Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys Lyrics - Willie Nelson

Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold 

They'd rather give you a song than diamonds or gold 

Lone star belt buckles and old faded Levis 

And each night begins a new day 

If you don't understand him, an' he don't die young 

He'll prob'ly just ride away 

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys 

Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks 

Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such 

Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys 

'Cause they'll never stay home and they're always alone 

Even with someone they love 

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Cowboys like smoky old pool rooms and clear mountain mornings 

Little warm puppies and children and girls of the night 

Them that don't know him won't like him and them that do 

Sometimes won't know how to take him 

He ain't wrong, he's just different 

But his pride won't let him do things to make you think he's right 

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Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys 

Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks 

Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such 

Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys 

'Cause they'll never stay home and they're always alone 

Even with someone they love 

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys 

Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks 

Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such