God Gave Me Horses

He said I've been locked up fourteen months

A misdemeanor charges

I got clean in county jails

But the lonely is the hardest

As long as I'm on good behavior

They let me work the stables

I've never prayed a day in my life

But now I'm finally able

Sometimes you don't know what you need until you get it

And I didn't know what to ask for, so I didn't

I just brush on and I feed 'em

And the holes in my arms started healing

Oh, it's like they knew what I was feeling

State gave me eighteen months

But God gave me horses

Said it's funny how here I thought

I was taking care of them

They know my voice, come when I call

Yeah these are my best friends

Hadn't seen my father in seven years

Too ashamed of what I was

But he visits me on Sundays now

He's proud to call me son

Sometimes you don't know what you need until you get it

And I didn't know what to ask for, so I didn't

I just brush on and I feed 'em

And the holes in my arms started healing

Oh, it's like they knew what I was feeling

State gave me eighteen months

But God gave me horses

I've driven by a million times but I stopped today

I lean against that fence to clear my head

Then a stranger in his prison blues handed me the reins

But somehow I felt freer when I let

Sometimes you don't know what you need until you get it

And I didn't know what to ask for, so I didn't

I just brush on and I feed 'em

And the holes in my arms started healing

Oh, it's like they knew what I was feeling

State gave me eighteen months

But God gave me horses

God gave me horses