Ballard Of A Runaway Horse Lyrics - Emmylou Harris

Say a prayer for the cowgirl her horse ran away 

She'll walk 'til she finds him her darlin' her stray 

But the river's in flood and the roads are awash 

And the bridges break up in the panic of loss 

And there's nothin' to follow nowhere to go 

He's gone like the summer gone like the snow 

And the crickets are breaking her heart with their song 

As the day caves in and the night is all wrong 

Did she dream it was he who went galloping past 

And bent down the fern broke open the grass 

And printed the mud with the well-hammered shoe 

That she nailed to his speed in the dreams of her youth 

And although he goes grazin' a minute away 

She tracks him all night she tracks him all day 

And she's blind to his presence except to compare 

Her injury here with his punishment there 

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Then at home on a branch on a high stream 

A songbird sings out so suddenly 

And the sun is warm and the soft winds ride 

On a willow tree by the riverside 

An the world is sweet and world is wide 

And he's there where the light and the darkness divide 

And the steam's comin' off him he's huge and he's shy 

And he steps on the moon when he paws at the sky 

And he comes to her hand but he's nor really tame 

He longs to be lost she longs for the same 

And he'll bolt and he'll plunge thru the first open pass 

To roll and to feed in the sweet mountain grass 

Or he'll make a break for the high plateau 

Where there's nothing above and noting below 

It's time for their burden the whip and the spur 

Will she ride with him or will he ride with her 

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So she binds herself to her galloping steed 

And he binds himself to the woman in need 

And there is no space just left and right 

And there is no time but there is day and night 

Then she learns on his neck and whispers low 

Whither thou goest I will go 

And they turn as one the head for the plain 

No need for the whip oh no need for the rain 

Now the clasp of this union who fastens it tight 

Who snaps it asunder the very next night 

Some say it's him some say it's her 

Some say love's like smoke beyond all repair 

So my darlin' my darlin' just let go by 

That old silhouette on the great western sky 

And I'll pick out a tune and they'll move right along 

And they're gone like smoke and they're gone like this song 

Say a prayer for the cowgirl