It's all the same, only the names will change
Everyday it seems we're wasting away
Another place where the faces are so cold
I'd drive all night just to get back home

I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted, dead or alive
Wanted, dead or alive

Sometimes I sleep, sometimes it's not for days
And the people I meet always go their separate ways
Sometimes you tell the day
By the bottle that you drink
And times when you're alone, when all you do is think

I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted (wanted), dead or alive
Wanted (wanted), dead or alive

I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted (wanted), dead or alive

And I walk these streets, a loaded six string on my back
I play for keeps 'cause I might not make it back
I've been everywhere, still I'm standing tall
I've seen a million faces and I've rocked them all

'Cause I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted (wanted), dead or alive

And I'm a cowboy, I got the night on my side
And I'm wanted (wanted), dead or alive

And I ride (and I ride) dead or alive
I still ride (I still ride) dead or alive
Dead or alive [x4].