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Waiting On Horses by Janet Batch

from You Be The Wolf by Janet Batch

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so skinny and so small nary a brain at all
what i needed was a little space
but you kept me deep inside and you wouldn’t let me ride
and i saw the look that came across your face
well it was a great relief when you stamped out the belief
that i’d ever wanted anything at all
but this thing inside of me i’m gonna cut it free the day you fall

oh so little and so weak i knew that i ought not speak
lest i wanted to see the back side of your hand
i knew awfully young i better hold my tongue
if i ever wanted to get myself a man
who would treat me just like you yes he’ll tell me what to do
and i bet he’ll never let me get outside to fly
then i heard a noise it was the sound of my own voice whisperin’ goodbye

every thing i’ve ever loved and every thing i’ve ever lost
i’m gonna throw em in a deep dark hole with you
i’m unbridled and uncautioned and i’m heading to the auction
to bid on every pony yellow brown and blue
i’ve been waiting on horses my whole life through

well the black ones and the bays dapples and the grays
going to get as many as i am able
i’m gonna keep the meadow green and keep the water clean
and in the evening head down to the stable
and let ‘em have some oats and brush out all their coats
and let their whinnying become a lullaby
singing me to sleep sending me to dream into the night

well i know of a place where i can let them race
where the sumac grows in rows along the roadside
through the thicket and the thistle i need only whistle
and in a moment they’ll be back by my side
and the honey bees are in the apple trees
this is the only family i’ll ever need
and when the day is done we’re gonna ride into the sun
those ponies and me

every thing i’ve ever loved and every thing i’ve ever lost
i’m gonna throw ‘em in a deep dark hole with you
i’ve been waiting on horses
oh i’ve been waiting
i’ve been waiting on horses
my whole life through

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from You Be The Wolf, released October 29, 2021

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Janet Batch Ithaca, New York

One part Stevie Nicks, two parts Johnny Cash, singer-songwriter Janet Batch hails from New York’s Finger Lakes region, writing and recording songs inspired by working-class life. Some anthemic, some heartbreaking, many songs harken back to the hardscrabble stories of her youth in the Rust Belt. She fronts a 4-piece band whose sound is reminiscent of seventies and eighties country radio. ... more

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