When I was a boy, they told her listen

Someday soon you'll learn what you've been missin'

Life will surely be a wreck unless he's earning a pay check

When I was a boy, they told her listen

Waylon and Willie warned about my kind

Said I'd be no good, but she still tried

I found those old three chords and so I figure

Mama's gonna be so proud when I find my Trigger

Cowboys are supposed to be the heroes

Not some lowdown drunk or two time user

Riding on his trusted horse, always tryin' to stay the course

Cowboys are supposed to be the heroes

Waylon and Willie warned about my kind

Said I'd be no good, but she still tried

I found those old three chords and so I figure

Mama's gonna be so proud when I find my Trigger

Packed up all my things said tell you what

This chip here on my shoulder's all I've got

Rolled out in a beat-up car searching for my own guitar

Packed up all my things said tell you what

Waylon and Willie warned about my kind

Said I'd be no good, but she still tried

I found those old three chords and so I figure

Mama's gonna be so proud when I find my Trigger