What Cowboys Do

Broken bones and broken hearts

And I've had my shoulder torn apart

But it's nothin' like the pain I felt when I lost you

Honky-tonks and short brown checks

And all those late nights I regret

And I left you all alone, crying, wonderin' why I lay it all on the line

I've earned scars and I've earned buckles

Been in the chutes with blood on my knuckles

I've driven all night long, tryin' to make a rodeo

I'm strong as a freight train, just as steady

Crack the gate, you know I'll be ready

And I'm gonna hang on until the ride is through

'Cause that's what cowboys do

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Worn out dually full of whiskey dents

And memories of the time we spent

A million miles of blacktop never led me home to you

Eight seconds of pain and fame

And these thoughts of you drive me insane

Left you all alone, crying, wonderin' why I lay it all on the line

I've earned scars and I've earned buckles

Been in the chutes with blood on my knuckles

I've driven all night long, tryin' to make a rodeo

I'm strong as a freight train, just as steady

Crack the gate, you know I'll be ready

And I'm gonna hang on until the ride is through

'Cause that's what cowboys do

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One day when the glory's gone

And I've got no strength to carry on

I'll realize the only thing I should've held on to was you

I've earned scars and I've earned buckles

Been in the chutes with blood on my knuckles

I've driven all night long, tryin' to make a rodeo

I'm strong as a freight train, just as steady

Crack the gate, you know I'll be ready

And I'm gonna hang on until the ride is through

'Cause that's what cowboys do

That's what cowboys do

Broken bones and broken hearts