Caballo Diablo Lyrics - Chris Ledoux

Wild as a coastal Barronca 

Swift as the wind blowing free 

With two eyes like fire brands that glow in the night 

Somewhere up there he's waiting for me 

And he knows that I'm coming' for him 

And I just can't rest till I find 

That raven black Stallion who wears no man's brand 

With a wild restless spirit like mine 

They call him Caballo Diablo 

Half-horse, half-devil they say 

Caballo Diablo the outlaw 

Up a top the Sierra Madre 

Two men before tried to take him 

They had their chance one by one 

But each met his fate when those flashing' black hooves 

Brought death 'neath the Mexican sun 

Still I can't leave I must find him 

You fool of a horse, can't you see? 

Well I may be half man but the other half's devil 

And you're just exactly like me 

They call him Caballo Diablo 

Half-horse and half-devil they say 

Caballo Diablo the outlaw 

Up a top the Sierra Madre 

Even the breezes stopped moving 

Hush now, be still 

Don't make a sound and stay close to the ground 

'Cause he's waitin' just over that hill 

Downwind behind him move quickly 

Do it fast now he's starting to stir 

Grab a handful of mane and up on to his back 

And start raking him down with your spurs 

But try as he will, he can't shake me 

As over the precipice we go 

To spell the life blood of a horse and a man 

On the rocky Sierra below 

They call him Caballo Diablo 

Half-horse, half-devil they say 

Caballo Diablo the outlaw 

Up a top the Sierra Madre