She saved him from whiskey   Was his constant companion   You'd see them out riding at dawn      She gave him his reasons    To shoulder the seasons   Now when you see him   He's riding alone      She'd lay down beside him   To touch him or guide him   Turn 'round his head   On the darkest of days      He still sits beside her   Remembers her smiling   Whispers to her   That old song he would play      Please lay down beside me   How I love you      Never wanted to bid this adieu   No red river ever ran deeper   Than this old cowboy's love   Than this cowboy's love that runs true