Half-Broke Horse - Eilen Jewell

Stolen from the desert

In the lost part of the state

Just a half-broke horse

He waits by the gate

No bridled horse can stand him

Or any of his kind

Their hidden laws condemn him

They’re so rigid and refined

He watches on the edge

Dirty coat, shaggy mane

Too wild for this world

Too tame for mustangs

Grew up in the desert

In the lost part of the state

Cut our teeth on promises

And empty plates

Single-wides and ranches

Disappear before our eyes

These folks here don’t come around

They’re so rigid and refined

We stand on the edge

Dirty coats, ragged hands

We’re strangers to this world

And this new breed of man

And we just got our notice

This whole place is going under

The bank’s whip is on us

We won’t last another summer

They’ll have to come and take us

With the force of ten trains

‘Cause it’s no life worth living

If we don’t hold the reins

Like half-broke horses

From the lost part of the state

We watch in silence

And wait by the gate

On both sides of these bars

We’re one and the same

Too wild for this world

Too tame for mustangs