Pierce

歌詞

Rode down Wolf Creek pass In the white autumn lightnin' October twenty-third Nineteen thirty-five I was one mounted rider I was ridin' alone On a gray line-back dun He was the color of stone On a company saddle On a company horse I give him the name For Chief Joseph Nez Perce And down Davenport Canyon Pushin' seventeen head I swore to the foreman They'd come back alive That night in the canyon Was windy and black Except for the lightnin' That cursed through the sky The cattle wild and restless I fought at my fear Swore to finish the job Only Pierce could hear We came to the rocks And it was too dark to see The storm flashed around me Through the cold, pourin' rain And the cattle got scattered Where the cedars hung low I prayed they would gather In the canyon below So I just closed my eyes And waited to die In a white flash of light Down the wet canyon wall I gave Pierce the reins And he found us a trail When we came to the bottom I took rein once again Gathered the cattle And trailed them to town Now I'm 91 years And ol' Pierce is long gone I've seen my last winter I've sung my last song Still remember the ranges Still remember the sky Still remember the darkness Still see Pierce's eye And he'll come for me This dark rainy night Through the white autumn lightnin'