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The Byrds
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Always alone, never with a herd
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Prettiest mare I've ever seen
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You'll have to take my word
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I'm going to catch that horse if I can
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And when I do I'll give her my brand
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Well I was up on stony ridge after this chestnut mare
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Been chasin' her for weeks
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Oh I'd catch a glimpse of her every once in a while
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Takin' her meal, bathin', a fine lady
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This one day I happened to be real close to her
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I saw her standin' over there
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So I snuck up on her nice and easy
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I got my rope out and I flung it in the air
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I'm going to catch that horse if I can
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And when I do I'll give her my brand
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And we'll be friends for life, she'll be just like a wife
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I'm going to catch that horse if I can
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And I got her and I'm pullin' on her
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And she's pullin' back like this mule goin' up a ladder
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And I take a choice and I jump right up on her
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Damned if I don't land right on top of her
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And she takes off, runnin' up on to the ridge
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Higher than I've ever been before
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She's runnin' along just fine, till she stops something spooked her
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It's a sidewinder, all coiled and ready to strike
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She doesn't know what to do for a second
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But then she jumps off the edge, me holding on
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Above the humes higher than eagles were gliding
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Suspended in the sky
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Over the moon straight for the sun we were riding
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My eyes were filled with light
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Behind us black walls below us a bottomless canyon
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Floating with no sound
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Gulls far below seemed to be suddenly rising
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Exploding all around
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I'm going to catch that horse if I can
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And when I do I'll give her my brand
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And we'll be friends for life, she'll be just like a wife
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I'm going to catch that horse if I can
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And we were falling down this crevice, about a mile down I'd say
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I look down and I see this red thing below us
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Comin' up real fast and it's our reflection, it's a little pool of water
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About six feet wide and one foot deep
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And we're crawling down right through it
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We hit and we splashed it dry
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That's when I lost my hold and she got away
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But I'm gonna try to get her again some day
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I'm going to catch that horse if I can
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And when I do I'll give her my brand
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And we'll be friends for life, she'll be just like a wife
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I'm going to catch that horse
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I'm going to catch that horse
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I'm going to catch that horse if I can
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I'm going to catch that horse if I can
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