Horses

Lyrics: Rickie Lee Jones, Walter Becker
Music: Rickie Lee Jones, Walter Becker

Sung by Rickie Lee Jones with Ratdog at an inauguration celebration for Bill Clinton in January 1997.

We will fly way up high
Where the cold wind blows
And in the sun
Laughing having fun
With all the people that she knows

If the situation
Keeps us separated
I say the world won't fall apart
Yeah, we'll free this beautiful bird
You caught inside your heart

Can't you hear her
She cries so loud
Casts her wild note
Over water and cloud

That's the way it's gonna be, little darling
We'll be riding on the horses, yeah, yeah
Up in the sky, little darling
If you fall, pick you up, pick you up

That's the way it's gonna be, little darling
Riding on the horses, yeah, yeah
Up in the sky, little darling
If you fall, pick you up, pick you up
If you fall, pick you up, pick you up

You will grow
And until you go
I'll be right there by your side
And even then
Whisper the wind
And she will carry up your ride

I hear all of the people of the world
In one bird's lonely cry
See them trying every way they know how
To make their spirit fly

Can't you see him
He's down on the ground
He's got a broken wing
He's looking all around

That's the way it's gonna be, little darling
Riding on the horses, yeah, yeah
Up in the sky, little darling
If you fall, pick you up, pick you up

That's the way it's gonna be, little darling
We'll be riding on the horses, yeah, yeah
Up in the sky, little darling
If you fall, pick you up, pick you up
If you fall, pick you up, pick you up
If you fall, pick you up, pick you up
[If you fall, pick you up, pick you up
I'll pick you up
[If you fall, pick you up, pick you up]
Sometimes I know it's gonna be
[If you fall, pick you up, pick you up]
But I'll be with you, right by your side
[If you fall, pick you up, pick you up]
You know it's gonna be well, baby
[If you fall, pick you up, pick you up]
Ooh, child, ooh child, things are gonna get better
]If you fall, pick you up, pick you up]