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Cowboy Junkies — A Horse in the Country
Album: Black Eyed Man
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Released: 1992
Length: 3:44
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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
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 k_trout wrote:

Flying to montreal 20 years ago and the pilot says "we have just entered Canada - set your clocks back 10 years" HA
{#Cowboy}


What does the pilot say when you enter Trumpland?

Posted 2 years ago by radioparadise9    [ Reply ]
 ExploitingChaos wrote:

The Cowboy Junkies is a band you often hear in RP and almost never anywhere else...
Bless your souls Bill and Becca I know why I donate




 
Posted 2 years ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]
The Cowboy Junkies is a band you often hear in RP and almost never anywhere else...
Bless your souls Bill and Becca I know why I donate
Posted 3 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
 (anonymous) wrote:


I'll dance to this...


 
 
Oh yeah, I'm wit' ya!  
Posted 4 years ago by macadavy    [ Reply ]
 Rooney wrote:
I don't know...{#Ask}  after 346 CD's released, I still can't get into them.  I suppose it's just me.  {#Shifty}, isn't it? 
 

Oh no, I got yer back!
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 caribean_bird wrote:
boring
 

Could not agree more, here voice is pure blandness.
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
boring
Posted 13 years ago by caribean_bird    [ Reply ]
When they're good, they're good. When they're bad, they suck!
Posted 13 years ago by PA1749    [ Reply ]
I don't know...{#Ask}  after 346 CD's released, I still can't get into them.  I suppose it's just me.  {#Shifty}, isn't it? 
Posted 14 years ago by Rooney    [ Reply ]
 Randomax wrote:

Please make it stop...........{#Frustrated}


 
Saturday morning hangover?  {#Stupid}
Posted 14 years ago by chilibob    [ Reply ]

Please make it stop...........{#Frustrated}


Posted 14 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
Fantastic melody and lyrics. Kudos to the Cowboy Junkies.
Posted 14 years ago by Ipse_Dixit    [ Reply ]
I don't guess I have heard a whole hoard of Cowboy Junkies, but this seems to be the most up-tempo one I am aware of. 
Posted 14 years ago by zjustme    [ Reply ]
Wake up, please: It's time to take your sleeping pill.
Posted 14 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
what a voice... love it {#Heartkiss}
Posted 14 years ago by bobcat1963    [ Reply ]
Believe it or not these guys have a hard rock pedigree ...sort of....The band was formed by three siblings (Margo, Michael, and Peter) from the Timmins family. The Timmins siblings are descendants of Noah Timmins, a mining prospector who founded the Ontario city of Timmins. Shania Twain is also from Timmins as is Bruce Watson, guitarist with Scottish rock band Big Country.

Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Wow, this would even bore my grandmother.  It sounds dated and half-hearted.
Posted 15 years ago by w3weasel    [ Reply ]
yawn..... 
Posted 15 years ago by pomalley    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:
The Boring Monkeys, as I term them, cannot find a way to break out of their soporific lonesome whipoorwill mold they are in. Margo, as gorgeous as you are, try SCREAMING a few times to see how it feels.
 
This is sort of a tough one.  I have this cd, and I enjoy the cut, but I also agree with the comment on them being stuck in a mold.  If one hears the CJs too frequently, it just all rolls into one long 'when will this ever end, how could I possibly have ever liked this?'

Posted 15 years ago by dedawson    [ Reply ]
 Kristi wrote:

 
perfect imagery thanks

Posted 15 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
 liveinthewire wrote:


Interesting... considering they are a Canadian prairie band.  LOL!

 
I thought they grew up in Montreal and later moved to Toronto. Not prairie towns :)  Nor rural southern either, as was previously suggested. Then again, the world is pretty homogeneous these days.
 
Flying to montreal 20 years ago and the pilot says "we have just entered Canada - set your clocks back 10 years" HA
{#Cowboy}

Posted 15 years ago by k_trout    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


This song is good for the ears...
 
You are a bot! {#Lol}
Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]


Interesting... considering they are a Canadian prairie band.  LOL!

 
I thought they grew up in Montreal and later moved to Toronto. Not prairie towns :)  Nor rural southern either, as was previously suggested. Then again, the world is pretty homogeneous these days.


Posted 15 years ago by liveinthewire    [ Reply ]
Good for your face,

Posted 15 years ago by Bazooka    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:


...and soporific.
 
I concur... {#Chillpill}{#Sleep}{#Meditate}
Posted 15 years ago by Tim_in_N_FL    [ Reply ]
 Tim_in_N_FL wrote:
I think she sounds like Natalie Merchant here but more refined.  {#Umbrella}
 

...and soporific.
Posted 15 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
I like this more than most of their stuff.  Engaging lyrics.
Posted 15 years ago by greyfin10    [ Reply ]
Margo has such a great voice - I could listen to her sing anything.
Posted 15 years ago by bindi    [ Reply ]
I think she sounds like Natalie Merchant here but more refined.  {#Umbrella}
Posted 15 years ago by Tim_in_N_FL    [ Reply ]
I'm not a huge CJ fan, although from the amount of airplay they get, clearly RP is, but this is a decent song from their best album. {#Cool}
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
don' think I become addicted.. {#Yawn}
Posted 15 years ago by giotto    [ Reply ]
 Ericac wrote:
There just doesn't seem to be any middle ground when commenting on Cowboy Junkies. Comments make me smile.
 
Count me as a fan.   This song was just followed up by a Beatles song.  I dunno if that reflects Radio Paradise management's view of things....  Could though.  

Posted 15 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
Always enjoy a Cowboy Junkies tune this time of night with a cold glass of beer

Posted 15 years ago by dtytler    [ Reply ]
I'm hitchin' the pony to my Igloo right now!
Posted 15 years ago by linz_bobinz    [ Reply ]
what a long tiring song ...
Posted 16 years ago by oscar_driver    [ Reply ]
Panama_Floyd wrote:

Y'all just don't understand because you didn't grow up out in the country. I'm a native of the rural Southern US, and I can match a real person I've known with almost every protagonist in a CJ song.



Interesting... considering they are a Canadian prairie band.  LOL!

Posted 16 years ago by Thistle    [ Reply ]
 Panama_Floyd wrote:

Y'all just don't understand because you didn't grow up out in the country. I'm a native of the rural Southern US, and I can match a real person I've known with almost every protagonist in a CJ song.


 
God, isn't that the truth.

Posted 16 years ago by Kittee    [ Reply ]

Y'all just don't understand because you didn't grow up out in the country. I'm a native of the rural Southern US, and I can match a real person I've known with almost every protagonist in a CJ song.


Posted 16 years ago by Panama_Floyd    [ Reply ]
I'm a hard-core Junkies junkie.  There, I said it.{#Jump}
Posted 16 years ago by DeeCee1109    [ Reply ]
Great follow-up to some fantastic Mazzy Star.
Posted 16 years ago by kimacho    [ Reply ]
Kristi wrote:
Ohai, I is teH talent horse. I has to run far frum dis song.
Posted 16 years ago by govna    [ Reply ]
There just doesn't seem to be any middle ground when commenting on Cowboy Junkies. Comments make me smile.
Posted 16 years ago by Ericac    [ Reply ]
ThePoose wrote:
The Boring Monkeys, as I term them, cannot find a way to break out of their soporific lonesome whipoorwill mold they are in. Margo, as gorgeous as you are, try SCREAMING a few times to see how it feels.
Not her style, of course, though it would make for an interesting experiment.
Posted 16 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
Thanks, Bill, for a great song from my favorite band. It's selections like this that make me glad I donate to the RP cause!
Posted 16 years ago by musicjunkie1963    [ Reply ]
Kristi wrote:
Caution Horses was the name of one of their earliest LPs.
Posted 16 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
The Boring Monkeys, as I term them, cannot find a way to break out of their soporific lonesome whipoorwill mold they are in. Margo, as gorgeous as you are, try SCREAMING a few times to see how it feels.
Posted 16 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Oh how I love these guys ... They can sing anything ... I love the Dinosaur JR remake they did. Mind you too much of the junkies will result in your brains slipping out your nose great background dinner music though
Posted 16 years ago by huebdoo    [ Reply ]
Ok, you are blowing me away! The last three songs have been GRRRReat! But this is one of my favorites that I rarely hear. I used to put this on mix tapes alot back in the grand ol' 90s.
Posted 16 years ago by kimacho    [ Reply ]
oldslabsides wrote:
Margo's voice makes my soul resonate.
Yeah, well you should see how she looks. You'll do a lot more than resonate: you'll supernova.
Posted 16 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
sonofpick wrote:
Feels like Friday
Wait long enough and it is.
Posted 17 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
You idiot. They don't have a contract. They have their own record label (Latent Recordings). Personally, I'm glad they're doing their own thing so that they don't have to answer to some idiot record company. So the only "contract" they have is with themselves, and their fans. Thankfully not including you. s Daveinbawlmer wrote:
They should count their lucky stars they have a contract.
Posted 17 years ago by Frawg    [ Reply ]
Happy and sad at the same time, this song. I like it a lot.
Posted 17 years ago by crushedvelvet    [ Reply ]
Daveinbawlmer wrote:
They should count their lucky stars they have a contract.
Stupidest comment I've read in a good while. Well done.
Posted 17 years ago by RobK    [ Reply ]
For me, CJ seem to go in cycles: great album, middlin' album, great album, middlin' again. Black-eyed man is one of the great ones.
Posted 17 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
Daveinbawlmer wrote:
They should count their lucky stars they have a contract.
Blasphemy! Scalawag...
Posted 17 years ago by dolfan    [ Reply ]
Daveinbawlmer wrote:
They should count their lucky stars they have a contract.
And they've been counting them for quite a while
Posted 17 years ago by inindian    [ Reply ]
They should count their lucky stars they have a contract.
Posted 17 years ago by Daveinbawlmer    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by Kristi    [ Reply ]
jdbaldwin wrote:
Um ... a quart of milk is still a dollar.
Not to be picky, but Margo is Canadian, a quart of milk ain't a dollar anymore, and like Margo says a quart ain't even a quart anymore ...it's a litre!
Posted 17 years ago by go_ski_mully    [ Reply ]
jdbaldwin wrote:
Um ... a quart of milk is still a dollar.
Not up here, where it's also no longer a quart.
Posted 17 years ago by birdland    [ Reply ]
9, bordering on a 10. I absolutely LOVE this song....
Posted 17 years ago by Kristi    [ Reply ]
Rickvee wrote:
If there was ever a song that brings me back to a certain time and place and a certain girl this song is it. Thanks Bill.
You're not alone.
Posted 17 years ago by RobK    [ Reply ]
Really like this one, a solid 8
Posted 17 years ago by Johnny_Wave    [ Reply ]
To Alison Marie:
Posted 17 years ago by Geo_orc1    [ Reply ]
Feels like Friday
Posted 17 years ago by sonofpick    [ Reply ]
If there was ever a song that brings me back to a certain time and place and a certain girl this song is it. Thanks Bill.
Posted 17 years ago by Rickvee    [ Reply ]
New album out by Cowboy Junkies. Oddly, you can't listen to snippets on their site, but you can at Amazon (RP-friendly link).
Posted 17 years ago by resonator    [ Reply ]
Um ... a quart of milk is still a dollar.
Posted 17 years ago by jdbaldwin    [ Reply ]
Margo's voice makes my soul resonate.
Posted 17 years ago by Red_Dragon    [ Reply ]
hcaudill wrote:
Yeah, when a woman has something going on on the side, it's poignant. When a man does, it's contemptible. Why is that?
It helps if the man is meeting up with something on par with a horse, as opposed to a human sex partner. Sometimes it's done well--see springsteen racinginthestreets. And thank you for making me go read the lyrics, cuz they're knock your socks off. Bumped this one up to an 8. Margo and I have been having this little on and off again affair in my mind since '88. Hope her husband doesn't mind.
Posted 17 years ago by supergroverx    [ Reply ]
Always nice to hear a local artists. Cowboy Junkies. Excellent. Give a listen to Blue Rodeo.
Posted 18 years ago by sharkey    [ Reply ]
Phew! With those opening chords, we ducked Four Non Blondes' "What's Up?" there. Good thing, too. Likeable tune from Margo and the band.
Posted 18 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
hcaudill wrote:
Yeah, when a woman has something going on on the side, it's poignant. When a man does, it's contemptible. Why is that?
When one partner stops trying its never truly contemptible for the other to want to feel loved and wanted. Doesn't matter which gender you are.
Posted 18 years ago by Marr    [ Reply ]
4999thnewuser wrote:
I liked it lot more when I read the lyrics, they are very poignant.
Yeah, when a woman has something going on on the side, it's poignant. When a man does, it's contemptible. Why is that?
Posted 18 years ago by hcaudill    [ Reply ]
I love the Cowboy Junkies. Play more please!
Posted 18 years ago by luminousjune    [ Reply ]
WOW...I'm surprised this hasn't been seen a bit more here at RP. Better late than never.
Posted 19 years ago by rgio    [ Reply ]
Kind of upbeat compared to other Cowboy Junkies I've heard.
Posted 19 years ago by radiojunkie    [ Reply ]
This is an OK song, from a great band - the tune could maybe rev up little. I liked it lot more when I read the lyrics, they are very poignant (click here)
Posted 19 years ago by 4999thnewuser    [ Reply ]
9.30 am here. Good progression of songs for me and love TCJ anyway.
Posted 19 years ago by g1lgam3sh    [ Reply ]