Runaway Horses

Small town girl

Coca-Cola grin, honeysuckle skin

Born beneath the ruddy sign

Of a strawberry moon

Small town girl

Shows up for her friends

Crazy 'bout the bends

I was there when she first

Put away childish things

We had spring in our heels

Unwavering forces

Head first into the unknown

Like runaway horses

In a fever 'til the end

And every step is a silver prayer

In the face of a hard wind

You traded school

For wedding rings and rent, invitations sent

Of you and him by a barn

Out on the edge of town

Small town girl

Put your dreams on ice, never thinking twice

Some you'll surely forget

And some that you never will (never will)

There was a promise in our stride

But we changed courses

Head first into the unknown

Like runaway horses

In a fever 'til the end

And every step is a silver prayer

In the face of a hard wind

Like runaway horses

It's a long way back home again

Every step is a silver prayer

In the face of a hard wind