I'm a traveling man don't tie me down

There's just too much living going

all around

A man he's got to see what he can see

I love the road and I love the air

And I don't worry hell I never care

I love my women sometimes they

love me



But I was got one day I still don't

know how

I didn't even like that town

This fellow said stranger why don't you

just go on home

And I said man that's where I'm

headed to

And you couldn't stop me if you knew

what to do

And I left and I planned to go alone



But the road was long and home

was far

So I stopped off at this little cowboy-

looking bar

I walked on through the door and she

just smiled

In a long pony tail and a pretty

white dress

She said hi bull riders do it best

I said oh my God what's your name

My name's Lyle



And I said ooh give back my heart

chipkicker-redneck woman

Take your boots and walk out of my life

Ooh give back my heart chipkicker-

redneck woman

I can't be no cowgirl paradise



I looked at her and she looked at me

And I looked back and she

looked back

And we went out together for a walk

Her eyes were bright just like the stars

But she drove a pickup said she

hated cars

But loved to ride around out after dark



And I said ooh give back my heart

chipkicker-redneck woman

Take your boots and walk out of my life

Ooh give back my heart chipkicker-

redneck woman

I can't be no cowgirl paradise



I told her redneckness has got to be

a disease

You catch it on your fingers and it just

crawls right up your sleeves

Ooh give back my heart chipkicker-

redneck woman

I can't be no cowgirl paradise



Well how she did it I'll never know

But it's been maybe 20 years or so

And she cooks the supper and I try to

pay the rent

But I'm a traveling man don't tie

me down

There's just too much living going

all around

But I can't figure out quite where

it went



Then I think ooh give back my heart

chipkicker-redneck woman

Take your boots and walk out of my life

Ooh give back my heart chipkicker-

redneck woman

I can't be no cowgirl paradise