There's something about horses, especially a paint Whenever I see horses, it reminds me of what I ain't 'Cause I am not your lover now, and I may never be But with a couple of pinto ponies how things go we'll have to see 'Cause they're hitched outside to the rail right now, and the silver chain goes free And the saddlebags are snug right down, sugar, ride away with me There's something about horses, especially a paint Whenever I see horses, I see a sadness in their face Well, I was raised in the West around, enough to hum the tune But I never knew the place like the old boys did, chinook to mountain-view 'Cause this was all a cathedral then, and the cowboys, they all knew That you can't keep a loop on paradise, but she disappeared so soon She disappeared so soon There's something about horses, especially a paint Whenever I see horses, I see a path I didn't take