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 When I was a young man in Sweetwater, Texas 

 Just one thing stayed on my mind 

 To ride a white horse, over Durango Mountain 

 And leave Sweetwater, Texas behind 



 But I turned 21, in Sweetwater, Texas 

 But just one thing made me stay there 

 I wanted to leave but I was in love with 

 The girl with the chestnut brown hair 



 Then came a time, when she said she'd be mine 

 And go any place, any time 

 So we rode a gray dog, over Durango Mountain 

 And left Sweetwater Texas behind 



 It was thunderin' and lightnin' when we left Nolan County 
  

 The bus rolled along through the night 

 And Old 36, was the magic black 

 Leading towards the stadium lights 



 Well we pulled into Houston at ten in the morning 

 Our hopes were a high as the sky 

 But hope turned to weeks, then to years, then forever 

 I never knew how fast time goes by 



 Cowboys in cars and country girls in bars 

 Somehow, it just don't seem fair, 

 And I wanted to die 'cause I knew I was losing, 

 The girl with the chestnut brown hair 



 So many times I've said, I'd rather be dead, 

 Than take it down and go back, and unclear my head 

 But if the good Lord sees his way to let me live one more day 

 I'm so tired of being alone 



 Gonna ride a white horse over Durango Mountain 

 And make Sweetwater, Texas my home