(Gretchen Peters)



Mary was married with children

Had the perfect suburban life

'Til her husband came clean with the help of Jim Beam

And he confessed all his sins one night

Said he'd fallen in love with a barmaid

Said she made him feel reckless and young

And when he was through, what else could she do

She just let that pony run



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You do what you gotta do

You know what you know

You hang on 'til you can't hang on

And then you learn to let go

You get what you need sometimes

But when it's all said and done

You do what you gotta do

And then you let that pany run



Mary moved to West Virginia

After the shock wore off

She got a divorce and a chestnut horse

And a barn with an old hayloft

And sometimes she rides down by the river

Says it makes her feel restless and young

She closes her eyes and she holds on tight

And she lets that pony run



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