Chestnut Mare

Always alone

Never with a herd

Prettiest mare I've ever seen

You'll have to take my word

I'm going to catch that horse if I can

And when I do I'll give her my brand

Well, I was up on Stony Ridge

After this chestnut mare

Been chasing her for weeks

Oh, I'd catch a glimpse of her every once in a while

Taking her meal or bathing

Fine lady

This one day I happened to be real close to her

And I saw her standing over there

So I snuck up on her nice and easy

Got my rope out

And I flung it in the air

I'm going to catch that horse if I can

And when I do I'll give her my brand

And we'll be friends for life

She'll be just like a wife

I'm going to catch that horse if I can

Well, I got her, and I'm pulling on her

And she's pulling back like this mule going up a ladder

And I take a choice, and I jump right up on her

Damned if I don't land right on top of her

And she takes off

Running up onto the ridge

Higher than I've ever been before

She's running along just fine

Till she stops 'cause something spooked her

It's a sidewinder, all coiled and ready to strike

She doesn't know what to do for a second, but then

She jumps of the edge, me holding on

Above the hills

Higher than eagles were gliding

Suspended in the sky

Over the moon

Straight for the sun, we were riding

My eyes were filled with light

Behind us, black walls

Below us, a bottomless canyon

Floating with no sound

Those far below

Seemed to be suddenly rising

Exploding all around

I'm going to catch that horse if I can

And when I do I'll give her my brand

And we'll be friends for life

She'll be just like a wife

I'm going to catch that horse if I can

And we were falling down this crevice

'Bout a mile down, I'd say

I looked down, and I see this red thing below us

Coming up real fast, and it's our reflection in this

Little pool of water about six feet wide and one foot deep

And we're flowing down, right through it

We hit, and we splashed it dry

That's when I lost my hold, and she got away

But I'm gonna try to get her again someday

I'm going to catch that horse if I can

And when I do I'll give her my brand

And we'll be friends for life

She'll be just like a wife

I'm going to catch that horse

I'm going to catch that horse

I'm going to catch that horse if I can

I'm going to catch that horse if I can