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BSay a prayer for the cowgirl her horse ran away She'll Ewalk til she finds him her darling her stray But the Brivers in flood and the roads are awash And the F#bridges break up in the panic of Bloss BAnd there's nothing to follow nowhere to go He's Egone like the summer gone like the snow And the Bcrickets are breaking her heart with their song As the F#day caves in and the night is all Bwrong BDid she dream was it he who went galloping past And Ebent down the fern broke open the grass And Bprinted the mud with the well-hammered shoe That she F#nailed to his speed in the dreams of her Byouth BAnd although he goes grazing a minute away She Etracks him all night she tracks him all day And she's Bblind to his presence except to compare Her F#injury here with his punishment Bthere Then at Ehome on a branch on a high stream A BSongbird sings out so suddenly And the Esun is warm and the soft winds ride On a Bwillow tree by the F#riversiBde BAll the world is sweet and the world is wide He's Ethere where the light and the darkness divide And the sBteam's coming off him he's huge and he's shy And he F#steps on the moon when he paws at the Bsky BAnd he comes to her hand but he's not really tame He Elongs to be lost she longs for the same And he'll Bbolt and he'll plunge through the first open pass ToF# roll and to feed in the sweet mountain Bgrass BOr he'll make a break for the high plateau Where there's Enothing above and nothing below It's Btime for their burden the whip and the spur Will she F#ride with him or will he ride with Bher So sheE binds herself to her galloping steed And he Bbinds himself to the woman in need And there Eis no space just left and right And Bthere is no time but F#there is day and Bnight BAnd she leans on his neck and whispers low EWhither thou goest I will go And they Bturn as one and they head for the plain No F#need for the whip or no need for the Brein BNow the clasp of this union who fastens it tight WhoE snaps it asunder the very next night Some Bsay it's him some say it's her Some say F#love's like smoke beyond all reBpair BSo my darling my darling just let it go by That Eold silhouette on the great western sky And I'll Bpick out a tune and they'll move right along And they're F#gone like smoke and the're gone like this Bsong Say a Bprayer for the cowgirl