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Say a prayer for the cowboy His mare's run away And he'll walk til he finds her His darling, his straybut the river's in floodand the roads are awashand the bridges break upin the panic of loss. And there's nothing to follow There's nowhere to go She's gone like the summergone like the snow And the crickets are breakinghis heart with their songas the day caves inand the night is all wrong Did he dream, was it shewho went galloping pastand bent down the fernbroke open the grassand printed the mud withthe iron and the goldthat he nailed to her feetwhen he was the lord And although she goes grazinga minute awayhe tracks her all nighthe tracks her all day Oh blind to her presenceexcept to comparehis injury herewith her punishment there Then at home on a branchin the highest treea songbird sings outso suddenly Ah the sun is warmand the soft winds rideon the willow treesby the river side Oh the world is sweetthe world is wideand she's there wherethe light and the darkness divideand the steam's coming off hershe's huge and she's shyand she steps on the moonwhen she paws at the sky And she comes to his handbut she's not really tame She longs to be losthe longs for the sameand she'll bolt and she'll plungethrough the first open passto roll and to feedin the sweet mountain grass Or she'll make a breakfor the high plateauwhere there's nothing aboveand there's nothing belowand it's time for the burdenit's time for the whip Will she walk through the flame Can he shoot from the hip So he binds himselfto the galloping mareand she binds herselfto the rider thereand there is no spacebut there's left and rightand there is no timebut there's day and night And he leans on her neckand he whispers low" Whither thou goest I will go" And they turn as oneand they head for the plain No need for the whip Ah, no need for the rein Now the clasp of this unionwho fastens it tight? Who snaps it asunderthe very next night Some say the rider Some say the mare Or that love's like the smokebeyond all repair But my darling says" Leonard, just let it go by That old silhouetteon the great western sky" So I pick out a tuneand they move right alongand they're gone like the smokeand they're gone like this song
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