Barn Full of Horses

©1996 Dave Clegg

You were born and bred in Suburbia

But it cramped your country heart. 

You dreamed of life on a long dirt road

And a horse in your back yard.

You set your course and bought a horse

And kept her at the stable.

Made a plan to buy some land

As soon as you were able.

But then I came along 

And you gave up the dream for good,

To live out your worst nightmare

In a chain link neighborhood.

You sold your horse and saddle

Just so we could make ends meet.

If I could only strike it rich

I’d make your life complete. 

I’d buy you a barn full of horses.

A forty-acre farm with a wood rail fence.

Hire a maid for the cooking and the chores,

Get you back in the saddle, let life commence. 

We’d have a truck and a goose-neck trailer,

Take a month or so every week or two, 

Load up the ponies and hit the trail.

Let the nightmare end and the dream come true.

A barn full of horses. 

There’s a place outside of town

You’d love to have someday. 

But honey, with the money

I don’t make, there ain’t no way.

But if I tap a gusher

Diggin’ holes in our backyard,

You can rest assured, your life

Would never be this hard.

Or if I hit the jackpot

Tuggin’ on a one-armed bandit,

You can bet you’d live the rest

Of your life the way you planned it.

‘Cause, I’d buy you a barn full of horses.

A forty-acre farm with a white rail fence.

Hire a maid for the cooking and the chores,

Get you back in the saddle, let life commence. 

We’d have a truck and a goose-neck trailer,

Take a month or so every week or two, 

Load up the ponies and hit the trail.

Let the nightmare end and the dream come true.

A barn full of horses

A barn full of horses

For you.