Roger Mcguinn - Chestnut Mare Lyrics
Prettiest mare I've ever seenYou'll have to take my wordI'm gonna' catch that horse if I canAnd when I do I'll give her my brandWell I was up on Stony Ridge after this chestnut mareI'd been chasin' her for weeksOh, I'd catch a glimpse of her every once in a whileTakin' her meal, or bathinA fine ladyThis one day I happened to be real close to herI saw her standin' over thereSo I snuck up to her nice and easyAnd I got my rope outAnd I flung it in the airI'm gonna' catch that horse if I canAnd when I do I'll give her my brandAnd we'll be friends for lifeShe'll be just like a wifeI'm gonna' catch that horse if I canWell I got her, and I'm pullin' on her, she's pullin' backlike a mule goin' up a ladderI take this chance and I jump up on herDamned if I don't land right on top of herWell she takes off, runnin' up on to that ridgeHigher than I've ever been beforeShe's runnin' along just fine, till she stopsSomething spooked herIt's a sidewinder, all coiled and ready to strikeShe doesn't know what to do for a secondBut then she jumps off the edgeMe holding onAbove the cloudsHigher than eagles were glidingSuspended in the skyOver the moonStraight for the sun we were ridingMy eyes were filled with lightBehind us black wallsBelow us a canyonFloating with no soundGulls far belowSeemed to be suddenly risingExploding all aroundI'm gonna' catch that horse if I canAnd when I do I'll give her my brandAnd we'll be friends for lifeShe'll be just like a wifeI'm gonna' catch that horse if I canAnd we were falling down this crevice, about a mile downI'd say! I look down and I see this red thing below usIt's our reflection in a little pool of waterAbout six feet wide, and one foot deepAnd we're comin' up real fastCrawling down right through itWe hit and we splashed it dryThat's when I lost my hold and she got awayBut I'm gonna' try to get her again some dayI'm gonna' catch that horse if I canAnd when I do I'll give her my brandAnd we'll be friends for lifeShe'll be just like a wifeI'm gonna' catch that horseI'm gonna' catch that horseI'm gonna' catch that horse if I canI'm gonna' catch that horse if I can
