Nine for the nine ride shiners Nine for the nine ride shiners All written out in numbers New water was slow trickling Came out the ground all bubbling Slow yourself down, stop jabbering Holding your breath, not listening All will be still Seven for the seven stars, seven stars in the sky And the heavens have it all, just a matter of time Probability-wise, one of us has to die But by the same reckoning, it will be fine Nine for the nine ride shiners All written out in numbers One is one, and all of them And evermore shall be so All will be still