Went For A Ride Lyrics - Radney Foster

He was black as the sky on a moonless night 

Real good with the horses, he never reined them too tight 

And he rode with the best, Hell he rode with me 

And they got it all wrong in that book of history 

It wasn't cowboys and ponies, it was horses and men 

It wasn't school boys and ladies, it was cow town's and sin 

And there was blood on the leather and tears in her eyes 

We swore at the Devil and then we went for a ride 

We told some tales, he told them best 

Real life can always use a good stretch 

But that don't change the things we did 

'Cause the truest thing was the life that we lived 

It wasn't cowboys and ponies, it was horses and men 

It wasn't school boys and ladies, it was cow town's and sin 

And there was blood on the leather and tears in her eyes 

We swore at the Devil and then we went for a ride 

It's more than one kind of pain, more than one kind of theft 

And it's bitter as the night sweet Jesus wept 

She stole my heart, age stole the fire 

They stole my prairie when they strung all that wire 

It wasn't cowboys and ponies, it was horses and men 

It wasn't school boys and ladies, it was cow town's and sin 

And there was blood on the leather and tears in her eyes 

We swore at the Devil and then we went for a ride 

Lord, we swore at the Devil and then we went for a ride