Lainey Wilson wants a love that is wild and free. Lucky for her, she knows just the person for the job. In “Call A Cowboy,” Wilson creates something that is part ode to the western way of life and part love song. Uncover the meaning behind this track, below.
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Behind the Meaning of “Call A Cowboy” by Lainey Wilson
If there’s a job that needs done
Or a horse to be broke
If there’s a drink that needs drunk
Or a Red that needs smoked
Call a cowboy
In the verses, Wilson rattles off jobs only a cowboy would be fit to do. Breaking horses, drinking, and smoking Reds are just a few things on her to-do list. Call a cowboy, she says in response to all of those tasks.
If there’s some boots to be scuffed
Or pearls to get snapped
You need a four wheel drive truck
With a chain on the back
Call a cowboy
In the chorus, she turns the titular cowboy motif on its head. Most songs about a cowboy focus on their wayfaring spirit. Wilson focuses on how strong and steady a cowboy can be–two things you need for an enduring love. He’s rock steady, loaded, locked and ready, she sings.
You best be banking on him
Hanging on for more that eight seconds
He’s rock steady, loaded, locked and ready
Boots to his Stetson
He’s red, white, and blue, tried and true
Like the grit in his voice
That’s what you call a cowboy
After the first chorus, she gets a little more love centric. If there’s a door to bе held / Or wild flower to be pickеd, she sings. Of course the answer to that request is the refrain: Call a cowboy.
If there’s a door to bе held
Or wild flower to be pickеd
If there’s a fire to be felt
In a straight whiskey kiss
Call a cowboy
In the bridge, she reveals that she’s already found a cowboy to call. Hey, lucky me / When I’m a long long ways from hom / I get to call him my own, she sings. Wilson has many stellar love songs, but few feel as entwined with her western roots as this one.
Check out the track, below.
Oh hey, lucky me
When I’m a long long ways from home
I get to call him my own
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