Emmylou Harris Ballad Of a Runaway Horse (Leonard Cohen) and Charlotte Church Dream a Dream

"Ballard Of A Runaway Horse"
(Leonard Cohen)

Say a prayer for the cowgirl her horse ran away
She'll walk 'til she finds him her darlin' her stray
But the river's in flood and the roads are awash
And the bridges break up in the panic of loss

And there's nothin' to follow nowhere to go
He's gone like the summer gone like the snow
And the crickets are breaking her heart with their song
As the day caves in and the night is all wrong

Did she dream it was he who went galloping past
And bent down the fern broke open the grass
And printed the mud with the well-hammered shoe
That she nailed to his speed in the dreams of her youth

And although he goes grazin' a minute away
She tracks him all night she tracks him all day
And she's blind to his presence except to compare
Her injury here with his punishment there

Then at home on a branch on a high stream
A songbird sings out so suddenly
And the sun is warm and the soft winds ride
On a willow tree by the riverside

An the world is sweet and world is wide
And he's there where the light and the darkness divide
And the steam's comin' off him he's huge and he's shy
And he steps on the moon when he paws at the sky

And he comes to her hand but he's nor really tame
He longs to be lost she longs for the same
And he'll bolt and he'll plunge thru the first open pass
To roll and to feed in the sweet mountain grass

Or he'll make a break for the high plateau
Where there's nothing above and noting below
It's time for their burden the whip and the spur
Will she ride with him or will he ride with her

So she binds herself to her galloping steed
And he binds himself to the woman in need
And there is no space just left and right
And there is no time but there is day and night

Then she learns on his neck and whispers low
Whither thou goest I will go
And they turn as one the head for the plain
No need for the whip oh no need for the rain

Now the clasp of this union who fastens it tight
Who snaps it asunder the very next night
Some say it's him some say it's her
Some say love's like smoke beyond all repair

So my darlin' my darlin' just let go by
That old silhouette on the great western sky
And I'll pick out a tune and they'll move right along
And they're gone like smoke and they're gone like this song

Say a prayer for the cowgirl

lyrics Dream a Dream


When the night is still
And the sea is calm
Lonely shadow, you fall upon me


Lay by my side
Fear not tonight
Lonely shadow, you'll find a new light


Dream a dream
And see through angel's eyes
A place where we can fly away


Ride with me upon a shining star,
Above the moonlit sky
We will find Elysium

Hear the nightingale
Sing a lullaby
Lonely shadow, you'll find a new light

Dawn will be kind,
All will be bright,
Lonely shadow, rise from the darkness

Dream a dream
And see through Angels' eyes
A place where we can fly away

Ride with me upon a shining star
Above the moonlit sky once more

Dream a dream
And see through Angels' eyes
A place where we can fly away

Dream a dream
And see through Angels' eyes
A place where we can fly away

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[krysant50]

so perfect so special so soulful,,all that they are really to us who love them,, in your own way thru her song

[terigower]

@krysant50

blinded by the beauty of these words often tears as i listen...such an endearing song sure captures my soft heart in amazing lyrics

[tolgreen]

...thank u my lover

...night night my cowgirl

...there is a beautiful moon with ONE BRIGHT STAR

...xxxxx...

[terigower]

@tolgreen

sent you notes about souls

horses energy stays

night night...

[Radioviewer]

Love the music, the photography and these wistful lines, etc: "Will she ride with him or will he ride with her….”

"And there is no space just left and right And there is no time but there is day and night…

"Now the clasp of this union who fastens it tight

Who snaps it asunder the very next night

Some say it's him some say it's her some say love's like smoke….."

[terigower]

@Radioviewer

The biggest win in the twilight of her career came at the end of her five year-old season, when she stunned the males in November 1951 and won the grade two Clark Handicap a

 Retirement

Wistful was retired and sent back to the place it all began for her, "her home" at the venerable Calumet Farm, to breed and live out the rest of her years as the elder matron of the farm.

Her first foal was Gen. Duke, a 1954 colt by Bull Lea, who won the 1957 Florida Derby

[Hulio7271]

Nice.

[terigower]

@Radioviewer

Wistful was born in 1946 in Kentucky. She was born in the glory days of old Calumet Farm, being bred, reared and raced by the industry's standard bearer. She therefore ran her races with her jockeys wearing the "Devil Red Silks" of Calumet. Wistful never ran as a two year-old.

you are the second to use the word wistful.

so looked up horse by that name

[terigower]

@practicing4

..And she's blind to his presence except to compare

Her injury here with his punishment there

just lines as above make me fall in love with this song

[terigower]

@practicing4

So she binds herself to her galloping steed

And he binds himself to the woman in need

are just two of my most loved lines...