Where The Horses Roam Free

[Verse 1]
Clock in, clock out
Same four walls, same doubt
Tiptoe ‘round a love gone cold
Afraid to speak, afraid to be bold
You roll your eyes when I try to talk
I watch my words like I watch my walk
Got a house, but it ain’t a home
Just a place I’m scared to be alone
[Chorus]
I wanna go where the horses roam free
Where happiness don’t cost a fee
Where love ain’t something that you beg
Where I’m not walking on one egg shell leg
Somewhere the sky’s big enough for me
Where I feel brave enough to just be me
I’m packing up what’s left of my belief
Headed where the horses roam free
[Verse 2]
Mama said, “Son, don’t you shrink that heart
For someone who tears you apart”
I’ve been living like I’m on your leash
Calling that surrender peace
But there’s a gate out past this town
Where the world opens up, and the night calms down
Where a man ain’t punished for his needs
Just for letting ‘em all bleed
[Chorus]
I wanna go where the horses roam free
Where happiness don’t cost a fee
Where love ain’t something that you beg
Where I ain’t crawling just to earn a kiss on the neck
Somewhere the sky’s big enough for me
Where I feel brave enough to just be me
I’m packing up what’s left of my belief
Headed where the horses roam free
[Bridge]
Maybe you’ll miss me, maybe you won’t (maybe you won’t)
But I’m tired of living as a footnote (oh)
I’d rather chase dust down an old dirt lane
Than drown one more night in your quiet disdain
[Chorus]
I’m gonna go where the horses roam free
Where happiness don’t cost a fee
Where love ain’t something that you beg
Where I can stand tall on two strong legs
Somewhere the sky’s big enough for me
Where I feel brave enough to just be me
I’ll lay this tired heart down in the breeze
Out there where the horses roam free

country, Dusty modern country ballad with male vocals, brushed kit and warm upright bass. Verses stay intimate with close-mic acoustic guitar and soft pedal steel swells; chorus widens with harmony stacks, roomy snare, and a gentle organ pad. Subtle fiddle lines answer the vocal in the bridge, then everything strips back to guitar and voice for the final hook., sad, male vocals