If this old horse could talk |
LyricsMusic/Lyrics by Jim FerrieCopyright © 2012 Jim Ferrie Music If this old horse could talk (He'd) tell you tales of high adventure on the open range The smell of sweat and gun smoke And riding fast across the plains He'd tell of the desert sun Burning bones picked clean by vultures in the hot southern wind From rogues who never made it As payment rendered for their sins And of snow and mountains white Rollin' valleys deep below the blue horizon And of the comfort of the campfire Against the cold and cruel night And of the times that we rode all night (and) Wade through swollen rivers wide and hide in dark ravines And of the moonlight on the mesa And all God's marvels that we'd seen He'd tell you of gamblin' fools (and) Righteous devils wearin' silver stars that we'd defy We'd gallop far to find a Quest to live, perhaps to die 'Coz this old horse and me We lived no half-life and we rode it to the limit Through all my years of nightmares Always callin' out your name Again and again.... (inst.) Coz this old horse and me We lived no half-life and we rode it to the limit Through all my years of nightmares Always callin' out your name But this old horse don't talk And I can no more tell you now than he can how I'd have given anything To hold you for just one moment, once again.... If this old horse could talk..... |
| Short Song Description: Ballad of a cowboy and lost love....and his horse. Acoustic guitar and voice. |
| Lyric Credits: Jim Ferrie |
| Music Credits: Jim Ferrie |
| Producer Credits: Jim Ferrie |
| Publisher Credits: Jim Ferrie Music |
| Performance Credits: Jim Ferrie |
| Song Length: 4:51 |
| Primary Genre: Folk-Country |
| Secondary Genre: Country-Alternative |
| Tempo / Feel: Medium (111 - 130) |
| Lead Vocal: Male Vocal |
| Subject Matter 1: Lost Love |
| Subject Matter 2: Cowboy |
| Mood 1: Moving |
| Mood 2: Pleased |
| Similar Artist 1: Tim Mcgraw |
| Similar Artist 2: James Taylor |
| Language: English |
| Era: 2000 and later |