From the cradle, we learn to be tough In the wild West, where the wind makes the law Hard work, rope and saddle, sweat and ground Lone cowboys don't show weakness, no Lone cowboys, with hearts of stone Tough on the outside, but love sometimes gets in In the silence of the night, emotion throbs And the lone cowboy feels the pain and the beauty He grew up riding bulls, facing the wind Learned to silence pain, not to show feeling But sometimes in a glance, in a touch of a hand The lone cowboy feels the world turn upside down Lone cowboys, with hearts of stone Tough on the outside, but love sometimes gets in In the silence of the night, emotion throbs And the lone cowboy feels the pain and the beauty In the rodeo of life, we dance with fear But love is a lasso that sometimes we don't see And the lone cowboy, with a hardened heart Discovers that loving is like riding a wild and dear bull Lone cowboys, with hearts of stone Tough on the outside, but love sometimes gets in In the silence of the night, emotion throbs And the lone cowboy feels the pain and the beauty