Cowboy in LA

"i walked into the room with this title, and the song basically wrote itself. having an idea as visual as "cowboy in LA" is incredibly advantageous to the lyrical side of things. "palm trees square-dancin' under the moon" might be one of the most iconic lines i’ve ever written. LA is notorious for everyone looking the same and doing the same thing… chasing fame in their preferred or particular "lane." the choruses are me inviting a girl to try something different… to maybe even get a little old fashioned with it. do you hear how the drums change on the bridge? when we wanna achieve this kind of sound, jake and i say "throw it under water." put "oklahoma, it made a man out of me" on my tombstone."

- Paul "Cowboy in LA" (stylized in all lowercase) is the second track on LANY's third studio album, Mama's Boy.

Background
"cowboy in LA" was first teased by LANY frontman Paul Klein on 10/2/19 in a tweet.

On April 1st, 2020, Klein posted a snippet of the song with a picture of some of the lyrics to Instagram.

The cowboy imagery comes from Klein’s childhood in Oklahoma. He also has a tattoo of a cowboy hat on his shoulder.