Chestnut Mare Lyrics - The Best Of The Byrds: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 - The Byrds

Written by Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy 

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 

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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 

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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