Verse 1
I am staring at the hour glass and the sands slip right through and the minutes turn to hours that I’m here without you. The more that I stare the more time gets away, you didn’t want me to go, but I knew I couldn’t stay
Chorus
I am not the man you need, though that is all I want to be, and the harder that I try, the more clearly I see, God had something better in mind when he created you, you deserve so much more, so this old cowboy just won’t do
Verse 2
So I have packed up all my things, except that shirt you love, the one you took from me the night we couldn’t get enough There are so many things I wish I could change, but know I won’t be able to. A woman like you deserves so much more than my denim and my boots.
Chorus
I am not the man you need, though that is all I want to be, and the harder that I try, the more clearly I see, God had something better in mind when he created you, you deserve so much more, so this old cowboy just won’t do
Verse 3
I take one last look in my rearview and our place shrinks out of sight, and a part of me fades into the night. Maybe in another lifetime we will have our chance again, maybe by then I will be a better man
Chorus
I am not the man you need, though that is all I want to be, and the harder that I try, the more clearly I see, God had something better in mind when he created you, you deserve so much more, so this old cowboy just won’t do
David Willis 