“I should've been a cowboy.
I should've learned to rope and ride.
Wearing my six-shooter, riding my pony on a cattle drive
Stealing the young girls' hearts
Just like Gene and Roy
Singing those campfire songs.
I should've been a cowboy.”

—  Toby Keith

Should've Been a Cowboy.
Song lyrics, Toby Keith (1993)

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