She just closes her eyes and she holds on tight
Then you let that pony run, oh yeah
And you know what you know
And you get what you need sometimes
And when it's all said and done
Said he'd fallen in love with a barmaid
And confessed all his sins one night
'Cause you do what you gotta do
Then you learn to let go
You hang on till you can't hang on
And when it's all said and done
And she lets that pony run
You do what you gotta do
And you get what you need sometimes
She just let that pony run
She got a divorce and a chestnut horse
Said it makes her feel reckless and young
Then you learn to let go
And sometimes she rides down by the river
And now, Mary moved to West Virginia
You do what you gotta do
Said she made him feel reckless and young
Then you let that pony run
After the shock wore off
'Cause you do what you gotta do
Till her husband came clean with the help of Jim Beam
And you know what you know
And a barn with an old hayloft
You hang on till you can't hang on
And when he was through, what else could she do
