Chestnut Mare-The Byrds

[ti:Chestnut Mare] [ar:The Byrds] [al:The Essential Byrds] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Chestnut Mare - The Byrds [00:02.60]Always alone never with a herd [00:08.34] [00:10.46]Prettiest mare I've ever seen [00:12.71] [00:14.27]You'll have to take my word [00:16.02] [00:18.64]I'm gonna' catch that horse if I can [00:21.63] [00:25.81]And when I do I'll give her my brand [00:30.06] [00:34.24]Well I was up on Stony Ridge after this chestnut mare [00:37.55] [00:39.23]I'd been chasin' her for weeks [00:41.85] [00:42.54]Oh I'd catch a glimpse of her every once in a while [00:44.78] [00:45.47]Takin' her meal or bathin [00:47.72] [00:48.40]A fine lady [00:49.21] [00:51.65]This one day I happened to be real close to her [00:53.62]I saw her standin' over there [00:54.00] [00:56.28]So I snuck up to her nice and easy [00:58.77] [01:00.27]And I got my rope out [01:01.83] [01:03.39]And I flung it in the air [01:04.68] [01:06.49]I'm gonna' catch that horse if I can [01:09.43] [01:14.23]And when I do I'll give her my brand [01:17.54] [01:22.47]And we'll be friends for life [01:23.90] [01:25.84]She'll be just like a wife [01:27.46] [01:30.08]I'm gonna' catch that horse if I can [01:33.51] [01:37.57]Well I got her and I'm pullin' on her she's pullin' back [01:40.63]Like a mule goin' up a ladder [01:42.06] [01:45.37]I take this chance and I jump up on her [01:47.55] [01:49.24]Damned if I don't land right on top of her [01:51.05] [01:51.98]Well she takes off runnin' up on to that ridge [01:55.54] [01:56.41]Higher than I've ever been before [01:58.04] [01:59.97]She's runnin' along just fine till she stops [02:04.21]Something spooked her [02:04.65]It's a sidewinder all coiled and ready to strike [02:07.96] [02:10.95]She doesn't know what to do for a second [02:12.45]But then she jumps off the edge [02:15.13]Me holding on [02:16.69] [02:17.39]Above the clouds [02:18.69] [02:19.81]Higher than eagles were gliding [02:22.18] [02:24.06]Suspended in the sky [02:27.55] [02:30.92]Over the moon [02:32.67] [02:33.23]Straight for the sun we were riding [02:36.24] [02:37.68]My eyes were filled with light [02:43.85]Behind us black walls [02:46.10] [02:46.85]Below us a bottomless canyon [02:49.78] [02:51.84]Floating with no sound [02:55.34] [02:57.89]Gulls far below [02:59.20] [03:00.70]Seemed to be suddenly rising [03:03.38] [03:05.07]Exploding all around [03:07.69] [03:12.43]I'm gonna' catch that horse if I can [03:16.30] [03:20.73]And when I do I'll give her my brand [03:24.35] [03:28.41]And we'll be friends for life [03:30.78] [03:32.15]She'll be just like a wife [03:34.58] [03:36.21]I'm gonna' catch that horse if I can [03:39.44] [03:44.12]And we were falling down this crevice about a mile down I'd say [03:49.48] [03:50.92]I look down and I see this red thing below us [03:53.48]Comin' up real fast and it's our reflection in a little pool of water [03:56.85]About six feet wide and one foot deep [04:00.03] [04:01.53]Crawling down right through it [04:03.15] [04:04.52]We hit and we splashed it dry [04:06.08] [04:07.33]That's when I lost my hold and she got away [04:09.95] [04:11.07]But I'm gonna' try to get her again some day [04:13.20] [04:15.25]I'm gonna' catch that horse if I can [04:18.87] [04:22.87]And when I do I'll give her my brand [04:26.36] [04:30.60]And we'll be friends for life [04:33.04] [04:34.35]She'll be just like a wife [04:36.35] [04:38.47]I'm gonna' catch that horse [04:40.71] [04:42.02]I'm gonna' catch that horse [04:44.02] [04:45.71]I'm gonna' catch that horse if I can [04:49.39] [04:53.94]I'm gonna' catch that horse if I can