wayne carson
This is a "modern" western song with the usual content: a lone rider and lost love, with minor chords and drenched in melancholia. But it gains distinction in the hump of such songs, and recorded by Willie Nelson it became the title song of his 1989 album. He twice made a video for this song, which also was recorded by Randy Travis.
And finally by Wayne Carson (1943-2015) himself - the author; released with his album "Writer"(2002). He is often referred to as "Wayne Carson Thompson". He was born Wayne Carson Head, and his parents used the artist name "Shorty & Sue Thompson" (Odie and Olivia Head). That man has penned more than twenty golden hits for several artists in both rock, pop, soul, r&b and country music, but is underestimated as an artist and musician. He played various instruments, and had a pleasing baritone voice.
And if you've ever heard the infamous "I Couldn't spell #@!%" : guess whose pants it slipped out of ...
high on a mountain in western Montana
a silhouette moves 'cross a cinnamon sky
riding alone on a horse he called Music
with a song on his lips and a tear in his eye
and he dreams of a time and a lady that loved him
and how he would sing her sweet lullabies
but we don't ever ask him and he never talks about her
I guess it is better to just let it slide
but he sang "oooh" to the ladies
and oooh : he made some sigh
now he rides away on a horse he called Music
with a pain in his heart and a tear in his eye
he rode the Music from Boston to Bozeman
for not too much money but way too much ride
but those were the days when a horse he called Music
could jump through the moon and sail across the sky
now all that is left is a time worn old cowboy
with nothin' more than the sweet by-and-by
and trailing behind is a horse with no rider
a horse he called Memories that she used to ride
and he sang "oooh" to the ladies
and ooh : he made 'em damn near lay down and die
now he rides away on a horse he called Music
with a pain in his heart and a tear in his eyes
high on a mountain in western Montana
two crosses cut through a cinnamon sky
marking the place where a horse he called Music
lays with a cowboy in the sweet by-and-by
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C Am F C high on a mountain in western Montana Am C Am7 D7 G7 a silhouette moves 'cross a cinnamon sky C C7 F G7 riding alone on a horse he called Music Am C G7 C with a song on his lips and a tear in his eye C Am F C but he sang "oooh" to the ladies Am F C G7 and oooh : he made some sigh C C7 F G7 now he rides away on a horse he called Music Am C G7 C with a pain in his heart and a tear in his eye
