Chestnut Mare Lyrics - Roger Mcguinn

Always alone 

Never with a herd 

Prettiest mare I've ever seen 

You'll have to take my word 

I'm going to 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, been chasing her for weeks 

Oh I'd catch a glimpse of her every once in a while 

Taking her meal, bathing, fine lady 

This one day I happen to be real close to her 

And I saw her standing over there 

So I snuck up on her nice and easy 

Got my rope out 

And I flung it in the air! 

I'm going to 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 going to catch that horse if I can 

And I got her and I'm pulling on her 

And she's pulling back like this mule going up a ladder 

And I take a choice and I jump right up on her 

Damned if I don't land right on top of her 

And she takes off, running up onto the ridge 

Higher than I've ever been before 

She's running along just fine 

'Til she stops and 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 hills, higher than eagles were gliding 

Suspended in the sky 

Over the hill 

Straight for the sun we were riding 

My eyes were filled with light 

Behind those black walls 

Below was a bottomless canyon 

Floating with no sound 

Ghosts far below 

Seemed to be suddenly rising 

Exploding all around 

I'm going to 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 going to catch that horse if I can 

We were falling 

Down this crevice 

About about a mile down it seem 

And I looked down 

And I see this red thing below us coming up real fast 

And it's our reflection that's 

This little pool of water about six feet wide and one foot deep 

And we're falling down right through it 

We hit, we splashed it dry 

That's when I lost my hold 

And she got away 

But I'm gonna try and get her again some day 

I'm going to 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 going to catch that horse, I'm going to catch that horse, I'm going to catch that horse, if I can