Here's another Monday mornin'... dawn is breakin' on the day

Better get my motor runnin' 'cause I've gotta earn my pay

Sweat another week of labor just to get to my reward

To be spendin' what's left over after payin' room 'n' board

I don't make a lotta money an' my wallet's kinda tight

But I'm gonna find a honey at the hoedown Friday night

Still I can't be court 'n' sparkin' dressin' like no billyhill

In my own mind I'm a cowboy so I've gotta fit the bill

It's a hard row to be hoein' to show up to the hoedown

An' be lookin' like a million-dollar dude out on the town

So I've gotta get to shoppin'... got a lotta things to buy

Gonna start the neighbors hoppin'... gonna catch some cowgirl's eye

I'll be decked out in the finest from the ceilin' to the floor

Gonna stun the room to silence when I swagger through that door

Yes I'm gonna be the envy of them good ol' bubbas there

If you say you don't believe me... tell you what I'm gonna wear

I'm no country city slicker... never donned a three-piece suit

Anyway that wouldn't go right with my di'mond rattler boots

To create a rich impression tho' I'm not a man of means

I'll do all my fancy dancin' in my Ro-day-o Drive jeans

It's a hard row to be hoein' to show up to the hoedown

An' be lookin' like a million-dollar dude out on the town

So I've gotta get to shoppin'... got a lotta things to buy

Gonna start the neighbors hoppin'... gonna catch some cowgirl's eye

Since I ain't much good at talkin' an' I find it hard to flirt

I'll just stand there strong 'n' silent in my silk Gene Autry shirt

Gator belt an' golden buckle holdin' up fringed-leather chaps

While I'm tippin' all them pilgrims with my John Wayne Stetson hat

From the start right to the finish I'll be quite the sight to see

Now I'm sportin' my own version of the Hank Junior goatee

There won't be nobody doubtin' this here guy has got it made

When I'm bowin' in the spotlight wearin' chic I-talian shades

It's a hard row to be hoein' to show up to the hoedown

An' be lookin' like a million-dollar dude out on the town

So I've gotta get to shoppin'... got a lotta things to buy

Gonna start the neighbors hoppin'... gonna catch some cowgirl's eye

I don't really know what happened... somethin' didn't go quite right

'Cause I left the hoedown lonely for another Friday night

Tho' I spent 'bout all my money I can't size it up a waste

I just went out to a hoedown where nobody prized my taste

After all that work I'm tired... better get a little sleep

Then I must commence to skedjlin' my agenda for next week

'Cause ol' Jim Bob that I work with who comes from a neighb'rin' town

Told me 'bout some high-class cowgirls who turn up to his hoedown

It's a hard row to be hoein' to show up to the hoedown

An' be lookin' like a million-dollar dude out on the town

So I've gotta get to shoppin'... got a lotta things to buy

Gonna start the neighbors hoppin'... gonna catch some cowgirl's eye