Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Chestnut Mare, artist - Roger McGuinn. Date of issue: 13.04.2016
Song language: English
Chestnut Mare |
| Always alone never with a herd |
| Prettiest mare I’ve ever seen |
| You’ll have to take my word |
| I’m gonna’catch that horse if I can |
| And when I do I’ll give her my brand |
| Well I was up on Stony Ridge after this chestnut mare |
| I’d been chasin’her for weeks |
| Oh, I’d catch a glimpse of her every once in a while |
| Takin’her meal, or bathin |
| A fine lady |
| This one day I happened to be real close to her |
| I saw her standin’over there |
| So I snuck up to her nice and easy |
| And I got my rope out |
| And I flung it in the air |
| I’m gonna’catch that horse if I can |
| And when I do I’ll give her my brand |
| And we’ll be friends for life |
| She’ll be just like a wife |
| I’m gonna’catch that horse if I can |
| Well I got her, and I’m pullin’on her, she’s pullin’back |
| like a mule goin’up a ladder |
| I take this chance and I jump up on her |
| Damned if I don’t land right on top of her |
| Well she takes off, runnin’up on to that ridge |
| Higher than I’ve ever been before |
| She’s runnin’along just fine, till she stops |
| Something spooked her |
| It’s a sidewinder, all coiled and ready to strike |
| She doesn’t know what to do for a second |
| But then she jumps off the edge |
| Me holding on Above the clouds |
| Higher than eagles were gliding |
| Suspended in the sky |
| Over the moon |
| Straight for the sun we were riding |
| My eyes were filled with light |
| Behind us black walls |
| Below us a bottomless canyon |
| Floating with no sound |
| Gulls far below |
| Seemed to be suddenly rising |
| Exploding all around |
| I’m gonna’catch that horse if I can |
| And when I do I’ll give her my brand |
| And we’ll be friends for life |
| She’ll be just like a wife |
| I’m gonna’catch that horse if I can |
| And we were falling down this crevice, about a mile down I’d say! |
| I look down and I see this red thing below us Comin’up real fast and it’s our reflection in a little pool of water |
| About six feet wide, and one foot deep |
| Crawling down right through it We hit and we splashed it dry |
| That’s when I lost my hold and she got away |
| But I’m gonna’try to get her again some day |
| I’m gonna’catch that horse if I can |
| And when I do I’ll give her my brand |
| And we’ll be friends for life |
| She’ll be just like a wife |
| I’m gonna’catch that horse |
| I’m gonna’catch that horse |
| I’m gonna’catch that horse if I can |
| I’m gonna’catch that horse if I can |