Ponderosa

[Verse 1]
Ponderosa and pinyon pine
The high chaparral 'neath the borderline
Tryin' hard to lose, tryin' hard to find
Horse and a mule way past summertime
This was my world, this was all I knew
Barbed wire and blankets and a steel horseshoe
No luck in leavin' ten thousand clues
No one will find or follow you
Ponderosa, ponderosa and pinyon pine

[Verse 2]
Boarded windows, stone fireplace
Horse tack on shelving in a cluttered space
Not at all a place for calico and lace
Not where I thought I'd ever see your face
My father told mе this was no life
With the wind so bold and the frost a knifе
But no book learnin' can tell it right
'Bout the solitude, 'bout the snowy whites
Ponderosa, ponderosa and pinyon pine

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
White the shoulders, black velvet night
Unlaced and cold in the flickering lights
Warm hands fumble with the button eyes
Coarse and humble fingers untie
How did you find me, how did you know
With the blizzard blindin' pilin' up the snow?
Shack on the edge of this borderline
A crackling fire of resinous pine
Ponderosa, ponderosa and pinyon pine