Pony Express

P O N Y E X P R E S S
Rode in from my Daddy’s mine fifteen miles from the town hall sign
Dry Creek, Nevada 1861
I didn’t need no help off my horse but a little blonde girl she held the door
She said hey Bobby’s boy what ya doin’ here
I said hey Shirley girl how ya doin‘ kid
I got couple of letters for my brothers God I miss ‘em
I hear they’re all pinned down South Texas somewhere
She said the mail ain‘t going nowhere for a while
Go in and see my daddy and he’ll tell you

So I made my way into the station room
Shirley’s daddy was there with a fellow all bruised
And two long bloody arrows layin’ by his side
And I caught his few short dying words
He said this letter right here it’s gotta go for sure
It’s for Lincoln and it’ll save a thousand lives

Well I saw Shirley’s eyes well up with tears
when her daddy said I’ll ride it by myself from here
You did a good job son and then that rider passed on
And I said sir let me ride it in you know I can
I can’t feel my legs but on a horse I’m as fast as any man

He said there’s a little bay pony by the garden fence
I got a bad feeling boy I’m sending you to your death
Then I made my way out back and pulled myself up on him and I said

Run run pony run tonight
We can make it to the end in time
You got my legs and I got the stars that guide us
If you can run pony run

Well tumbleweeds the size of wagon wheels rolled in front of us as we
blew downhill past the high blue cactus that marked the county line
And we blew by hard and we blew by fast I’m gonna serve my country I’m
gonna serve at last I’m gonna get this letter through no matter what it takes

Nighttime fell and somewhere on the road
I heard the Paiutes calling down that ridge below
And I’d be lying like hell if I didn’t say I was scared
But we skirted that ridge slowly in the soft moonlight
Without a sound in sight

Well somewhere east of Middlegate the Big Dipper showed
I knew we had it made and then I saw a dozen Paiutes block the trail
And they took up shoutin‘ I took up my fear
And then the Pony shot right and down away from there
And I just held on tight to my rifle and the US Mail and I said

Run run pony run tonight
We can make it to the end in time
You got my legs and I got the stars that guide us
If you can run pony run

A few months later I got word that Lincoln got a letter
And it saved a thousand lives