Let Me See The Colts - Bill Callahan

Knocked on your door at dawn

With a spark in my heart

Dragged you from your bed

And said let me see the colts

Let me see the colts

That will run next year

Show them to a gambling man

Thinking of the future

Have you been drinking?

No, nor sleeping

The all-seeing all-knowing eye is dog tired

And just wants to see the colts

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?