Lyle Lovett - Natural Forces Lyrics
I rode across the great high plainUnder the scorching sun and through the driving rainAnd then I set my sights on the mountains highI bid my former life good-byeSo thank you Ma'am, I must declineFor it's on my steed I will relyI'm underneath the open skyWhere I'm subject to the natural forcesHome is where my horse isLoaded up in BuffaloTook the 90 southbound to OhioOn any western Frisco boundAnd when I get there I'll turn back aroundSo thank you Ma'am, I must declineFor it's on these eighteen wheels I rideI'm underneath the Western skyWhere I'm subject to the natural forcesHome is where my horse isAnd every year they come to townAnd they'll drag them all right in the groundAnd Mr. Bradley calls the scoreBut the cowboy he will try for moreSo thank you Ma'am, I must declineFor it's on my freer road I'll rideAnd I'll spin and run and stop and slideI'm subject to the natural forcesHome is where my horse isThe Cherokee and the ChickasawThe Creeks and the Nou and the old ChoctawThey volunteered to move they sayWe'll understand come judgement daySo thank you Ma'am, I must declineFor it's on this Trail of Tears I rideAnd I'm under all the homeless skySometimes at night I hear their voicesHome is where my horse isNow as I sit here safe at homeWith a cold Coors Light and the tv onAll the sacrifice and the death and woeLord I pray that I'm worth fighting forSo thank you Ma'am, I must declineFor it's on my own BG I ride'Til earth and hell are satisfiedWhere I'm subject to the natural forcesSometimes at night I hear their voicesHome is where my horse isHome is where my horse is
