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Moonlight Palomino

from Salt For Silver by Bert Lee

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Music and Lyrics © 2020,by Bert Lee, All Rights Reserved

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Rattlesnake waits in the shadow of a rock.
Field mouse hides from the eyes of a hawk.
Cactus stands like a statue of a man,
him and me and my horse named Dan
on a dusty road

Indian watching from a switchback ridge.
Ghost riders running up a cloudy bridge.
Twilight stealing in the edges of the sky.
Riding along thinking by and by
I'll put down my load.

Give me sweet fresh water
and give me a cool cool breeze.
Let me lay my head down
In a grove of shady trees.
I'd like a big white house
with a pretty little wife inside,
and a moonlight palomino I can ride.

There's a ghost town down where the creek ran dry;
buzzard circle in the hard blue sky.
Dusty old bar empty bottles on the shelf,
piano in the corner that plays itself
it's a spooky sound.
I hitched my horse to an old fence rail,
fetched up water in a leaky pail,
gonna get out of town before the daylight fails,
I don't want to stick around.

Give me sweet fresh water
and give me a cool cool breeze.
Let me lay my head down
In a grove of shady trees.
I'd like a big white house
with a pretty little wife inside,
and a moonlight palomino I can ride.

Jackrabbit runs from the scattering stones,
blackbird cries just to rattle your bones.
Cow skull laying by a watering hole:
Don't drink there or you'll lose your soul
in the burning sun.
I left my home and I can't go back,
wildflower growing in a wagon wheel track.
Dry wind coming down from the hills,
I'm looking for a place where a waterfall spills
when the day is done.

Give me sweet fresh water
and give me a cool cool breeze.
Let me lay my head down
In a grove of shady trees.
I'd like a big white house
with a pretty little wife inside,
and a moonlight palomino I can ride.

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from Salt For Silver, released February 10, 2020

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Bert Lee Brooklyn, New York

Bert Lee has been writing songs since the mid 1960's, and because of just dumb great luck has had the opportunity to be mentored by a bunch of great composers.

Classical, folk, country, swing, rock, electronic and downright experimental music has been flowing out of him for decades.

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