have you seen the horses running

racing through the fields like fire

copper chestnut gold and amber

all the colours of desire



in the blue-gold August weather

seven friends ride out together

scent of hay and creak of leather

and all the horses running



above the hills at Pincher Creek

the mountains rise like thunder

below, the prairie plain rolls on forever

Dan sitting easy on the rangy grey

Robin laughing on the little bay

when all at once time falls away

like all the horses running...



back on the edge of seventeen

when first I saw them long ago

the horses moving like a dream

that summer in the Gatineau



on the back roads with Ronnie in his beat-up car

flying gravel, smell of tar

and oh we almost got as far

as all the horses running



above the hills at Fortune Lake

the night sky rose like thunder

below the valley lights stretched on forever

overhead the stars rained down

loons were calling all around

and in my ears a rushing sound

like all the horses running



those who pray can have their heaven

dim and distant, unforgiving

oh let this day be my religion

in the hills alive and living



for I have seen the horses running

all the colours of desire

copper chestnut gold and amber

they're in my blood like fire