Lyrics Chestnut Mare.lrc The Byrds
[id: pshketgs]
[ar: The Byrds]
[al: (Untitled) /(Unissued)]
[ti: Chestnut Mare]
[length: 05:08]
[00:01.03]Always alone, never with a herd
[00:09.96]Prettiest mare I’ve ever seen
[00:13.95]You’ll have to take my word
[00:18.25]I’m goin’ to catch that horse if I can
[00:25.90]And when I do I’ll give her my brand
[00:33.57]Well, I was up on Stony Ridge after this chestnut mare
[00:38.61]I’d been chasin’ her for weeks
[00:41.99]Oh, I’d catch a glimpse of her every once in a while
[00:45.16]Takin’ her meal, or bathin
[00:47.98]A fine lady
[00:51.17]This one day I happened to be real close to her
[00:53.22]I saw her standin’ over there
[00:55.82]So I snuck up on her nice and easy
[01:00.07]Got my rope out
[01:03.16]And I flung it in the air
[01:05.94]I’m goin’ to catch that horse if I can
[01:13.96]And when I do, I’ll give her my brand
[01:21.81]And we’ll be friends for life
[01:25.46]She’ll be just like a wife
[01:29.58]I’m goin’ to catch that horse if I can
[01:37.26]Well, I got her, and I’m pullin’ on her
[01:39.25]And she’s pullin’ back like this mule goin’ up a ladder
[01:45.03]And I take a choice and I jump right up on her
[01:48.94]Damned if I don’t land right on top of her
[01:51.60]And she takes off, runnin’ up on to the ridge
[01:56.28]Higher than I’ve ever been before
[01:59.54]She’s runnin’ along just fine ’til she stops
[02:03.69]And something spooked her
[02:05.13]It’s a sidewinder, all coiled and ready to strike
[02:10.58]She doesn’t know what to do for a second
[02:12.01]But then she jumps off the edge
[02:14.66]Me, holdin’ on
[02:16.96]Above the hills
[02:19.47]Higher than eagles, we’re gliding
[02:23.82]Suspended in the sky
[02:30.25]Over the moon
[02:32.93]Straight for the sun, we were riding
[02:37.42]My eyes were filled with light
[02:43.44]Behind us black walls
[02:46.60]Below us a bottomless canyon
[02:51.40]Floating with no sound
[02:57.21]Gulls far below
[03:00.32]Seemed to be suddenly rising
[03:04.83]Exploding all around
[03:12.59]I’m goin’ to catch that horse if I can
[03:20.08]And when I do, I’ll give her my brand
[03:27.97]And we’ll be friends for life
[03:31.75]She’ll be just like a wife
[03:35.90]I’m goin’ to catch that horse if I can
[03:43.53]And we were fallin’ down this crevice
[03:47.14]’Bout a mile down, I’d say
[03:50.06]I look down and I see this red thing below us
[03:53.09]Comin’ up real fast
[03:54.28]And it’s our reflection in this little pool of water
[03:56.90]About six feet wide, and one foot deep
[04:01.19]And we’re crawlin’ down right through it
[04:04.36]We hit and we splashed it dry
[04:07.14]That’s when I lost my hold and she got away
[04:10.89]But I’m gonna try to get her again some day
[04:14.99]I’m goin’ to catch that horse if I can
[04:22.54]And when I do I’ll give her my brand
[04:30.30]And we’ll be friends for life
[04:34.17]She’ll be just like a wife
[04:38.09]I’m goin’ to catch that horse
[04:42.07]I’m goin’ to catch that horse
[04:45.69]I’m goin’ to catch that horse if I can
[04:53.74]I’m goin’ to catch that horse if I can
[05:01.21]Year of Release: 1970