God Gave Me Horses Songtext
von Leigh Nash

He said I′ve been locked up fourteen months
A misdemeanor charges
I got clean in county jails
But the lonely is the hardest
As long as I'm on good behavior
They let me work the stables
I′ve never prayed a day in my life
But now I'm finally able

Sometimes you don't know what you need until you get it
And I didn′t know what to ask for, so I didn′t
I just brush on and I feed 'em
And the holes in my arms started healing
Oh, it′s like they knew what I was feeling
State gave me eighteen months
But God gave me horses


Said it's funny how here I thought
I was taking care of them
They know my voice, come when I call
Yeah these are my best friends
Hadn′t seen my father in seven years
Too ashamed of what I was
But he visits me on Sundays now
He's proud to call me son

Sometimes you don′t know what you need until you get it
And I didn't know what to ask for, so I didn't
I just brush on and I feed ′em
And the holes in my arms started healing
Oh, it′s like they knew what I was feeling
State gave me eighteen months
But God gave me horses

I've driven by a million times but I stopped today
I lean against that fence to clear my head
Then a stranger in his prison blues handed me the reins
But somehow I felt freer when I let

Sometimes you don′t know what you need until you get it
And I didn't know what to ask for, so I didn′t
I just brush on and I feed 'em
And the holes in my arms started healing
Oh, it′s like they knew what I was feeling
State gave me eighteen months
But God gave me horses
God gave me horses