GIRLS RIDE HORSES TOO
(Alice Randall / Mark D. Sanders)


Judy Rodman - 1987



He said life on the border is a little bit rough
If you're gonna love me you gotta be tough
Beyond the law anything goes
When you're livin' on the edge of Mexico
I heard all he said but I didn't believe
Until I tried to keep him close to me

He rode away in a cloud of dust
Chasing Laredo and lady luck
His bags were full of who knows what
I knew what I had to do, girls ride horses too

I rode all day tracking him down
Spent the night on dangerous ground
Smelling the smoke of a distant fire
Feeling the flame of my desire
But nothing in the desert is what it seems
All that I know is in my dreams

He rode away in a cloud of dust
Chasing Laredo and lady luck
His bags were full of who knows what
I knew what I had to do, girls ride horses too

I crossed the river as the sun came up
Drank his tequila from his silver cup
Traded his bag for a sack of gold
And got a little taste of Mexico
If he's gonna love me, he's gotta get tough
Life on the border is a little bit rough

He rode away in a cloud of dust
Chasing Laredo and lady luck
His bags were full of who knows what
I knew what I had to do, girls ride horses too

Oh, he rode away in a cloud of dust
Chasing Laredo and lady luck
His bags were full of who knows what
I knew what I had to do, girls ride horses too
Girls ride horses too, oh
(Girls ride horses too)
I did what I had to do, oh
(Girls ride horses too)



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - October 2017)