Story Behind The Song

I bought cowboy boots for my granddaughter and she wore them to a concert I was having. I watched her in those boots and realized in her head, she was already a cowgirl! This is what I imagined was in her head.

Song Description

A young girl dreams of escaping everyone's expectations and becoming a cowgirl.

Lyrics

I Wanna Be a Cowgirl

Daddy's got his eye on making me a soccer star;
Grandma says I'll make it big if I learn to play guitar.
Mama's got her heart set on school, the more the better-
Grandpa says just go have fun 'cause what you do don't matter.
There's a million things they all want me to do, but now I got my shiny leather boots.

And I wanna be a cowgirl -
Tie me a pony up outside, but me a saddle and let me ride.
I don't know much about Calamity Jane, but I'm already thinking I'm gonna change my name.
Out beyond that American dream my life is calling as a rodeo queen
I wanna be a cowgirl.

I'm dreaming 'bout the shiny buckles I'll be winning in my time
Practicing my barrel runs and I'm turning on a dime
I got sequins on my blue jeans, yellow ribbons in my hair
Racing cross the finish line on my trusty mare
And I'm listening to the hollers and the hoots
As I stand there in my shiny leather boots

I wanna be a cowgirl -
Tie me a pony up outside, but me a saddle and let me ride.
I don't know much about Calamity Jane, but I'm already thinking I'm gonna change my name.
Out beyond that American dream my life is calling as a rodeo queen
I wanna be a cowgirl.

I can't imagine sunsets pushing buttons on a screen
Or feel the thunder rolling in on twitter with a tweet
But if you put me in those cowboy boots my life begins to breathe
I'm riding cross the prairie---I'm a rodeo queen.

I wanna be a cowgirl -
Tie me a pony up outside, but me a saddle and let me ride.
I don't know much about Calamity Jane, but I'm already thinking I'm gonna change my name.
Out beyond that American dream my life is calling as a rodeo queen
I wanna be a cowgirl.

©2014 Char Seawell