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Pale Horse

At the end of a blue blue highway
I saw that pale horse turn around
Flecks of fire caught in his step
Though the black wire ringed him round

Silver tracks and dead smoke stacks
Silver coins we tried to keep
Silver stars that steal our hearts
When we’re lying in our beds asleep

Jesus when I first met you
You were just a stranger out on the road
But I knew it was you by the way you laughed
When you shouldered up my heavy load

You walked beside me for a little while
Kept me company in your way
In the crowd’s hungry grip I guess you gave me the slip
And I was sorry you couldn’t stay

You dark-eyed wanderer
Still your step till I come
By this way again

Cause over yonder
There will be no driver’s lash
No mark to wear upon your skin

The devil he crossed my way a time or two
When I was tangled up and stuck
And I knew it was him by the way he shook my hand
And wished me luck

Still I could not blame him
If he had better places to go
Fine promises to make, finer souls to stake
Higher hearts to drag down low

As I travel this hard dusty road
It’s all I can do to laugh
For I am bound by promises
Someone must have made on my behalf

But at the end of this blue blue highway
I saw that pale horse turn around
Flecks of fire strung through his step
Though the black wire ringed him round

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I saw him dance like a coil of smoke
Between the wild weeds and the sky
And the silos and the radio towers never spoke they just
Cast their long shadows back in reply

Silverbacks and dead smokestacks
Silver planes that trail the sun
Silver crosses that guard our losses
And leave us no room to run

But I won’t need any promise of glory
On that final waking day
I just need that pale horse
To bear my body away

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from Traveller's Moon, released April 20, 2012

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Adam McBride-Smith Portland, Oregon

Adam McBride-Smith grew up in Oklahoma, but has called many places home since then. His first album, "Good and Gone" was released in 2007. Adam's 2nd album, "Traveller's Moon", was recorded with the help of the War Eagles (backing band for Langhorne Slim) along with fiddler Abe Streep and singer Marisa Frantz. It was released in 2012 on Wild Honey Records. Adam lives in Portland, OR. ... more

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