Let That Pony Run

Mary was married with children

Had the perfect suburban life

Till her husband came clean with the help of Jim Beam

And confessed all his sins one night

Said he'd fallen in love with a barmaid

Said she made him feel reckless and young

And when he was through, what else could she do?

She just let that pony run

'Cause you do what you gotta do

And you know what you know

You hang on till you can't hang on

Then you learn to let go

And you get what you need sometimes

And when it's all said and done

You do what you gotta do

Then you let that pony run, oh yeah

Now, Mary moved to West Virginia

After the shock wore off

She got a divorce and a chestnut horse

And a barn with an old hayloft

And sometimes she rides down by the river

Said it makes her feel reckless and young

She just closes her eyes and she holds on tight

And she lets that pony run

'Cause you do what you gotta do

And you know what you know

You hang on till you can't hang on

Then you learn to let go

And you get what you need sometimes

And when it's all said and done

You do what you gotta do

Then you let that pony run

Let that pony run, oh no, oh yeah