New Pony

Bob Dylan

I had a pony
Her name was Lucifer
(How much longer?)
(How much longer?)
I had a pony
Her name was Lucifer
(How much longer?)
She broke her leg and needed shooting
I swear it hurt me more than it could ever have hurted her
(How much longer?)
(How much longer?)

Sometimes I wonder
What's going on with Miss X
(How much longer?)
Sometimes I wonder
What's going on with Miss X
(How much, how much, how much longer?)
She got such a sweet disposition
I never know what the poor girl's gonna do to me next
(How much longer?)
(How much longer?)

Ah, I got a new pony
She knows how to fox-trot, lope and pace
(How much longer?)
Well, I got a new pony
She knows how to fox-trot, lope and pace
(How much longer?)
She got great big hind legs
And long black shaggy hair hanging in her face
(How much, how much, how much longer?)

(How much, how much, how much longer?)
Everybody says you're usin' voodoo
I've seen your feet walk by themselves
(How much, how much, how much longer?)
Oh, well, everybody says you're usin' voodoo
I've seen your feet walk by themselves
(How much, how much, how much longer?)
Oh, baby, that God that you've been prayin' to
Gonna give ya back what you're wishin' on someone else
(How much longer?, How much longer?)

Come over here pony, I want to climb up one time on you
(How much longer?)
Oh, well, come over here pony, I want to climb up one time on you
(How much longer?)
You know, so nasty and you're so bad
But I swear I love you, yes I do
(How much, how much, how much longer?)

(How much longer?)


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    the dead weather do a great cover of this song.

    pmo1983on January 02, 2010   Link

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