Strawberry Roan

Out on the trail headed for hell In the cold dead arms of a starless night My horse is whipping her tail at the coyotes wail Hold fast darling it's no time for a fight Been gone for so long  Now in headed home Oh I'm heading home On my strawberry roan Up through the canyon a blanket of sand Covers me head and south down to boots In the Joshua trees a rattler she sees Cunning he slithers down through the roots Been gone for so long Now I'm headed for home I'm heading for home  On my strawberry roan Long in the mind and the whispers of time These callous hands hold firm to the reins Long on the trail mercy prevail Sitting forty days at the end of her mane  Been gone for so long Now I'm headed for home Oh I'm heading for home On my strawberry roan Oh I'm heading for home On my strawberry roan