowboy
Who looks a lot like me

[Verse 2]
If you're a ten-dollar cowboy
Then you already know
That there never was a rider
Who couldn't be thrown
Even Billy McClain
Fell off a time or two
He was a ten-dollar cowboy
Who looked a lot like you

[Verse 3]
I'm a ten-dollar cowboy
I play a little guitar
People always ask me
If I'm a rodeo star
Doubt if I got eight seconds
But I can sing you a song
Like a big bullrider
I'm steady holding on
[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]
You see the ten-dollar cowboy
He leads a colorful life
Don't you worry about him
Hе knows he'll only die twice
Likе Billy McClain
He's the last of his breed
He's just a ten-dollar cowboy
Who looks a lot like me
He looks a lot like me
He looks a lot like me

[Outro]
Yeah, when I was out there on them street corners
Learning to stand behind this guitar
Ten dollars was a whole lot of money
Cowboy, cowboy singer
Both highly hazardous occupations
Look out