Dixie says that horses know her better than people do I've known Dixie seven years, and I'd have to say it's true Once my sweetheart, now the sweetheart of The Rodeo She heard the highway callin' with the meltin' of the snow And I tried Yes, I tried To change her mind Dixie darlin' did you find what you were after? A greener pasture? A wilder blue? When I think about the things that really matter I always wish that I had mattered more to you ♪ Dixie came to see me on the day her daddy died Green eyes full of thunder and the tears she hadn't cried She asked if I would hold her, and I held her all that week 'Til she loaded up her saddle and she kissed me on the cheek I tried Yes, I tried To change her mind Dixie darlin' did you find what you were after? A greener pasture? A wilder blue? When I think about the things that really matter I always wish that I had mattered more to you ♪ Dixie called me late one night on Colorado time Told me she was two weeks late, and she knew it must be mine I wanted to raise a family, right here in this little town But in the end she wasn't ready to have a kid and settle down And I tried Yes, I tried To change her mind Dixie darlin' (Dixie darlin') did you find what you were after? A greener pasture? A wilder blue? When I think about the things that really matter I always wish that I had mattered more to you