1.
It’s dark and it’s cold, and he don’t need to be
told
It’s time for him to get-up and get goin’
‘Cause there’s stock yet to move and there’s work yet to do
And make-up for the daylight that they’re burnin’
CHORUS:
Cowboy standard time is what he lives on
He don’t need a watch,
To know the time of day
Cowboy standard time is what he lives on
He don’t know another life
And he don’t know another way
2.
There were stars overhead when he crawled–off to bed
Let the younger men sit around the fire
When it’s too dark too read, then it’s too dark to see
And a seasoned hand’ll know when to retire
CHORUS
3.
Livin’ way out there, the cattle, they don’t care
The time of day or even where they’re goin’
A man’ll sometimes find, the kind of peace of mind
He only knows in the life he’s chosen
CHORUS
