It's been a while since you left St Joe, I still tell myself, you gotta feel the same way.
I'll get a letter very soon I know, so I pass today, and ask them at the relay, and they say, hey ...
There's nothin' I can do if it don't get through, blame it on the pony express.
There's nothin' I can say if it goes astray, blame it on the pony express.
I only pray that the long delay, doesn't mean that I lost the heart I had a claim on.
But if I stay on a homeward trail, I know there's gonna be a letter with my name on.
How can I go on, with you gone?
There's nothin' I can do if it don't get through, blame it on the pony express.
There's nothin' I can say if it goes astray, blame it on the pony express.
Honey if you're lonely, blame it on the pony express.
Cherokee, Pawnee, Navajo Indian ...
(It's such along way from St Joe to Sacramento.)
I'm tryin' not to worry, my heart is in a hurry, so ride just as fast as you can.
There's nothin' I can do if it don't get through, blame it on the pony express.
There's nothin' I can say if it goes astray, blame it on the pony express.
I only hope and pray, that this lonely day, doesn't mean I have to wait another lonely day.
There's nothin' I can do if it don't get through, blame it on the pony express.
There's nothin' I can say if it goes astray, blame it on the pony express.

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