SPIRIT RIDER

Verse 1:
Well I know you can’t imagine ridin’ on alone
Carryin’ on this ranch on your own
Now the winds of change are blowin’ and the winter’s settin’ in
And you look like you have lost your best friend
And you’re feelin’ like the good times are all gone
And you wonder if its time for movin’ on

Chorus 1:
But the Spirit Rider’s comin’
On a white horse through the sky
Give your horse his head and run him
Brother don’t ever ask why
I’m the angel on your shoulder
I’ll be ridin’ alongside ya
You will always be my brother
Now I’m your Spirit Rider

Verse 2:
Well there ain’t no use in wishin’ you could hear my voice again
Just listen to the cold Wyomin’ wind
I’m the blue sky in the summer I’m the colors of the Fall
I’m the horses you love most of all
And if you really want to feel me close to you
Go and do the things we loved to do

Chorus 2:
Cause the Spirit Rider’s comin’
On a white horse through the sky
Give your horse his head run him
Brother don’t ever ask why
I’m the angel on your shoulder
I’ll be ridin’ alongside ya
You will always be my brother
Now I’m your Spirit Rider

Bridge
Carry on this family brand
If you ever need a hand

Final Chorus
From Spotted Bear Montana to Nez Perce Idaho
I am free Lord I am free
Turn me loose and set me runnin’ on Elk City Wagon Road
I’ll be free Lord I’ll be free

Verse 1:
Through the veil I can see my family’s tears
I can feel the depth of sorrow as they mourn
For my body lies in ruin ‘neath a stand of Douglas Fir
And from their arms for mortal life I have been torn

But I lived strong and I loved deeply on the earth
I chose the road of righteousness and truth
And I held the girl that loved me; prayed for the one that gave me birth
As I smiled and bid farewell to my own youth

Chorus:
So let me fly again on unbreakable wings
We will meet again in the land beyond all dreams
And though my life is over there’s no need for you to mourn
There is peace here in the land of no return

Verse 2:
So live your dreams for I am living beyond mine
I know now just how the mystery unfolds
Believe in God’s eternal plan and know that I’ll be fine
With the love of my life here for me to hold

And praise the land where I took my final breath
May those Salmon River Mountains ever stand
For I lived a life of freedom and I died a cowboy’s death
And there’s nothin’ more to ask of any man

Repeat Chorus

Verse 1:
You have cause to wonder how much I love you
The time has come for you my son to finally hear the truth
You are what I live for and everything I do
I do because I love you and I know you love me too

Chorus:
And I yell from the sidelines of the game that you call life
And I always love you though you won’t always be right
For the rest of forever or until my days are through
I’ll come runnin’ guns a blazin’ just to prove my love for you

Verse 2:
The signs are all around us the world is changing fast
You are living proof to me God saved his best for last
The way you treat the ones you beat with honor and respect
The way you stand tall in defeat may you never forget

Chorus
That I yell from the sidelines of the game that you call life
And I always love you though you won’t always be right
For the rest of forever or until my days are through
I’ll come runnin’ guns a blazin’ just to prove my love for you

Bridge:
And I know I don’t always say the things you need to hear
But you can hear how I love you every time I stand and cheer
And for the rest of forever or until my days are through
I’ll come runnin’ guns a blazin’ just to prove my love for you
I’ll come runnin’ guns a blazin’ just to prove my love for you

Verse 1:
We have been saved for these latter days
We have been made to follow His way
There may be times we might turn in despair
But He is always there

Chorus:
We will go on
And we will not fall
And we will not run
We will be strong
Through the darkest night
We’ll stand and fight
Through the deepest pain
Our love remains
And we will go on

Verse 2:
This battle of life
Rages outside
So we face the storm
We’re ready to ride
And there may be times
We must stand on our own
But we are never alone

Repeat Chorus

Bridge:
The day will come when we will be with Him again
But until then

Final Chorus

Tag
We will go on
We will go on

Verse 1:
What am I gonna do with a little baby girl
I don’t know the first thing ‘bout how you see the world
I never had a sister I don’t understand my wife
Now I’ve signed up to love you for the rest of my life

Chorus:
Daddy’s and daughters
Cowboys and Angels
It’s a love so true
There’s nothin’ I won’t do
For two sweet arms around my neck
And a kiss upon my cheek
Little girl you’re everything to me

Verse 2:
You’re growin’ up so fast and I really don’t know why
I’ll hold you forever or until you wanna fly
Cause everything that’s right and good and innocent and true
Is sittin’ here right next to me and livin’ inside you

Repeat Chorus

Bridge:
So take my hand and hold on for dear life
It’s a big mean world so cover up your eyes
And dream those dreams that every little cowgirl dreams
Little girl you’re everything to me
Little girl you’re everything to me

Verse 1:
They arced on the highway one October mornin’
When that renegade bay dropped his head without warnin’
With two oncoming semis in either direction
We reigned up to witness the fate of Simmie Weston

Chorus:
While off to the west over Monte dark thunderclouds gathered
With his spurs deep in flanks it was clear that nothing else mattered
With nothing to spare in time’s narrow portal
We all turned to see Simmie Weston become immortal

Verse 2:
They were frozen in time; they were framed in blue lightnin’
And I knew in my mind he’d die tryin’ to fight him
As an oncoming semi laid hard on the horn
I saw the eyes of that bronc become lost and forlorn

Chorus
While off on the soft grassy shoulder a thousand black cattle
Bellowed in rhythm with thunder a song for the battle
At the last fleeting moment in time’s narrow portal
The bay horse decided Simmie Weston’s immortal

Verse 3:
Some men speak of legend I’ve told you no tale
The greatest bronc fighters would die rather than fail
But he rides today through time’s narrow portal
Through the Deseret sage…Simmie Weston, the immortal