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 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 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