Mary was married with children   Had the perfect suburban life   Till her husband came clean with the help of Jim Beam   And confessed all his sins one night      Said he'd fallen in love with a barmaid   Said she made him feel reckless and young   And when he was through, what else could she do   She just let that pony run      'Cause you do what you gotta do   And you know what you know   You hang on till you can't hang on   Then you learn to let go      And you get what you need sometimes   And when it's all said and done   You do what you gotta do   Then you let that pony run, oh yeah      And now, Mary moved to West Virginia   After the shock wore off   She got a divorce and a chestnut horse   And a barn with an old hayloft      And sometimes she rides down by the river   Said it makes her feel reckless and young   She just closes her eyes and she holds on tight   And she lets that pony run      'Cause you do what you gotta do   And you know what you know   You hang on till you can't hang on   Then you learn to let go      And you get what you need sometimes   And when it's all said and done   You do what you gotta do   Then you let that pony run   And let that pony run, oh yeah, oh yeah