Let Me See The Colts

by Bill Callahan

From the album: Rough Travel for a Rare Thing

Track 9 of 11 on Rough Travel for a Rare Thing (2010).

Duration: 6:53

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Lyrics for Let Me See The Colts

Knocked on your door at dawn With a spark in my heart I dragged you from your bed And said let me see the colts That will run next year I show them to a gambling man I show them to a gambling man Thinking of the future Let me see the colts Let me see the colts That will run, that will run next year Have you been drinking? No, nor sleeping The all-knowing all-seeing eye is dog tired And just wants to see the colts Let me see the colts Let me see the colts That will run, that will run next year We walked out through The dew dappled brambles And sat upon the fence Is there anything as still as sleeping horses? Is there anything as still as sleeping horses? Let me see the colts Let me see the colts That will run, that will run next year I show them to a gambling man I show them to a gambling man Thinking of the future Let me see the colts Let me see the colts That will run, that will run next year

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