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Thread #113151 Message #3518268
Posted By: Jim Dixon
22-May-13 - 09:56 PM
Thread Name: Songs about Horses
Subject: Lyr Add: SILVER STALLION
SILVER STALLION Written by Lee Clayton As sung by The Highwaymen (Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, & Kris Kristofferson) on "Highwayman 2" (1990), "Highwayman Super Hits" (1999), "The Highwayman Collection" (2000), and "The Essential Highwaymen" (2010).
[Kristofferson:] I'm gonna steal me a silver stallion, With not a mark upon his silky hide, And teach him he can trust me like a brother. One day we'll saddle up and ride.
[Cash:] And we're gonna ride, we're gonna ride, Ride like the one-eyed jack of diamonds with the devil close behind. We're gonna ride.
[Jennings:] I'm gonna find me a reckless woman, Razor blades and dice in her eyes, Just a touch of sadness in her fingers, Thunder and lightnin' in her thighs.
[Cash:] And we're gonna ride, we're gonna ride, Ride like the one-eyed jack of diamonds with the devil close behind. We're gonna ride.
[Nelson:] I'm gonna chase the sky forever, With the woman and the stallion and the wind, And the sun is gonna burn into a cinder, Before we ever pass this way again.
[Cash:] And we're gonna ride, we're gonna ride, Ride like the one-eyed jack of diamonds with the devil close behind. We're gonna ride.
[Also recorded by Lee Clayton on "Gettin' Filthy"]