Dixie Darlin'

Dixie says that horses know her better than people do

I've known Dixie seven years and I'd have to say it's true

Once my sweetheart, now the sweetheart of the rodeo

She heard the highway callin' with the meltin' of the snow

And I tried

Yes, I tried to change her mind

Dixie darlin' did you find what you were after

A greener pasture, a wilder blue

When I think about the things that really matter

I always wished that I had mattered more to you

Dixie came to see me on the day her daddy died

Green eyes full of thunder and the tears she hadn't cried

She asked if I would hold her and I held her all that week

Till she loaded up her saddle and she kissed me on the cheek

And I tried

Yes, I tried to change her mind

Dixie darlin' did you find what you were after

A greener pasture, a wilder blue

When I think about the things that really matter

I always wished that I had mattered more to you

Dixie called me late one night on Colorado time

Told me she was two weeks late and she knew it must be mine

I wanted to raise a family right here in this little town

But in the end she wasn't ready to have a kid and settle down

And I tried

Yes I tried to change her mind

Dixie darlin' did you find what you were after

A greener pasture, a wilder blue

When I think about the things that really matter

I always wished that I had mattered more to you