Velvet was a very handsome mother-mare-to-be Grazing by a country road and tied to a very young tree We were walking to see her Velvet gazed upon me Indian Summer - turning colors on me Couldn't she have stayed until the first September day To foal in the autumn shades The family would have shared her pain Snake bite deep in the night Velvet lost her life twice Indian Summer - turning colors on me Velvet, now you're gone Family carries on Children love you so They don't even know Malamute's howl and seem to know Velvet's old friend Tony cried in the morning sun She was reaching for someone And she broke down to a new friend Indian Summer - turning colors on me Indian Summer - turning colors on me