Chestnut Mare

Song Chestnut Mare
Artist The Byrds
Album 20 Essential Tracks From the Boxed Set: 1965-1990

Lyrics

[ti:chestnut mare]
[ar:the byrds]
[al:definitive collection]
[offset:-100]
[00:01.44] Always alone
[00:05.83] Never with a herd
[00:10.43] Prettiest mare I've ever seen
[00:14.35] You'll have to take my word
[00:18.27][01:06.41][01:29.84][03:11.81][03:35.79][04:15.20] I'm going to catch that horse if I can
[00:25.95][01:14.16][03:20.36][04:22.63] And when I do I'll give her my brand
[00:34.07] Well I was up on Stony Ridge
[00:35.84] After this chestnut mare, been chasing her for weeks
[00:42.37] Oh I'd catch a glimpse of her every once in a while
[00:45.43] Taking her meal, bathing, fine lady
[00:51.46] This one day I happen to be real close to her
[00:53.31] And I saw her standing over there
[00:56.25] So I snuck up on her nice and easy
[01:00.27] Got my rope out
[01:02.34] And I flung it in the air!
[01:21.82][03:28.22][04:30.40] And we'll be friends for life
[01:25.68][03:31.89][04:34.11] She'll be just like a wife
[01:37.63] And I got her and I'm pulling on her
[01:39.50] And she's pulling back like this mule going up a ladder
[01:45.42] And I take a choice and I jump right up on her
[01:49.26] Damned if I don't land right on top of her
[01:52.08] And she takes off, running up onto the ridge
[01:56.51] Higher than I've ever been before
[01:59.99] She's running along just fine
[02:03.31] 'Til she stops and something spooked her
[02:05.46] It's a sidewinder, all coiled and ready to strike
[02:10.99] She doesn't know what to do for a second
[02:12.47] But then, she jumps off the edge, me holding on
[02:17.38] Above the hills, higher than eagles were gliding
[02:24.14] Suspended in the sky
[02:30.75] Over the moon
[02:33.34] Straight for the sun we were riding
[02:37.89] My eyes were filled with light
[02:43.87] Behind those black walls
[02:46.84] Below was a bottomless canyon
[02:51.78] Floating with no sound
[02:57.91] Ghosts far below
[03:00.71] Seemed to be suddenly rising
[03:05.17] Exploding all around
[03:43.90] We were falling
[03:45.55] Down this crevice
[03:47.47] About about a mile down it seem
[03:50.67] And I looked down
[03:51.26] And I see this red thing below us coming up real fast
[03:54.60] And it's our reflection that's
[03:56.32] This little pool of water about six feet wide and one foot deep
[04:01.59] And we're falling down right through it
[04:04.78] We hit, we splashed it dry
[04:07.38] That's when I lost my hold
[04:09.58] And she got away
[04:11.25] But I'm gonna try and get her again some day
[04:38.18] I'm going to catch that horse,
[04:41.77] I'm going to catch that horse
[04:45.73] I'm going to catch that horse, if I can,
[04:53.35] I'm going to catch that horse, if I can