Hold Yer Horses Lyrics

It's the first light on my last day

On this side of the border

My feet are aching and the blood is caked onto the dirt in Sahuarita

Them Oro Valley boys chased me from the steam pump ranch

Straight through downtown

Dont remember much of Tucson

As I headed to the ranch that's owned by Jimmy Brown

Cut my ties

Accept my losses

Head straight south down to Nogales

Double-back some steps

And hope it draws a wild course

Feet don't fail me now

On my head's a thousand dollar purse

You gotta do what you gotta do

When the Rangers hold yer horses

A dirty dog, a scoundrel, yes, I've been called many things

But I'm not a liar, nor a cheat, and certainly no cattle thief

I've earned my reputation from some folk who've never known

What's it like to never have a thing despite wearing out your bones

Cut my ties

Accept my losses

Head straight south down to Nogales

Double-back some steps

And hope it draws a wild course

Feet don't fail me now

On my head's a thousand dollar purse

You gotta do what you gotta do

When the Rangers hold yer horses

Following the Santa Cruz river down

Until it forks and becomes Potrero Creek

No time to check my bruised ribs and liver now

Or mend the gash open on my cheek

I gotta

Cut my ties

Accept my losses

Head straight south down to Nogales

Double-back some steps

And hope it draws a wild course

Feet don't fail me now

On my head's a thousand dollar purse

You gotta do what you gotta do

When the Rangers hold yer horses

It's the last light on my first day

On this side of the border

My feet are aching and the blood is caked, won't you help me senorita