Say a prayer for the cowgirl her horse ran away   She'll walk 'til she finds him her darlin' her stray   But the river's in flood and the roads are awash   And the bridges break up in the panic of loss      And there's nothin' to follow nowhere to go   He's gone like the summer gone like the snow   And the crickets are breaking her heart with their song   As the day caves in and the night is all wrong      Did she dream it was he who went galloping past   And bent down the fern broke open the grass   And printed the mud with the well-hammered shoe   That she nailed to his speed in the dreams of her youth      And altough he goes grazin' a minute away   She tracks him all night she tracks him all day   And she's blind to his presence except to compare   Her injury here with his punishment there      Then at home on a branch on a high stream   A songbird sings out so suddenly   And the sun is warm and the soft winds ride   On a willow tree by the riverside      An the world is sweet and world is wide   And he's there where the light and the darkness divide   And the steam's comin' off him he's huge and he's shy   And he steps on the moon when he paws at the sky      And he comes to her hand but he's nor really tame   He longs to be lost she longs for the same   And he'll boft and he'll plunge thru the first open pass   To roll and to feed in the sweet mountain grass      Or he'll make a break for the high plateau   Where ther's nothing above and noting below   It's time for their burden the wip and the spur   Will she ride with him or will he ride with her      So she binds herself to her galopping steed   And he binds himself to the woman in need   And there is no space just left and right   And there is no time but there is day and night      Then she learns on his neck and whispers low   Whither thou goest I will go   And they turn as one the head for the plain   No need for the whipe oh no need for the rain      Now the clasp of this union who fastens it tight   Who snaps it asunder the very next night   Some say it's him some say it's her   Some say love's like smoke beyond all repair      So my darlin' my darlin' just let go by   That old silhouette on the great western sky   And I'll pick out a tune and they'll move right along   And they're gone like smoke and they're gone like this song      Say a prayer for the cowgirl