I ain't old But I'm old enough to know It really wasn't all that long ago I could rope I could ride or rob a train Be back home when the dinner bell rang That was life it was outside day & night I never felt what being fenced in felt like All I knew was wide open and running free And who'd have thought I'd grow up to be That cap gun cowboy kid I was Hot on the trail when the sun came up Chasin' those crazy dreams in my head Like the wild west Jesse James John Wayne's did Now and then I saved the world Rescued and rode off with the girl It's finally all adding up Oh I am who I am because Of that cap gun cowboy kid I was I don't know exactly where or when I traded my old palomino in For that blonde pawn shop ol beat up guitar And saddled up this shooting star Like that cap gun cowboy kid I was Hot on the trail when the sun came up Chasin' those crazy dreams in my head Like the wild west Jesse James John Wayne's did Now and then I saved the world Rescued and rode off with the girl Yeah I wouldn't change a thing I am who I am because Of that cap gun cowboy kid I was I tried to raise you up Not to be like me Cause I'm a thunder storm, rolling stone, a tumbleweed But I'm sorry son I look at you and see That cap gun cowboy kid I was Hot on the trail when the sun came up Chasin' those crazy dreams in my head Like the real McCoy Jesse James John Wayne's did Those memories are as good as it gets Oh I am who I am because Of that cap gun cowboy kid I was Cowboy kid