Runaway Horses

[Intro]

Oh, my heck, so, yeah, the Ute Stampede, I mean that's a tradition for sure, um

One year, we wish— it was raining, all, like stampedes and this horse come out

And everyone, you know, said it was supposed to be the best

And it fell in the mud, and, I mean, you could see its leg just totally snapped

It was just hanging there

And the girl, you know, laid dow— it was the saddest thing

I mean, I think most of the crowd was crying

She set up and laid over her horse and just cried and hugged hеr horse

And, ’cause she knеw that, you know, that was her last moments with that horse

[Verse 1: Brandon Flowers]

Small-town girl, Coca-Cola grin, honeysuckle skin

Born beneath the ready sign of a strawberry moon

Small-town girl shows up for her friends, crazy about The Bends

I was there when she first put away childish things

[Chorus: Brandon Flowers & Phoebe Bridgers]

We had spring in our heels

Unwavering forces, headfirst into the unknown

Like runaway horses in a fever 'til the end

And every step is a silver prayer in the face of a hard wind

[Verse 2: Brandon Flowers & Phoebe Bridgers]

You traded school for wedding rings and rent

Invitations sent of you and him by a barn out on the edge of town

Small-town girl, you put your dreams on ice, never thinking twice

Some you'll surely forget and some that you never will

[Chorus: Brandon Flowers & Phoebe Bridgers]

There was a promise in our stride

But we changed courses, headfirst into the unknown

Like runaway horses in a fever ’til the end

And every step is a silver prayer in the face of a hard wind

Like runaway horses, it's a long way back home again

When every step is a silver prayer in the face of a hard wind