God Gave Me Horses

He said I’ve been locked up fourteen months, a misdemeanor charges

I got clean in county jail, but the lonely is the hardest

As long as I'm on good behavior, they let me work the stables

I've never prayed a day in my life, but now I'm finally able

Sometimes you don’t know what you need until you get it

I didn’t know what to ask for, so I didn’t

I just brush on, and I feed on

And the holes in my arms started healing

Oh, it’s like they knew what I was feeling

State gave me eighteen months

God gave me horses

He said it’s funny how here I thought I was taking care of them

They know my voice comes when I call, yeah, these are my best friends

Haven’t seen my father in seven years, too ashamed of what I was

When he visits me on sundays now, he is proud to call me son

Sometimes you don’t know what you need until you get it

I didn’t know what to ask for, so I didn’t

I just brush on, and I feed on

And the holes in my arms started healing

Oh, it’s like they knew what I was feeling

State gave me eighteen months

God gave me horses

I driven by a million times, but I stop today

I lean against that fence to clear my head

Then a stranger in his prison blues handed me the reins

Somehow, I felt freer when I let

Sometimes you don’t know what you need until you get it

I didn’t know what to ask for, so I didn’t

I just brush on, and I feed on

And the holes in my arms started healing

Oh, it’s like they knew what I was feeling

State gave me eighteen months

God gave me horses