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There's something about horses, especially a paint
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Whenever I see horses, it reminds me of what I ain't

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'Cause I am not your lover now, and I may never be
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But with a couple pinto ponies how things go, we'll have to see
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'Cause they're hitched outside to the rail right now,
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and their silver jangles free
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And the saddle bags are snugged right down, sugar ride away with me

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There's something about horses, especially a paint
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Whenever I see horses, I see a sadness in their face

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Well I was raised with the west around, enough to hum the tune
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But I never knew the place like the old boys did, 
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Chinooked and mountain viewed
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Cause this was all a cathedral then, and the cowboys they all knew
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That you can't keep a loop on paradise, but she disappeared so soon
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She disappeared so soon

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There's something about horses, especially a paint
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Whenever I see horses, I see the path I didn't take