verse 1 damned old cowboy you re broken again just a quiver and a change on the wind and you re pullin out leather and cussin in vain tryin to stand through the pain damned old buckskin all full of the fire she s like moonlight aglow on the wire soft in the round corral gentle and light then she decides to fight chorus and all that you are comes down to horses old childhood dreams and unexplained forces sometimes you re the bottle that holds lightin bolts but you ll be a dead man if you don t quite ridin them colts verse 2 one good woman and two little boys still its horses that bring you true joy now you re down on your back again perkeset high stoned like the look in your eye chorus and all that you are comes down to horses old childhood dreams and unexplained forces sometimes you re the bottle that holds lightin bolts but you ll be a dead man if you don t quite ridin them colts bridge man can you feel that burn in your shoulder when will you realize that you re gettin older chorus and all that you are comes down to horses old childhood dreams and unexplained forces sometimes you re the bottle that holds lightin bolts but you ll be a dead man if you don t quite ridin them colts