Chestnut Mare (Live)

Always alone never with a herd

Prettiest mare

I've ever seen

You'll have to take my word

I'm going to catch that horse if

I canAnd when

I do I'll give her my brand

Well I was up on stony ridge after this chestnut mare

Been chasin' her for weeks

Oh I'd catch a glimpse of her every once in a while

Takin' her meal bathin' a fine lady

This one day

I happened to be real close to her

I saw her standin' over there

So I snuck up on her nice and easy

I got my rope out and

I flung it in the air

I'm going to catch that horse if

I canAnd when

I do I'll give her my brand

And we'll be friends for life she'll be just like a wife

I'm going to catch that horse if

I canAnd I got her and

I'm pullin' on her

And she's pullin' back like this mule goin' up a ladder

And I take a choice and

I jump right up on her

D**ned if

I don't land right on top of her

And she takes off runnin' up on to the ridge

Higher than

I've ever been before

She's runnin' along just fine till she stops something spooked her

It's a sidewinder all coiled and ready to strike

She doesn't know what to do for a second

But then she jumps off the edge me holding on

Above the humes higher than eagles were gliding

Suspended in the sky

Over the moon straight for the sun we were riding

My eyes were filled with light

Behind us black walls below us a bottomless canyon

Floating with no sound

Gulls far below seemed to be suddenly rising

Exploding all around

I'm going to catch that horse if

I canAnd when

I do I'll give her my brand

And we'll be friends for life she'll be just like a wife

I'm going to catch that horse if

I canAnd we were falling down this crevice about a mile down

I'd sayI look down and

I see this red thing below us

Comin' up real fast and it's our reflection it's a little pool of water

About six feet wide and one foot deep

And we're crawling down right through it

We hit and we splashed it dry

That's when

I lost my hold and she got away

But I'm gonna try to get her again some day

I'm going to catch that horse if

I canAnd when

I do I'll give her my brand

And we'll be friends for life she'll be just like a wife

I'm going to catch that horse

I'm going to catch that horse

I'm going to catch that horse if

I canI'm going to catch that horse if

I can