Jenny's daddy was five years gone By the time that Jenny was six years old It was her and her mom and her parakeet Pete In a little blue house at the end of the street Her friends asked her what her daddy did And You know how it is when you're just a kid She couldn't tell them that she didn't know, so Jenny just lied and told 'em Chorus: He's a cowboy ridin' the range He's got a painted pony with a flowin' mane And he's chasin' the sun, dodgin' the rain and He don't go runnin' away when it gets tough He's made of that stuff That Don't let you down, boy No, he's a cowboy He's a cowboy 10 years later after a pillow fight Well, Jenny and her friends got to talkin' about life And what they're gonna do when they graduate And what kind of guy they're gonna marry one And all of her friends said the usual stuff You know doctors and lawyers and bankers and such But Jenny didn't even bat an eye When she started talkin' 'bout her dream guy It was a... Repeat Chorus Well, Jenny married a guy named Mike And they had a little boy, and they started life But Mike ran off four years ago And now her little boy is five years old And Jenny looks out the window and smiles At the way life works when you give it a while Her little man runnin' 'round out back With a stick horse and a little red hat Repeat Chorus Jenny finally got her that cowboy