Pinto the Wonder Horse Is Dead

(Tom T. Hall)



I loved that song. I saw a little story in the newspaper about the size

of a pack of cigarettes it said: 'Pinto the Wonder Horse is Dead.' But I was

reading the newspaper and I was looking for part two of the story I had

already started - so I never read the story, I just saw the headline and

kept going. A week later I said, 'My God, where's that newspaper?' I

started askin people I figured he was the horse that belonged to some

cowboy movie star, but nobody had a horse named Pinto. So I just made

him up, made him into a childhood hero.



I read it in the paper just about a week ago

It was on the back page and not many people know

Boy it made me feel bad when I picked it up and read

Pinto the wonder horse is dead.



Oh, we rode the dusty trails together

At the Saturday morning picture show

The dusty trails're gone now but it hurts to hear it said

Pinto the wonder horse is dead.



My memory goes back to when I was a little kid

We believed in everything that Pinto ever did

Will our kids have a hero half as brave or half as strong

Pinto the wonder horse is gone.



Oh, we rode the dusty trails together

At the Saturday morning picture show

The dusty trails're gone now but it hurts to hear it said

Pinto the wonder horse is dead.



We believed that Pinto was the fastest horse alive

If he outrun the wind itself we never were surprised

In my childhood memory full of boys grow into men

Pinto the wonder rides again.



Oh, we rode the dusty trails together

At the Saturday morning picture show

The dusty trails're gone now but it hurts to hear it said

Pinto the wonder horse is dead.



Pinto the wonder horse is gone...