The Last Catch
Brenn HillDefenders Recording Co (BMI)

She stepped on my heel the first time I caught her
But somethin restrained me when I turned to swat her
Those soft deep dark eyes and quiet demeanor
Told me I could forgive her and she was a keeper

She sure broke out easy she was naturally kind
You know those kinda horses are so hard to find
I sent her to Wyomin to become a cowhorse
And she became a good hand all through the Big Horns

She learned to cut and sort there she packed elk and mule deer
She gathered in the Snowy Range, and down over Rabbit Ears
Then she started coughin' from some bad hay in Rawlins
I knew there was trouble when they started callin'

So I went and got her brought her back to Utah
She had a high jugular pulse and she was sucked in and gaunt
I put her on albuterol and she came back to life
She carried me and my children and she carried my wife

Then tragedy struck and my son he got cancer
She knew somethin' was wrong but she didn't have any answers
I left he with a friend of mine up Franklin Canyon
I saw her in the rearview mirror lookin' scared and abandoned

Fourteen long months we spent just fightin' for dear life
I wanted to saddle up and ride but I couldn't leave my wife
When we brought her and my son back home it was one sweet reunion
She turned nineteen that year it was the middle of June

Melodic BreakAnd somewhere in the middle of the night
I heard her coughin' out in the moonlight
I knew her time was short the end was comin'
But there was one more job for her before her time was done

She became a therapy horse for my little boy
I knew she found a job again and it brought her joy
And days turned into months and months turned into years
One mornin' my wife came in from feedin' drownin' in tears

Cause she was sick and dyin' I'd waited too long
I couldn't stand the thought of livin' and her bein' gone
And I'll never forget the tears from my wife and daughter
And the look inside her eyes the last time I caught her