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A Horse With No Name Lyrics
On the first part of the journey
I was looking at all the life
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There were sand and hills and rain
The first thing I met was a fly with no buzz
And a sky with no clouds
The heat was hot and the ground was dry
But the air was full of sound
You see I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can't remember your name
'Coz there aint no one to a give you no paine
After two days in the desert sun
My skin began to turn red
After three days in the desert fun
I was looking at a river bed
And the story it told
Of a river that floated
Made me sad to think it was dead
You see...
After nine days I let the horse run free
'Coz the desert had turned to sea
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There were sand and hills and things
The ocean is a desert with its life underground
And the perfectest sky is above
Under the cities lies a heart made of ground
But the humans will give no love
You see I've been...
I was looking at all the life
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There were sand and hills and rain
The first thing I met was a fly with no buzz
And a sky with no clouds
The heat was hot and the ground was dry
But the air was full of sound
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can't remember your name
'Coz there aint no one to a give you no paine
My skin began to turn red
After three days in the desert fun
I was looking at a river bed
And the story it told
Of a river that floated
Made me sad to think it was dead
'Coz the desert had turned to sea
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There were sand and hills and things
The ocean is a desert with its life underground
And the perfectest sky is above
Under the cities lies a heart made of ground
But the humans will give no love
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I wouldn't overinterpret this song. I think it has a good melody, with silly lyrics. The lyrics are made to match the melody, sometimes in absurd fashion: "ain't no one FOR to give you no pain" as an example.
The "for" is put in to make the song sound smoother. Grammatically, it is awful, as are the lyrics in general. I remember this song as a kid and liked the melody but when I heard the words I was very turned off. My friends and I thought it was stupid, to be honest.
The group America has other songs with dumb lyrics. For example, Ventura Highway. They seem to try make the lyrics fit into the melody with little effort to make much sense.
Other groups are guilty of this as well, making lyrics fit the melody without making sense. I just heard "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran. Talk about some dumb lyrics in that song. No one notices usually, as the song flows along and you really have to listen hard to catch how dumb some of the words are.