I dedicate this song to the extremely talented artist 🦙 Lama Balonik 🎈, @lamabalonik His songs are well worth listening to. "They call me the oddball of the prairie. No hooves like a horse, no horns like cattle, but I got a spirit that no fence can hold. Name's Dolores, and this here's my story." They laughed when Billy rode me into town Said a cowboy needs a horse, not a circus clown But I carried him through desert heat and dust When their mustangs failed, it was me he could trust Inherited from a traveling show Now I'm the strangest thing they'll ever know Don't fence me in, don't box me in I was born to roam where the wild winds spin You can laugh at my long neck and my fuzzy hair But I've got more heart than most horses dare Don't fence me in, let me run free The prairie's in my blood, it's calling to me Ranchers tried to pen me with their cattle Said I needed taming, it's an uphill battle But when they came with ropes and wooden rails I'd spit and kick 'til all their plans would fail I'm not meant for barns or grassy fields My spirit's one thing that never yields Don't fence me in, don't box me in I was born to roam where the wild winds spin You can laugh at my long neck and my fuzzy hair But I've got more heart than most horses dare Don't fence me in, let me run free The prairie's in my blood, it's calling to me "When I walk across that desert sand, I hear my own heartbeat. When I spit in some bandit's face, the whole town cheers. They know I won't be broken." Now the children sing about Dolores Cowboys tell my legend, tell my stories I became a symbol in this dusty place That freedom can't be erased Don't fence me in, don't box me in I was born to roam where the wild winds spin You can laugh at my long neck and my fuzzy hair But I've got more heart than most horses dare Don't fence me in, let me run free The prairie's in my blood, eternally "Sometimes the wildest spirits come in the strangest packages." Don't fence me in Let the wild ones be...
