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Will Dudley: Music

Colorado Horses

(Will Dudley)
2005-10-25
The story is the song
Colorado Horses

We were up before the sunrise
Loaded up the horses, we were gone
Crossed LaVeta Pass in to that sweet San Luis Valley, rollin on
There's Wolf Creek straight ahead, ten thousand feet of mountain
We'll be there by noon
We're hauling Colorado horses down to winter beneath the Arizona moon

Rolled straight on through Durango toward four corners, that ole ford was makin ground
Stretched the horses' legs in Teec Noc Poc and watched the desert sun go down
Made camp out in The Nations, and we listened to the ancestor's tunes
Haulin Colorado horses down to winter beneath the Arizona moon

I called the boss in Wickenburg just to let him know when we'd be rolling in
Fed the horses, fed ourselves, picked some guitar while the firelight grew dim
We passed the bottle round and watched the night turn into morning way too soon
We're hauling Colorado horses down to winter beneath the Arizona moon.

Sing praises to these horses, for they've hauled a thousand dudes into the hills
They take us to the rivers where the voice of Mother Nature won't be stilled
I ain't no big time banker, but I know exactly what I should be doing
Hauling Colorado horses down to winter beneath the Arizona moon.

I called the boss in Wickenburg just to let him know when we'd be rolling in
Fed the horses, fed ourselves, picked some guitar while the firelight grew dim
Then we passed the bottle round and watched the night turn into morning way too soon
We're hauling Colorado horses down to winter beneath the Arizona moon.