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.