A Horse In The Country

(Michael Timmins)
 The money would be pretty good
 if a quart of milk were still a dollar
 or even if a quart of milk were still a quart
 And the hours, well, I don't mind
 how they creep on by like an old love of mine
 it's the years that simply disappear that are doing me in
 Guess I married too young,
 yeah, nineteen was just too young,
 but sometimes you meet someone
 and your guts just burn
 It's not that I don't love him anymore
 it's just that when I hear him
 coming through that front door
 my heart doesn't race like it did once before
 But I've got a horse out in the country
 I get to see him every second Sunday
 He comes when I call him,
 yeah, he knows his name
 One day I'll saddle up
 and the two of us will ride away
 This weather I could almost stand
 if the sun would shine a little brighter
 or even if the sun would shine at all
 But lately it just seems to me
 that this life has lost its mystery
 and these cold fall mornings seem to bite
 just a little bit harder
 And all my friends have settled down
 become their mothers and their fathers
 without a sound
 Except for Cathy,
 she bought a one-way subway ticket
 and left us all behind
 But I've got a horse out in the country
 I get to see him every second Sunday
 He comes when I call him,
 yeah, he knows his name
 One day I'll saddle up
 and the two of us will ride away
 This town wouldn't be so bad
 if a girl could trust her instincts
 or even if a girl could trust a boy