He said he'd been workin' Southwest Colorado,
Chasin' wild horses, catchin' them too.
With a Colt Navy pistol 1 , and an old Hawken rifle 2 .

And a bear-chasin' hound, by the name of La Roux.

On the eastern slope in southwest Colorado,

The wild horse did have a look in his eye.
Oh, he never had known the weight of a saddle,
It made him crazy and away did he fly.


((But the wild horse, it lamed him,))
((It turned and it maimed him,))

((Left him lyin' in the dust for dead.))
((Now the stars in the skies,))
((Shown through from his eyes))

((What the wild horse had left him,))
((Colorado he said,))


((And he said, he said that,))
(("Wild horse has lamed me,))
((Wild women shamed me.))

((The angels'll drink me to sleep))
((When I'm dead.))
((Here's to southwest Colorado,))

((And to you, my old friend."))

((He just came to town to trade good times and stories.))

((Couldn't do no ridin' for the pain in his head.))
((He was goin' to Leadville 3 to shoot with his pistols,))
((Back to southwest Colorado, and his wild horse again.))


[The next part is sung a capella.]
((And the wind in the night,))

((In southwest Colorado,))
((It's hot and it's strong,))
((And it cleans out your head.))

((And the wild horse's screams,))
((Run through your dreams.))
((Coyotes sing you to sleep,))

((In your bed.))

((And he said, he said that,))

(("Wild horse has lamed me,))
((Wild women shamed me.))
((The angels'll drink me to sleep))

((When I'm dead.))
((Here's to southwest Colorado,))
((And to you, my old friend."))


He was gone by the mornin', left a note on my windshield.
"I ((seen the look in your eyes, boy, here's what to do,))

((Climb the eastern slope to way past the timber.))
((That's where you'll find us, ol' me and La Roux.))
((And you know we'll be waitin', ol' me and La Roux."))