[Verse 1]
I was only five years old when your song came out
I heard “Should’ve Been A Cowboy” on the radio
Screaming from the dash of my daddy’s pre-owned Camry
In between Dwight Yoakam and Diamond Rio

[Pre-Chorus]
It was the first of many verses that I memorized loosely
Hell, it ain’t like you were Garth
But you were one of a hundred favorite artists on the country charts

[Hook]
I know this is a long time coming
Your mailbox money isn’t gonna go away
It’s hard to know where to start
But I’ve got a few things to say
Your twenty-minute song props up fascists
While you brag about kicking asses
With a boot in your mouth, exploiting the American South
You helped turn my culture into a parody
Milking laborers for your prosperity
I wish you would’ve been a cowboy, Toby Keith

[Verse 2]
I was only 13 when the towers fell
Heard your national anthem rewrite on CMT
You were celebrating war with eagles and star-spangled anger
Spinning lives and loss into stage props and radio plays
[Pre-Chorus]
Well I heard from Lady Liberty and she ain't happy
Says you misquoted her views
But you were confident and full-chested sitting there on Fox News

[Hook]
I know this is a long time coming
Your mailbox money isn’t gonna go away
It’s hard to know where to start
But I’ve got a few things to say
There were not a lot of places where a kid like me felt heard and understood
But weren’t you sitting in your big house counting your money when you wrote "Trailerhood"?
You wore my life like a costume on the TV
Milking laborers for your prosperity
I wish you would’ve been a cowboy, Toby Keith