Back When We Had Horses

Back when we had horses and time moved slow

We'd ride through the wheat where the wild things grow

Barefoot boys with nothin' to prove

Just chasin' the sun like we had nothin' to lose

Back when Ma still sang as she hung the clothes

And Pa still smiled 'fore the factory closed

The porch light meant you were safe and fed

And dreams were somethin' we chased, not fled

Back when we had horses, we knew who we were

Hearts full of fire and hands full of dirt

Life was a story we carved in the land

Now it's fences and silence and tracks in the sand

There's rust on the gate and cracks in the well

The wind tells stories we don't dare tell

But sometimes I hear that old world call

Like hooves in the distance, just past the wall

Maybe those days were never that sweet

But they live in the dust beneath my feet

And I still ride them in my sleep

Down trails that time won't let me keep

Back when we had horses, we knew who we were

Hearts full of fire and hands full of dirt

Life was a story we carved in the land

Now it's fences and silence and tracks in the sand