Janis Ian Lone Ranger Days
Cowboys and Indians hot on my trail out on the high Western plains Riding the Pony Express with the mail 'til mama called me away back in the Lone Ranger days
My little brother took over the route My cap guns and hobby horse reins He was just five when I went off to school and that's where he stayed back in the Lone Ranger days
And the neighbor kids laughed at him They called him strange His body grew older but he never changed I went to college and married one day, but he and his rocking horse ride never changed back in the Lone Ranger days
We got a letter from home yesterday With his favorite crayon, he'd painted his name Mom's not that old, still she's turning grey but he and his buckaroo chaps never change He's back in the Lone Ranger days Hi-O Silver, away
And the neighbor kids laughed at him They called him strange His body grew older but he never changed I went to college and married one day, but he and his rocking horse ride never changed back in the Lone Ranger days