Despite the Western U.S. theme and feel of the song,

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not to mention the unsuitable (though beautiful) final verse, The White Road has been putting me in mind of Kate Wolf's "Across the Great Divide."

Now I heard the owl callin'
Softly as the night was fallin'
With a question, and I replied,
"But he's gone across the borderline."

"" (Watch on YouTube)