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Horses & Heartaches

Lyrics

Dust on my saddle

Chorus

Dust on my saddle and wind in my hair

I keep on riding like I'm going somewhere

Could use a wash up, I could use some grub

Could use a beer and some love

V1

Sunrise on east won’t you help erase the time

I have lived a good life won’t you give me peace of mind

Ain’t running from nothing, all I seek is open sky

His presence on the open plain, just my horse and I, Blessed plain

V2

Two kinds of heartache can overwhelm a man

One is the loss of love according to gods plan

The second far more painful when the devils plays his part

Standing open for embrace, A lover stabs you in the heart , the heart

V3

Old folks and young kids will surely speak their minds

A friend maybe usually and a Lover sometimes

Ill forgive and accept in destiny that good and evil reign

Tonight I’ll spend in starlit bliss upon the blessed plain, Blessed Plain

Bridge narrative

I gaze out from my mount and minutes pass, I see a ripple spread across the prairie grass

As if swept by the hand of God

And in my solitude I’m not alone, on each piece of land and dusty road the thousands who came before me have asked

Give me a sign

Highway Angel

V1

Many years ago, I was a Rambler

I lived from day to day and town to town

Obsessed to run so time could never catch me

Addicted to adventure, Sworn to never settle down

Chorus

Highway Angel shine a light to guide me home

I have made so many wrong turns and I’m weary to the bone

Highway angel don’t lose faith in me at all

Lay me down till I’m unbroken and the zephyrs call

Keep my restless soul from moving on

V2

Many bad decisions seemed to stalk me

Many kinds of trouble knew my name

Many distant pastures looked much greener

Many passions stoked this untamed flame

V3

I grabbed the brass ring and pulled with every fiber

In an urban desert so devoid of life

But my feet aren’t on the ground

And I’m in the lost and found

My heart lies yet impaled upon my knife

Bridge

Sailing down the asphalt river

And every river, as we know, leads to the sea

I thank your guidance and your love

And blessings from above to show me

It’s just a grand illusion I am free

V4

I thought home was just spot on some map

That family, friends and place would stay the same

I’m going back to face the loss

And gather me some moss

And find the taproot there from whence I came

Heartache

V1

I never knew such heartache, until you left without goodbye

I never thought you’d not come back, and I don’t know, don’t know why

I waited every day with only hope for me to hold

The summer leaves have long since fallen, the door is closed to stay the cold

Chorus

I remember the barn door framing the stark bright light of day

I can see your silhouette go through it, one glance back and you walked away

Wisps of dust from your boot heels as you fade into the gray

That was the time you didn’t come back and you took my heart away

V2

When you put your legs upon me, we could move and be as one

When you ran your hand down my back it would brighten up the sun

It was the summer meadow’s fragrant paradise that I loved best

When we walked slow down the dirt road as the sun set in the west

Bridge

Seasons change and life moves on and love withers like a winter rose

And young ones grow and memories fade like hoof prints in the snow

I tried to make you happy, and I thought you did the same

But all that’s left is memories, heartache, tears and pain

v3

Today a stranger came, and he opened up my door

He smiled at me kindly, I had not seen him before

He stroked my neck and clipped a lead rope to the halter that I wore

And he led me to a trailer through the white light of that barn door

Copyright 2023 L. Scott Larsen

I Hope You Cry

V1

You wrapped your chains around my heart, you thought that they would hold

But the chains were made of iron, when they should be made of gold

In my salty tears they turned to rust, my heart fires they turned cold

And my wild heart it jumped the fence and took off down the road

So you cry

So you cry

CHORUS

I hope you cry when you hear this song

Wail like a distant train in the still of the night

And lie in a sleepless sweat

Knowing you’ll never have a chance to make it right

V2

If Friendship is a two-way street, Love should be of the same fashion

You know Hard work’s only a blessing when its two strive for a passion

The stars of infatuation clouded my vision I agree

With stage lights on I clearly see we’re a one act tragedy

So you cry

So you cry

Bridge

If I believed in destiny, it was a road I had to take

And if I believed in free will, it was just a dumb mistake

Or perhaps it was your fate in life to tear my dream apart

But I see my future bright as sun, while you’re trapped in the dark

Fragile

Chorus

Fragile, it’s so fragile, it’s so fragile of like a young girl’s heart

Fragile, it’s so fragile, in the moment it can all come apart

V1

Life is like a flower, A beautiful bloom for a passing stay

A magnificent balance of a billion things that can easily go a stray

Like a shot in the heart or a clot in the brain or a crash in a wreck or a shot in a vein

Or a cells wrong divide, or a hunger left unfed or a sugar out of check or a germ that has spread

Or we may never know the reason why

V2

Peace is like the nurturing soil, for the flower to strongly grow

A tenuous pact amongst the dubious good and the evils they can sow

Like a lust for power, or tangible greed, or a thirst for blood or competitive creed

Or the feeding of ego or fear of subjugation or nationalistic pride or religious domination

Or we may never know the reason why

Bridge

And for blessings thus bestowed greet the coming day

And trust the wonder of it all then carry on your way

V3

Hope is like a summer sun, reaching down from upon high

An implacable force to attain new height as the shoot thrusts for the sky

Like a hunger for good or a promise of love or the call of angels coming down from above

Like a warm embrace or a smiling eye or a ray of light in a starless sky

Or we may never know the reason why

Wedding Waltz

Background Chorus

Sunshine and flowers and laughing for hours

Smiles and dreams and longing for you

la da da............

V1

I have waited my lifetime

I have dreamed of this day

Soulmate, at last I have found you

We will start a new life today

V2

I have no doubt that we belong together

A match made in heaven to share here on earth

Even in darkness we make our own sunshine

Our house will be filled with love, warmth, and mirth

V3

I have waited my lifetime

I have dreamed of this day

Chorus

I pledge my love to you forever till the end

I give my heart and soul to you my loving friend

And I know that sometimes the road may be hard when we are old and Gray

But we'll share our dreams as we drift down life’s streams and always find a way

Snapshots

V1

If I could stop all time, like a snapshot in my mind

I would live this moment for all ages yet unseen

Just a happy family, blessed beyond my wildest dreams

Would I press the shutter now or is the best, dear, yet to come

CHORUS

Oh stop the world (oh stop the world) let me revel in its glow

Oh stop the world (oh stop the world) to give me time so I can show...all those

Memories that I wish forever lingered

Feelings that I wish would never go

Laughter that would echo in the hallway

Smiles that say I love you so

V2

As I watch the etch of time on the faces ahead in line

Till the photos in my album scarcely lend a clue

Could I stop that painful walk or forestall demented talk

Would I press the shutter now ‘fore darkness drapes the door

Bridge

I would keep the circle unbroken

Cherish every word that was spoken

I will store each snapshot in my mind

I will hold each golden moment

From the babes to old and broken

Destiny is steadfast but It's blind

V3

Changing with everything they see, seeking life’s discovery

Living holds such promise as the children come of age

And so with greater love, I could not deprive them of

A single moment of the future yet to come

If I could stop all time, like a snapshot in my mind

I never would, I never would

Love my Horse

V1

She was just about the prettiest country girl that I’d ever meet

And the smiles in her eyes would make my poor heart skip a beat

We were sitting on the hood of her car, layin’ back looking at the stars.

When I pulled her close, she grabbed my hand and said “before we go too far “

Chorus

You might not like mama or my papa or my sister or my family and that’s ok

But if you don’t like my horse, my wonderful horse, well mister you best be getting on your way

You see My horse is my best friend, together to the end, and we two, we come as a pair

And if my horse doesn’t like you, there’s no use in talkin’, this romance ain’t going no where

V2

She said follow me and took off so fast I could barely catch her

To a barn and a stall with palomino mare on the far side of the pasture.

She said give her a treat and handed me an apple she took out of her pocket

When the mare saw the fruit, she crossed the stall faster than a rocket

V3

Well the horse bit the apple and began to chew and I thought I’d lose a hand

She slobbered and sneezed and coated my face, not the evening I had planned

I ran thru the pasture, and jumped into my minivan, dejected and covered with slime

I’ll bet the horse winked at her, and said something like “get a country boy next time”

V4

She was just about the prettiest country girl that I ever knew

But her horse could see my true self I’m a city boy thru and thru

Now that was so many years ago, though I’ll get back to the country some day

Sometimes if I sit on my hood and stare at stars, I can still hear her say

Get Away from You

V1

If it was 1780 I’d sail across the ocean on a schooner

If it was 1840 I’d find work on a canal boat Erie bound

If it was 1850 I’d head west on a Conestoga wagon

If it was 1870 I’d ride those rails past promontory ground

Chorus

I try so hard to get away from you

When I am with you I fall beneath your spell

I'd be but one half of a whole,

But loneliness gives full control

I’m too young to know myself that well

V2

If it was 1890 I’d pedal a bike as far as my legs would take me

If it was 1850 I’d trek with the Mormons to great salt lake

If it was 1900 Id grab a steamship sailing from new England

If it was 1960 I’d board a DC-8 or the fastest plane I could take

V3

If it was 1830 I’d hop aboard steamboat working upriver

If it was 1820 I’d drift a flatboat down the Mississippi

If it was 1930 I’d float on a zeppelin across Atlantic

If it was 1970 I’d greyhound to San Francisco like a hippie

Bridge

I fear I’d be consumed in love’s blissful amalgam

You’re all I dreamed of, and no one could ask for more

I'm just not ready to trade my saddle for a Buick

And be a clerk at the general store

Family

V1

Ezra Jones was a good man though some may disagree

Church on Sunday, work on Monday raised his family

Desperation can change a man, Easy money with no plan

Papa died in the robbery, that left me, mama, Stu and Stan

V2

Stu and Stan would work and steal, ain’t proud but we got by

Mama’s love was the glue that held us, Our dark path made her cry

Stu and Stan had their luck run out one cold November day.

Caught and tried for 20 years they carried them away.

Chorus

I drove the getaway car, they jumped into the back seat

You could hear the sirens wailing, see the lights flash down the street

And I reached down to the dash, and I turned off the key

I said I’m sorry boys I’m going to spend my life with my family

I said I’m sorry boys I’m going to spend my life with my family

V3

I grew up with mama in that empty house till Jesus called her name

Alone and outcast in this small town, I carried the family shame

I’d rather spend 20 years with Stu and Stan, than to live with mamas ghost,

Lord forgive me, I hatched a plan, to get what I wanted most.

Bridge

They say the greatest plans often go astray

They left 2 dead, 3 wounded in the bank in their getaway

Surrounded by souls of a shared fate, I swung from the branch of that tree

Thought I saw Mama and papa standin’, watchin’, reaching out to me

V4

Folks in town, and maybe you, may think that I’m a fool

And truth be told I made my choice though I’m not the sharpest tool

I get to be with mama and papa, we can wait for Stu and Stan

For the time it takes to walk life’s road to be a family again

Wild Wind

V1

When I was a young girl, my father took me by the hand

And we went down to the seashore and walked for miles upon the sand

And I swear three spirits came that day, though I didn’t understand

And of them I remain yet enamored by the wind, by the wind

Chorus

I could sing you a love song, but the words would not be mine

'cause my heart belongs to the wild wonderful wind

I could say that I need you, but the lord would know I'm lying

'cause my heart belongs to the wild and wonderful wind

V2

Have you walked by the ocean and watched the waves crash on the sand

And felt such a strong attraction you could almost hold it in your hand

Have you stepped out on a sunny day and felt the rays lift up your soul

And wonder why it made you feel that way, feel that way

V3

Have you stood on a mountain, and let the wind brush back your hair

And wondered what primal instinct draws you there, draws you there

Has the night wind whispered to you as it scattered through the trees

Or caressed your face on a torrid summer eve

BRIDGE

You may have me as a lover, you can be my only friend

We may spend the night together or join until the bitter end

But you'll never understand

Oh you'll never understand

Oh you'll never understand

Mary Lou

Jimmy Jones went down to the river, and he saw Mary Lou

She was swimming in her birthday suit and she saw Jimmy too

come on in, the water’s fine, Its only me and you

he stripped off his coveralls then he was naked too

Mary Lou I’ve longed for you since we played in the sand

She said Jim I have my womanhood and you look like a man

Jump on in, the water is fine, will walk out hand-in-hand

And lay upon that blanket on the sand

Starry eyed and rosy cheeked they walked back into town

he said Mary Lou I’ll marry you when harvest comes around

she said Jim I’ve always loved you and he said I love you more

But the summer’s bliss was ended by a letter at his door

Mary Lou I’m drafted and they’re sending me to war

tears fell down like autumn leaves, she said I’ll marry you before

I can’t let you do that, there’s a chance I won’t be home

and I won’t leave you a widow all alone

Chorus

We will pray to the guardian angel, We will pray to the guardian angel , We will pray to the guardian angel

To carry you back home

We will pray to the guardian angel, We will pray to the guardian angel , We will pray to the guardian angel

To carry you back home

Carry you, carry you back home

V3

Mary Lou wrote Religiously most every single day

But Jim’s letters, they stopped coming back, sometime in early May

Mrs. Jones said Mary Lou, since apple blossoms fell

I’ve no word, my child is lost is a fear I can’t dispel

Baby Jim was two years old when Jim Jones mama died

Mary Lou brought her flowers each week with Jimmy by her side

One day Mary Lou saw a wheelchair, looked a lot like Jim

Crying at the graveyard, one leg gone and looking thin

V4

I don’t know to be mad or glad, Jim where have you been

he said, I didn’t want to burden your life I have lost more than my shin

I can’t give you a child, and our dream life cannot be

She said you broke my heart, I want you back, and I will marry thee

I pray to the Angels most every night to deliver you to me

and you may feel that you are not whole, but that’s something love can’t see

the Lord provides, though all those years I did not understand

but the boy you see is your son, and you’ll raise him to a man

WHISPERS

V1

The winter wind blew hard and cold as I left my home that morning

And traveled eastbound to the sea, never to return

I was a young man in my twenties, still mystified by women

When I vowed to leave that midwest farm I had much to see and learn

V2

The first time I saw Ann Marie she was headed for the landing

Her auburn hair, upon the wind, it rode just like a cape

And I followed her one evening to a pier down by the river

In a dim lit room with crates of guns, she talked about her home

Chorus

Fields of green, when the sky is blue it will steal your soul

And I wonder, wonder what went wrong

In god’s plan, this should always be a land of peace

And I wonder why I sing this song

Na na na na

Well.. we can wait far longer than you can occupy

A millennium if it takes that long

V3

Entranced, perhaps, enticed for sure; in love, now that was doubtful

Across the ocean Dublin bound, journeying one month to the day

And the hellish north Atlantic, so relentless in its fury

Was no match for youthful righteousness and the cargo we would bring

V4

As the sun met its reflection over the choppy surf of Galway bay

And I heard of revolution as the wind whispered in my ear

And I'd seen the young men fighting laid down amongst the tall grass

As the blood ran down into the soil and marked the ground forever home.

Bridge

It is the destiny of the young to freely embrace the causes

I clung to noble principles and held an unwavering stance

My foolish heart I admired your tenacity,

But morn for those who followed not by choice but circumstance

V5

The last time I saw Ann Marie she was heading for the landing

Aboard a steamer Boston bound; I never saw her again.

But I stayed on for the fighting and I earned the right of homeland

And I settled down to work the fields, my innocence consumed

V6

Been a hundred years since the shooting stopped except for some romantics

And those who walk above me hear me whisper in their ears

Now I don't believe in fighting, and I don't believe in killing

So, get off my sovereign island or the whispers will never cease

Shooting Star

V1

She comes running across the front lawn in a thunderstorm

Carrying her clothes and shoes in a grocery bag

So they won’t get wet from the rain

She says they’re dry clean only, I can’t get them wet

Then she shakes her hair like a rain-soaked pet

Rivulets of mascara plumet as those big eyes look at me

She says life is a buffet of wonder don’t stop until you taste it all

Chorus

I have seen a child's eyes hidden ‘neath her smile

Innocent exuberance flowing like the Nile

She will live all her life with no regrets to defend

She's a shooting star to marvel at my friend

V2

She stands on the car seat with her head out of the sunroof when we drive

Wearing swimming goggles keep the bugs and dirt out of her eyes

She says I don’t want hear of dangers drive as fast as you can go

Yelling like a banshee at pedestrians and people she don’t know

She says life is a buffet of wonder don’t stop until you taste it all

Bridge

With the agility of a high wire artist she struts between Crazy and free spirit

With the innocence of a child she runs full force toward the storm

Teeters on the edge between love and lust

Dangling her heart between doubt and trust

She’s a rare breed of angel dancing on the road of life

V3

She's dancing by the flat screen to music only she can hear.

She screams at the news hour anchor "stop spreading fear"

She says I don’t want to hear these lies and bull. They can’t tell the truth

Everyone’s got their story to sell, don’t give a damn about me and you

Still, life is a buffet of wonder don’t stop until you taste it all

All Songs Copyright L. Scott Larsen 2023