Put Me Down Shoot Me Down

Put me down

Shoot me down

Like you put down a horse

That you think is no good anymore

That its best days are

Behind it.

I’ve run my races

Gave you a run

For the records

Hell, I made them.

I’ve done more than

Any horses have done. 

I’ve race, beaten the odds

When they said I couldn’t

I shut their mouth.

Now it hurts to trot

Every step is pain

In my shoes.

So, put me down

Shoot me down.

I’ve run into a battle

Into a war

Never away from a fight.

I take people in harm’s way

And take them to safety.

I’ve lived in horrors

That I hope you will

Never have to see or

Live through.

Put me down

My knees are all bloody

One leg feels broken.

Shoot me down.

 

You ask for one more race

And I respond with

Rubbing my head against

Yours telling you

I’m ready.

We walk on the track

Telling the world

We are here for one

More shot

To prove that we can

Do this.

The bell rings

We race

For our lives

We show them

That together we

Can conquer anything.

We win,

The crowd cheers

Our names.

Take the picture

I go down to my

Knees with pain.

Tried

Please, put me down

Shoot me down

Like a horse

Cause I can’t go on anymore.

Put me down

Shoot me down

I hear I love you

And then gun fire.

Thank you.

I love you.