Say a prayer for the cowboyHis mare's run awayAnd he'll walk till he finds herHis darling, his strayBut the river's in floodAnd the roads are awashAnd the bridges break upIn the panic of loss.And there's nothing to followThere's nowhere to goShe's gone like the summerGone like the snowAnd the crickets are breakingHis heart with their songAs the day caves inAnd the night is all wrong[…]Now the clasp of this unionWho fastens it tight?Who snaps it asunderThe very next nightSome say the riderSome say the mareOr that love's like the smokeBeyond all repairBut my darling says"Leonard, just let it go byThat old silhouetteOn the great western sky"So I pick out a tuneAnd they move right alongAnd they're gone like the smokeAnd they're gone like this song
Say a prayer for the cowboyHis mare's run awayAnd he'll walk till he finds herHis darling, his strayBut the river's in floodAnd the roads are awashAnd the bridges break upIn the panic of loss.And there's nothing to followThere's nowhere to goShe's gone like the summerGone like the snowAnd the crickets are breakingHis heart with their songAs the day caves inAnd the night is all wrong[…]Now the clasp of this unionWho fastens it tight?Who snaps it asunderThe very next nightSome say the riderSome say the mareOr that love's like the smokeBeyond all repairBut my darling says"Leonard, just let it go byThat old silhouetteOn the great western sky"So I pick out a tuneAnd they move right alongAnd they're gone like the smokeAnd they're gone like this song