never with a herd
 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, been chasing her for weeks
 Oh I'd catch a glimpse of her every once in a while
 taking her meal, bathing, fine lady
 This one day I happen 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 and 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 those black walls
 below was a bottomless canyon
 floating with no sound
 ghosts 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 about a mile down it seem
 and I looked down
 And I see this red thing below us coming up real fast
 and it's our reflection that's
 this little pool of water about six feet wide and one foot deep
 We're falling down right through it
 We hit, we 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