Putting The Old Horse Down

Passion can change a man For good or for bad And if you think you disagree Then its something you Ain't had Cause when I met my Brazi lady I was sure to the bone Now I can't stop singing about her I can't leave her alone And you said This would never

Death rides a midnight train and it burns coal both night and day we're all born with tickets in our hands just like cattle we've all got our brand you best leave your things right where they are because on this iron horse there ain't no baggage car

I can see you dancing In a storm Like a lightning bolt Caught in a still frame And this photograph Is now my only souvenir My forgetful mind Has become my greatest fear You were here one day And then gone the next You stole my heart And then you left

Lying under a cowboy moon On a sultry summer eve Just thinking about you Staring up at the stars You're getting heavy on my heart And I miss you And just as the sun finds a place to hide I feel my emotions start to slide Feel them slide But if I were

I wrote this song for the broken-hearted For all you losers who tried and failed For all us sinners who just wanted to feel alive I wrote this song for the yellow-bellied For those of us not sure where we stand And all those charmers who carry a fear