Went For A Ride

He was black as the sky on a moonless night
 Real good with the horses, he never reined them too tight
 And he rode with the best, Hell he rode with me
 And they got it all wrong in that book of history
 It wasn't cowboys and ponies, it was horses and men
 It wasn't school boys and ladies, it was cow town's and sin
 And there was blood on the leather and tears in her eyes
 We swore at the Devil and then we went for a ride
 We told some tales, he told them best
 Real life can always use a good stretch
 But that don't change the things we did
 'Cause the truest thing was the life that we lived
 It wasn't cowboys and ponies, it was horses and men
 It wasn't school boys and ladies, it was cow town's and sin
 And there was blood on the leather and tears in her eyes
 We swore at the Devil and then we went for a ride
 It's more than one kind of pain, more than one kind of theft
 And it's bitter as the night sweet Jesus wept
 She stole my heart, age stole the fire
 They stole my prairie when they strung all that wire
 It wasn't cowboys and ponies, it was horses and men
 It wasn't school boys and ladies, it was cow town's and sin
 And there was blood on the leather and tears in her eyes
 We swore at the Devil and then we went for a ride
 Lord, we swore at the Devil and then we went for a ride