Horse

I dragged that horse to water, you know he wouldn't drink

I shot him in the shallows before I had the time to think

Now I'm out here on foot, still gotta cross the great divide

I'm feeling awful lonesome, wishing I still had a horse to ride

Come on, now

My daddy always told me not to play around with matches

Got me a hold of a flamethrower, how that fire catches

Wouldn't you know it, me and daddy and mama didn't have, nowhere left to live

I was quick to remind daddy, though Jesus preached we all should just forgive

Forgive, forgive

They took me to the river to get my spirit clean

Wouldn't you know it buddy, like nothing you'd ever seen

That river spit me out and threw my bare ass right there up against the shore

Oh, I swear it started raining blood and the thunder start to roar

Preached screamed that boy got the devil in him, let's burn him at the stake

My mama jumped in front of me and told them all to wait

She said, "My baby got the devil in him, oh, he got the devil in him too"

She said, "My baby never hurt a fly, but look what y'all was about to do"

Mama said now

Oh, I dragged that horse to water, that bastard wouldn't drink

So I shot him in the shallows before I had the time to think

Now I'm out here on foot, still gotta cross the great divide

Oh, feeling awful lonesome wishing I still had that horse to ride

Now that I'm a grown man, not as young as I once were

Reckon in my growing that I found myself a cure

Settle down, take your time and try not to get caught up in all that haste

But I reckon if it ever came to blows, I'd still lay some fool to waste