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Always alone, never with a herd |
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Prettiest mare |
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I've ever seen |
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You'll have to take my word |
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I'm going to catch that horse if |
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I canAnd when |
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I do I'll give her my brand |
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Well I was up on stony ridge after this chestnut mare |
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Been chasin' her for weeks |
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Oh I'd catch a glimpse of her every once in a while |
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Takin' her meal, bathin', a fine lady |
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This one day |
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I happened to be real close to her |
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I saw her standin' over there |
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So I snuck up on her nice and easy |
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I got my rope out and |
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I flung it in the air |
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I'm going to catch that horse if |
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I canAnd when |
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I do I'll give her my brand |
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And we'll be friends for life, she'll be just like a wife |
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I'm going to catch that horse if |
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I canAnd I got her and |
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I'm pullin' on her |
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And she's pullin' back like this mule goin' up a ladder |
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And I take a choice and |
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I jump right up on her |
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Damned if |
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I don't land right on top of her |
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And she takes off, runnin' up on to the ridge |
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Higher than |
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I've ever been before |
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She's runnin' along just fine, till she stops something spooked her |
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It's a sidewinder, all coiled and ready to strike |
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She doesn't know what to do for a second |
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But then she jumps off the edge, me holding on |
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Above the humes higher than eagles were gliding |
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Suspended in the sky |
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Over the moon straight for the sun we were riding |
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My eyes were filled with light |
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Behind us black walls below us a bottomless canyon |
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Floating with no sound |
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Gulls far below seemed to be suddenly rising |
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Exploding all around |
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I'm going to catch that horse if |
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I canAnd when |
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I do I'll give her my brand |
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And we'll be friends for life, she'll be just like a wife |
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I'm going to catch that horse if |
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I canAnd we were falling down this crevice, about a mile down |
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I'd sayI look down and |
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I see this red thing below us |
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Comin' up real fast and it's our reflection, it's a little pool of water |
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About six feet wide and one foot deep |
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And we're crawling down right through it |
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We hit and we splashed it dry |
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That's when |
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I lost my hold and she got away |
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But I'm gonna try to get her again some day |
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I'm going to catch that horse if |
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I canAnd when |
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I do I'll give her my brand |
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And we'll be friends for life, she'll be just like a wife |
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I'm going to catch that horse |
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I'm going to catch that horse |
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I'm going to catch that horse if |
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I canI'm going to catch that horse if |
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I can |
