Equus Caballus

Words: Joel Nelson, Music:Wylie Gustafson (Two Medicine Music) BMI

I have run on middle fingernail through Eolithic morning
And Ive thundered down the coach road with Revolutions warning
I have carried countless errant knights who never found the grail
I have strained before the caissons, Ive moved the nations mail
Ive made knights of lowly tribesmen, kings from ranks of peons
Ive given pride and arrogance to riding men for eons
Ive grazed among the lodges, teepees and the yurts
Felt the sting of driving whips, lashes, spurs and quirts

I am roguish- I am flighty- inbred and lowly
Im a nightmare gone wild I am
Gallant and exalted- stately and noble
Im awesome- I am grand I am
The Horse

I have suffered gross indignities from users and winners
Ive felt the touch of kindness from losers and sinners
I have given for the cruel hand and given for the kind
Heaved a sigh at Appomattox when surrender had been signed
I can be as tough as hardened steel- fragile as a flower
I know not my endurance I know not my own power
I have died with heart exploded beneath the cheering stands
Calmly stood below the hanging noose of vigilante bands

I am roguish- I am flighty- inbred and lowly
Im a nightmare gone wild- I am
Gallant and exalted- stately and noble
Im awesome- I am grand- I am
the Horse

So Ill run on middle fingernail until the curtain closes
Ill win for you your triple crown Ill wear for you your roses
Toward you who took my freedom Ive no malice or remorse
Ill endure Ill last forever I am
The Horse