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
Oh I'd catch a glimpse of her every once in a while...
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
And 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, 'til she stops... 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 off the edge, me holding on
Above the hills, higher than eagles were gliding
Suspended in the sky
Over the hill, straight for the sun we were riding
My eyes were filled with light
Behind us black walls, below was a bottomless canyon...
Floating with no sound
Gulls 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
We were falling down this crevice, about a mile down that sink I'd say
And I looked down, and I see this red thing below us coming up real fast
And it turned out to be our reflection in this little pool of water,
We're falling down right through it
We hit and splashed it dry
That's when I lost my hold, and she got away
But I'm gonna try and get her again some day!
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