A Horse Called Music

Willie Nelson

Transposer:

   High on a mountain on Western Montana       A silowet moves cross a cinnamon sky     Riding along on a horse he calls music With a song on his lips And a tear in his eye                He dreams of a time And a lady who loved him And how he would sing her Sweet lullabies But we don’t ever ask him And he never talks about her I guess it’s just better That we all let it slide And he sings ohhhh to the lady’s And ohhhh he makes them sigh Then he rides away On a horse he calls music The pain in his heart And a tear in his eye [Solo]            Now he wrote the music From Boston to Bozmon Not to much money And way to much ride But those were the days When a horse he called music The jump through the moon And Flied across the sky Now all that’s left Is an old time worn cowboy With only his dreams Of the days gone gone by And trailin behind Is a horse with no rider A horse he calls memories That she used to ride But he sang ohhhh To the ladies And ohhhh he damn near made some fall right down and die And he’d ride away On a horse he called music The pain in his heart And a tear in his eye     High on a mountain in Western Montana Two crosses cut through a cinnamon sky    Markin the place were A horse he called music Lays with a cowboy There by his side     

Du même artiste :

La chanson évoque un cowboy solitaire qui chevauche un cheval qu'il appelle "musique". En haut des montagnes du Montana, il chante avec émotion, se remémorant une belle histoire d'amour passée. Bien qu'il garde sa peine en lui et que personne ne lui pose de questions sur cette femme qui lui tenait tant à cœur, il crée des mélodies qui enchantent les autres, tout en portant la nostalgie de jours révolus. Avec le temps, il se retrouve seul, avec seulement ses souvenirs et ses rêves, tandis que la musique continue d'être sa compagne fidèle, même après la perte de tout ce qu'il aimait. L’image poignante des deux croix sous un ciel teinté de cannelle signale un lieu de mémoire et de paix, où il a trouvé le repos avec son fidèle cheval.