Let's ride!
The call went out across the
open plain
From the man in black, demon with a name.
And so the six were
drawn to his side.
First came the Texan
Heart and soul as big as that
famed state
A brother spirit - drawn to find his fate.
He'd been hunter,
he'd been prey;
He'd wandered without a cause.
But here he would now
stay;
A dangerous soul to give men pause.
Then came the healer
A
fierce spirit housed in a gentle soul.
A free man, but still the scars tell
the toll
Of being a slave, of being denied
His dignity and the rights he
was due.
But within himself he always kept his pride.
Now here he found
his calling true.
Then found the old friend
Equal parts unbridled
mirth and undying loyalty.
A rough edged man touched with a hint of
frailty
For a kind heart and an open embrace.
For a woman to hold and
love, all he'd ever ask.
But beneath that handsome, genial face
A
formidable foe equal to any task.
And along came the gambler
An enigma
with a guarded heart.
Unpredictability was his casual art.
Not to luck,
not to chance would he lay claim.
A rare and quick wit coupled with an agile
mind
He found that life lay in the thrill of the game,
But here, despite
himself, no longer of the third kind.
Next was the preacher
A man of
faith, his own soul set adrift.
A penitent heart through the ashes of beliefs
he did sift.
But truly redemption was not all he sought.
His questing soul
knew to life there was so much more
Than the deadly and deeper wars still to
be fought
And within grew a greater strength than found before.
And
finally came the kid
Not quite the innocent for there was such a lust
For
adventure and renown here in the dust
Of the untamed West where he
believed
Heroes walked tall, unbended by their oft-dread deeds.
But still
just a boy late of mother much bereaved
And so here he found a place to fill
his aching need.
All drawn to the man in black
Dark spirit housed
within a lean, wry frame.
Tormented by demons too fierce to tame.
He
survives by sheer force of will.
Struggling to release the past he is
undaunted;
As his heart's void slowly, surely begins to fill,
For here he
has found a future less haunted.
Let's ride!
The call went out across
the open plain.
And the seven, their destiny their own to claim
Rode
forth.