The horses have turned their backs
Quiet but for screams
The horses have turned their backs
Quiet but for screams
We knew it’d end up here
Alone on the range
We knew it’d end up here
Alone on the range
When home doesn’t feel like home
When hopes all move on
When home doesn’t feel like home
When hopes all move on
The heavens above
In front, cattle stilled by sleep.
I long to count sheep
The heavens above
In front, cattle stilled by sleep.
I long to count sheep
What was lost now found.
The little kitten gone home.
Quiet now at the herd.
What was lost now found.
The little kitten gone home.
Quiet now at the herd.
A night in my arms
Then her words, too often heard.
Don’t tell anyone.
A night in my arms
Then her words, too often heard.
Don’t tell anyone.
Though I love herding
Will I ever reach the stars?
Not in my lifetime.
Though I love herding
Will I ever reach the stars?
Not in my lifetime.
A gentle rocking
Weightlessness, then blinding pain
Dont sleep on horseback
A gentle rocking
Weightlessness, then blinding pain
Dont sleep on horseback
Calm boy means calm cows
Help the lost back to the herd
Inside I’m screaming
Calm boy means calm cows
Help the lost back to the herd
Inside I’m screaming
Something more from life?
Change of saddle? Or career?
Seasons change, not me.
Something more from life?
Change of saddle? Or career?
Seasons change, not me.
A fire on my lips
The warm embrace I longed for
That’s some damn fine soup
A fire on my lips
The warm embrace I longed for
That’s some damn fine soup
With all this freedom
My broken heart lies awake
Yearnin for the stars
With all this freedom
My broken heart lies awake
Yearnin for the stars
No good to be near
Isolation is the cure
Cowboy life for me
No good to be near
Isolation is the cure
Cowboy life for me
A change in the air
A new player in the game
Up on them there hills
A change in the air
A new player in the game
Up on them there hills
My yearning takes form
With an Irish serenade
Stars and curls hold me
My yearning takes form
With an Irish serenade
Stars and curls hold me
Hold on tight as it passes
Dinner was spicy
Hold on tight as it passes
Dinner was spicy
Sunlight pierces me
Braying cows rip me apart
Work with a headache
Sunlight pierces me
Braying cows rip me apart
Work with a headache
A wide open plain
Endless stars on inky black
Joy in solitude
A wide open plain
Endless stars on inky black
Joy in solitude
Hope is fragile now,
As we struggle against hate.
Love is our weapon.
Hope is fragile now,
As we struggle against hate.
Love is our weapon.
Their chin in my hand.
I’m falling into brown eyes.
Do cows love us back?
Their chin in my hand.
I’m falling into brown eyes.
Do cows love us back?
Through rivers and rain
To a mountaintop this night
Just to touch the stars
Through rivers and rain
To a mountaintop this night
Just to touch the stars
The orange of dying leaves.
Is winter coming?
The orange of dying leaves.
Is winter coming?
Six cans on the fence
Six shots from my peacemaker
Six cans on the fence
Six cans on the fence
Six shots from my peacemaker
Six cans on the fence
The cows are easy
Guide ‘em, protect ‘em, watch ‘em.
But people are hard
The cows are easy
Guide ‘em, protect ‘em, watch ‘em.
But people are hard
I ain’t a father
I ain’t never shot someone
Am I shootin blanks?
I ain’t a father
I ain’t never shot someone
Am I shootin blanks?