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I throwed and I throwed that old rope

 At that make-believe steer

 I’d never been so frustrated

 In all my nine years

 I was about to give up on that old bail of hay

 When from the front porch I heard my Dad say

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 Don’t give up now

 ‘Cause I know that somehow

 You’ll figure it out

 My little cowboy

I played and I played this old bar

 Trying to make the big time

 I stayed broke which was cool

 Until along came a kid and a wife

 That’s when I called up my Dad, I said today is the day

 It’s time to put this old guitar away... and he said

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 Don’t give up now

 ‘Cause I know that somehow

 You’ll figure it out

 My little cowboy, yeah

 Now I’ve got a boy of my own

 With his own set of dreams

 He works hard to play quarterback

 For his pee-wee league team

 A blue star on his helmet, our last name on his back

 Three downs in a row, all end with a sack... and I hollered out

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 Don’t give up now

 ‘Cause I know that somehow

 You’ll figure it out

 My little cowboy