Words: Joel Nelson, Music:Wylie Gustafson (Two Medicine Music) BMI
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I have run on middle fingernail through Eolithic morning
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And IĄŻve thundered down the coach road with RevolutionĄŻs warning
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I have carried countless errant knights who never found the grail
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I have strained before the caissons, IĄŻve moved the nationĄŻs mail
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IĄŻve made knights of lowly tribesmen, kings from ranks of peons
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IĄŻve given pride and arrogance to riding men for eons
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IĄŻve grazed among the lodges, teepees and the yurts
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Felt the sting of driving whips, lashes, spurs and quirts
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I am roguish- I am flighty- inbred and lowly
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IĄŻm a nightmare gone wild I am
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Gallant and exalted- stately and noble
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IĄŻm awesome- I am grand I am
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The Horse
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I have suffered gross indignities from users and winners
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IĄŻve felt the touch of kindness from losers and sinners
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I have given for the cruel hand and given for the kind
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Heaved a sigh at Appomattox when surrender had been signed
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I can be as tough as hardened steel- fragile as a flower
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I know not my endurance I know not my own power
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I have died with heart exploded beneath the cheering stands
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Calmly stood below the hanging noose of vigilante bands
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I am roguish- I am flighty- inbred and lowly
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IĄŻm a nightmare gone wild- I amĄŠ
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Gallant and exalted- stately and noble
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IĄŻm awesome- I am grand- I am
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the Horse
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So IĄŻll run on middle fingernail until the curtain closes
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IĄŻll win for you your triple crown IĄŻll wear for you your roses
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Toward you who took my freedom IĄŻve no malice or remorse
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IĄŻll endure IĄŻll last forever I am
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The Horse
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Equus Caballus
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