The Pony Man-Gordon Lightfoot

[ti:The Pony Man (Album Version)] [ar:Gordon Lightfoot] [al:Gord's Gold Volume II] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Pony Man - Gordon Lightfoot [00:06.99]When it's midnight on the meadow [00:09.27]And the cats are in the shed [00:11.51] [00:13.33]And the river tells a story [00:15.08]At the window by my bed [00:17.67] [00:19.39]If you listen very closely [00:21.46]Be as quiet as you can [00:23.43] [00:25.67]In the yard you'll hear him [00:27.71]It is the pony man [00:29.43] [00:31.43]We're always there to greet him [00:33.45]When he tumbles into town [00:35.36] [00:37.29]He leads a string of ponies [00:39.27]Some are white and some are brown [00:41.71] [00:43.47]And they never seem to kick or bite [00:45.81]They only want to play [00:48.12] [00:49.29]And they live on candy apples [00:51.80]Instead of oats and hay [00:53.71] [00:55.48]And when we're all assembled [00:57.61]He gives a soft command [00:59.61] [01:01.52]And we climb aboard our ponies [01:03.51]As in a row the stand [01:05.69] [01:07.51]Then down the road we gallop [01:09.25]And across the fields we fly [01:11.77] [01:13.56]And soon we all go sailing off [01:15.87]Into the midnight sky [01:17.75] [01:22.07]And as we gaily rock along [01:24.28]Beside a ripplin' sea [01:26.31] [01:28.12]There's Tom 'n Dick 'n Sally [01:30.31]And Mary Joe and me [01:32.36] [01:34.29]And the pony man is leading [01:36.22]Cause he's travelled here before [01:38.31] [01:40.23]And he gives a whoop and a holler [01:42.48]At Mr Moon's front door [01:44.50] [01:58.65]And then we stop to rest a while [02:00.75]Where the soda river glides [02:02.50] [02:04.41]Up to the slip comes a pirate ship [02:06.75]To take us for a ride [02:08.96] [02:10.39]And the pony man's the captain [02:12.09]And the children are the crew [02:14.66] [02:16.40]And we go in search of treasure [02:18.40]And laugh the whole night through [02:20.56] [02:22.51]And when the hold is filled with gold [02:24.73]And the sails begin to strain [02:26.61] [02:28.52]And the deck's piled high with apple pie [02:30.74]We head for port again [02:32.61] [02:34.53]Then down the whirling starcase [02:36.85]So swift our ponies fly [02:38.87] [02:40.63]And we're safely in our beds again [02:42.96]When the sunbeams kiss the sky [02:45.04] [02:58.58]When it's midnight on the meadow [03:00.74]And the cats are in the shed [03:02.95] [03:04.93]And the river tells a story [03:06.71]At the window by my bed [03:09.33] [03:10.94]If you listen very closely [03:13.06]Be as quiet as you can [03:15.09] [03:17.35]In the yard you'll hear him [03:19.34]It is the pony man