Equus Caballus Lyrics

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

I have run on middle fingernail through Eolithic morning
And I�ve thundered down the coach road with Revolution�s warning
I have carried countless errant knights who never found the grail
I have strained before the caissons, I�ve moved the nation�s mail
I�ve made knights of lowly tribesmen, kings from ranks of peons
I�ve given pride and arrogance to riding men for eons
I�ve 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
I�m a nightmare gone wild I am
Gallant and exalted- stately and noble
I�m awesome- I am grand I am
The Horse

I have suffered gross indignities from users and winners
I�ve 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
I�m a nightmare gone wild- I am�
Gallant and exalted- stately and noble
I�m awesome- I am grand- I am
the Horse

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