[00:00.00]Written by:Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy [00:08.97]Always alone never with a herd [00:16.74]Prettiest mare I've ever seen [00:20.28]You'll have to take my word [00:24.06]I'm gonna' catch that horse if I can [00:31.17]And when I do I'll give her my brand [00:38.70]Well I was up on Stony Ridge after this chestnut mare [00:45.45]I'd been chasin' her for weeks [00:46.95]Oh I'd catch a glimpse of her every once in a while [00:52.26]Takin' her meal or bathin [00:55.44]A fine lady [00:59.19]This one day I happened to be real close to her [01:00.24]I saw her standin' over there [01:05.04]So I snuck up to her nice and easy [01:08.40]And I got my rope out [01:09.48]And I flung it in the air [01:11.46]I'm gonna' catch that horse if I can [01:18.12]And when I do I'll give her my brand [01:24.75]And we'll be friends for life [01:28.26]She'll be just like a wife [01:31.26]I'm gonna' catch that horse if I can [01:35.25]Well I got her and I'm pullin' on her she's pullin' back [01:43.26]Like a mule goin' up a ladder [01:46.83]I take this chance and I jump up on her [01:50.01]D**ned if I don't land right on top of her [01:52.38]Well she takes off runnin' up on to that ridge [01:56.64]Higher than I've ever been before [02:00.09]She's runnin' along just fine till she stops [02:03.15]Something spooked her [02:04.62]It's a sidewinder all coiled and ready to strike [02:07.08]She doesn't know what to do for a second [02:08.10]But then she jumps off the edge [02:09.41]Me holding on [02:10.53]Above the clouds [02:13.14]Higher than eagles were gliding [02:17.01]Suspended in the sky [02:23.22]Over the moon [02:25.98]Straight for the sun we were riding [02:29.97]My eyes were filled with light [02:36.15]Behind us black walls [02:39.24]Below us a bottomless canyon [02:43.80]Floating with no sound [02:49.80]Gulls far below [02:52.47]Seemed to be suddenly rising [02:56.82]Exploding all around [03:04.44]I'm gonna' catch that horse if I can [03:11.34]And when I do I'll give her my brand [03:18.09]And we'll be friends for life [03:21.78]She'll be just like a wife [03:25.05]I'm gonna' catch that horse if I can [03:31.80]And we were falling down this crevice about a mile down I'd say [03:39.06]I look down and I see this red thing below us [03:41.94]Comin' up real fast and it's our reflection in a little pool of water [03:44.97]About six feet wide and one foot deep [03:48.87]Crawling down right through it [03:52.71]We hit and we splashed it dry [03:55.89]That's when I lost my hold and she got away [03:59.43]But I'm gonna' try to get her again some day [04:05.16]I'm gonna' catch that horse if I can [04:10.86]And when I do I'll give her my brand [04:18.75]And we'll be friends for life [04:22.11]She'll be just like a wife [04:25.20]I'm gonna' catch that horse [04:28.62]I'm gonna' catch that horse [04:32.01]I'm gonna' catch that horse if I can [04:58.65]I'm gonna' catch that horse if I can