Emmylou Harris Ballad Of a Runaway Horse (Leonard Cohen) and Charlotte Church Dream a Dream
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- "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
I’ve listened to this song like I’m studying it 100 times. I listen for every nuance of her brilliant phrasing and breathy delicate delivery.
Love this Song, and Emmylou is like always outstanding. Beutyful
There's nothing Emmylou can't sing. I'm not amazed anymore. I'm in awe
I love listening to Emmylou Harris & Charlotte Church! :)
Beautiful song and beautiful pictures
Forty years in partnership with horses, this is like an anthem to me. Surprised Cohen was able to get it so well. EmmyL takes it in stride.
I would never be surprised at what LC can write. He is so far ahead.
I ADORE this song.
To me, there is nothing more beautiful than wild horses, why do we feel we know what these beautiful majestic need? We know nothing, why can we not admit we are not the end all be all, WE KNOW NOTHING.
Эмили спасибо тебе Я тоже обожаю лошадей.
This is another one of her songs about Gram. She brought the best out of him before he died. He continues to bring the best out of her from heaven.
magnifique la voie depuis ma jeunes j'ai toujours aime Emmylou harrys
Love this song , It means so much to ME
Very very good version .From France .
Lovely creation Mary
Nice.
see Perla Battella's version from her CD Bird on a wire The best cover of this Leonard Cohen song
Horses !!!!!!!!
Every little girls first love is usually a horse or pony.Was mine first word I said was horsey.
Love the sing alongs, need tune notes for my play along
Cohen was a poet, and the lyric here is not literal prose. This song is only about horses in a peripheral way. It's not about horses, it's a lament about a woman's faithless lover and her lost years chasing same. Too bad Cohen was Canadian, he should have been America's poet laureate (Maya Angelou eat your heart out!)!
Hearing this song today for the first time in a long time, this is the first time this point came to my mind!
You are right that the song i not really about horses, but would emphasize lovers can actually unite (Whither thou goest, I will go), despite one is missing sometimes.
P.S. You make me think these things, THEY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. We are too full of ourselves. THAT IS A SIN to all living beings, Be they animal or human, Espesially Animals, We think we know better, "No we do not" We cannot figure out our own lives, How can we figure out there's.
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