Harriet

In the days when horses rode And man made the wind The north became our leader When the west turned its back on the sun again We moved like whittled water Sped by narrowed stone In the days when horses rode Our feet squeezed their barrel chests Their feet barreled through the dirt No line between man and beast And we were one with the earth Down narrow mountain passes You'd never make it through alone In the days when horses rode Oh my sweet Harriet She turned like a rhyme That you hear and can't forget Faster than your last drink goes dry Fast enough to save your life Unbroken spirits carried home Broken men & broken bones Hooves and heroes gathered In the middle of the main road Breaking the news we'd known for weeks To women and children with tear-stained cheeks In the days when horses rode Oh my sweet Harriet She turned like a rhyme That you hear and can't forget Faster than your last drink goes dry Fast enough to save your life Me and my mare went back to work Tending the farm and the pasture Till she walked alone past the boundary line I knew not to follow after There were things that were hard to believe And things that you had to In the days when horses rode Oh my sweet Harriet She turned like a rhyme That you hear and can't forget Faster than your last drink goes dry Fast enough to save your life