Nighthorse Lyrics

Well it's hard to find a night horse

That one sure-footed right horse

To ride a cowboy safely through the dark

The finest one I ever rode

Was a short-leg bay named Little Joe

When I signed on with this outfit in South Park

Well the night was still and the moon went down

Through the herd there was not a sound

That's the time an old hand knows a cow might run

Sure enough they jumped and ran

Went crashin' through the smooth strand

And twenty buckaroos knew what was to come

CHORUS:

They're runnin' boys, they're runnin'

You all go run along

Don't try to turn 'em back 'til they tire

Just let 'em run their course

Turn it over to your night horse

Let him bring you back on home to the fire

Well a lot of things that night happened

That later got us laughin'
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'Though in the moment we were all strung out pretty tight

Joe Petty thought a clump of chimeeza

Was a bedded down herd of cows

So he circled around 'em singin' 'til daylight

Then his night horse stolen by the cook

Old Bill Jim got set afoot

Cussin' out that cook as they rode away

But they didn't go far and they had a bad wreck

Bill's horse died of a broken neck

And the cook stumbled through the night in a daze

CHORUS

Well it's gopher holes and steep ravines

That in the night cannot be seen

So he must use somethin' other than his eyes

Whatever birds fly south on

I guess that's what he counts on

Little Joe could carry me through to sunrise

CHORUS

Just let 'em run their course

Turn it over to your night horse

Let him bring you back on home to the fire