[Verse 1] His name was Twister, he lived in the pasture Right down from my daddys farm They say theres a cowboy who once tried to ride him Now hes mending fences with only one arm On my way home from school somehow he always knew Just when Id come walking by And hed stand at the gate like the keeper of fate And we both knew that one day Id just have to ride [Verse 2] Now one crack of dawn, well, I slipped my boots on And walked out towards that just rising sun My heart skipped a beat when I heard his four feet Pounding down on the red dirt like it was a drum He walked up against me as if to convince me His heart was easily tamed Then I came to staring up at the blue and the black With a handful of mane [Chorus] Well, I thought hed go one way but he went the other Im lucky I even survived You cant always sit on the fence while the world passes by Sometimes you just gotta ride [Verse 3] Well, the years have gone by since that morning I climbed On that shadow that cut through the fields My shoulder still hurts when the weather turns worse Sometimes you find the strength in the wounds that dont heal Between horses and heartaches, women and mistakes Ive been through more than I should But I strapped a saddle across every battle And held on as long as I could [Chorus] Well, I thought hed go one way but he went the other Im lucky I even survived You cant always sit on the fence while the world passes by Sometimes you just gotta ride [Instrumental] [Chorus] Well, I thought hed go one way but he went the other Im lucky I even survived You cant always sit on the fence while the world passes by Sometimes you just gotta ride
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