Dust and Mustang Shadows

[Verse 1]
Sun’s just a bruise on the Owhyee rim
Coffee in a tin cup
Shaking in my hand
Saddle leather creaks like an old hymn
Brand on my heart
Dust in my plans
[Chorus]
I’ve been chasin’ mustang shadows ‘cross this desert
Hoofbeats in my chest won’t let me rest
Wild eyes flashing in that red rock weather
Every trail they cut runs through my breast
They don’t belong to me
But I ride like they’re my only company
[Verse 2]
River’s just a silver thread cutin’ through the sage
Coyotes take the high notes
I just ride low
Hat pulled down like I’m hiding from my age
Tracks fade fast where the hot winds blow
[Chorus]
I’ve been chasin’ mustang shadows ‘cross this desert
Hoofbeats in my chest won’t let me rest
Wild eyes flashing in that red rock weather
Every trail they cut runs through my breast
They don’t belong to me
But I ride like they’re my only company
[Bridge]
Maybe I’m the one that’s runnin’
From fences I can’t see (oh)
Throwin’ my heart at the horizon
Where the dust turns back to memory
[Chorus]
Still I’m chasin’ mustang shadows ‘cross this desert
Hoofbeats in my chest won’t let me rest
Wild eyes flashing in that red rock weather
Every trail they cut runs through my breast
They don’t belong to me
But I ride like they’re my only company

Warm Americana ballad with male vocals, roomy live-kit drums, lazy brushed snare. Reverb-kissed Telecaster twang over steady upright bass, faint organ pad in the back. Verses intimate and storytelling; chorus widens with stacked harmonies and a gliding pedal steel answering the vocal. Final chorus strips back then blooms with a fiddle line weaving around the melody.