Lyrics

Oh you get me   in your 56 Chevy
Why don't we go sit down in the  
Take   on my front porch
The dandy lion sun scorching,
Like a glass of cold  
I will do  
if you pay all the bills

Where is my John Wayne
Where is my prairie song
Where is my happy ending
Where have all the cowboys gone

Why don't you stay the  
Kick   and watch the TV
And I'll   a little something to eat
Oh I know your    
from working on the  
How do you take your   my sweet
I will   the children
if you pay all the bills

Where is my John Wayne
Where is my prairie song
Where is my happy ending
Where have all the cowboys gone

I am wearing my new   tonight
But you don't,
but you don't even   me
Say goodbyes
Say goodbyes
Say goodbyes

We finally   the Chevy
When we had another  
And you   the job in Tennessee
You made friends at the  
And you   them at the bar
Almost every   day of the week

I will wash the   while you go have a beer
Where is my Marlboro man
Where is his   gun
Where is my   ranger
Where have all the cowboys gone
Yippee yo, yippee yeah
Legend

Meaning

Paula Cole plays the part of a lonely woman pining for her "John Wayne" , a beer-drinking kind of guy who will keep her happily barefoot and pregnant while he works on his tractor and spends the day at the bar

She's happy to be his housewife while he provides for the family, but after a while lethargy sets in and her cowboy is more of a bum, hanging out at the bar while she takes care of the household.

Vocabulary

Kick back

slang: relax
We're having a kickback