Danny And My Ponies
The Who
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gyFAzxVHPQ [Chords] [D5 xx0325] [Intro] [Verse 1] Danny laid back and surveyed the view A king on his bench he was cold he was blue I asked for permission to give him a note He nodded not movin’ just scratched at his throat [Verse 2] Always smiled slightly seemed so bemused Like he was the one who was glad to be used I had a sense he was playin’ a part But I had to help for he tore at my heart [Bridge] He would walk his feet wrapped in rags He wandered the neighborhood carrying his bags The pride in his eyes would so clearly flash Like I was the one who needed the cash [Chorus] The tramps in our England have always to walk From Philip to Dorchester fifteen miles strong The tramps in our country have no where’s to hug Home hysterics give comfort there’s no time to talk [Verse 3] Danny would lay he’d never speak Here was a man who had attained his peak No fables to tell and nothing held back This was a man who had led a strong path [Verse 4] Old soldier perhaps or a worn old jailbird Who’ never hand clean and never word For two hundred down my project had fled Danny was gone or may well have been dead [Bridge] He walked slowly no hurryin’ to death Took in turn his view with his very last breath The river the mist and the slightly grey sky Danny was waiting patient to die [Chorus] The tramps in our England have always to walk From Philip to Dorchester fifteen miles strong The tramps in our country have no where’s to hug Home hysterics give comfort there’s no time to talk [Verse 5] Danny laid back looked down and the plain The king on his bench with magnificent mane I asked his permission to give him a note He nodded not movin’ just scratched at his throat [Verse 6] It’s dangerous to faction as those who live rough Danny was a giant solid and tough He allowed me to gift him and scribble this song Without bein’ draconian he lived just as long
