I know why cowboys sleep at night If they didn't they'd ride neath the black open sky And see they could fly instead of ride And they'd ride ride off the rocks They'd fly off the rock Off their rockers I know why cowboys sleep at night If they didn't they'd ride neath the black open sky And they'd count all the stars And the distance to Mars And they'd see they could go even farther I know why cowboys sleep at night If they didn't they'd ride neath the cracked open sky And they'd see they could fly instead of ride And they'd notice that, oh! there's no roof on the earth There's no ceiling And get this strange feeling and have to try And then they'd wonder how And then they'd find out how And then all the cows would be running about Left on their own just to wander So sleep cowboy, sleep cowboy Sleep cowboy, sleep cowboy