[ti:Three Horses] [ar:Joan Baez] [al:Blessed Are...] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Three Horses - Joan Baez (琼·贝兹) [00:25.91]In the early dawn a stallion white [00:33.77]Prances the hills in the morning light [00:41.32]His bridle is painted with thunder and gold [00:49.25]Orchids and dragons pale knights of old [00:56.61]He is the horse of the ages past [01:08.84]And now the children run to see [01:14.96]The stallion on the hill [01:20.89]Bringing bags of apples [01:25.44]And of clover they have filled [01:31.24]And the white horse tells his stories [01:37.86]Of the days now past and gone [01:42.79]And the children stand a-wondering [01:49.40]Believing every song [01:55.21]How brightly glows the past [02:18.79]When the sun is high comes a mare so red [02:26.53]Trampling the graves of the living and dead [02:34.02]Her mantle is heavy with mirrors and glass [02:42.26]All is reflected when the red mare does pass [02:49.62]She is the horse of the here and now [03:01.97]And now there is confusion [03:07.34]Amongst the children on the hill [03:13.52]They cling to one another [03:18.64]And no longer can be still [03:24.81]While the red mare's voice is trembling [03:30.62]With a rare and mighty call [03:36.79]The children start remembering [03:42.22]The bearers and the pall [03:46.84]And though their many-colored sweaters [03:52.96]Are reflected in the glass [03:58.26]And though the sun shines down upon them [04:04.37]They are frightened in the grass [04:10.80]How stark is the here and now [04:34.43]When night does fall comes a stallion black [04:42.04]So proud and tall he never looks back [04:49.86]He wears him no emeralds silver and gold [04:57.54]Not even a covering to keep him from cold [05:05.28]He is the horse of the years to come [05:17.76]And I will get me down [05:22.81]Before this steed upon my knees [05:29.55]And sing to him the sorrows [05:35.98]Of a thousand centuries [05:40.72]And the children now will scatter [05:46.27]As their mothers call them home [05:52.01]For the sadness of the evening horse [05:58.32]No child has ever known [06:04.24]And I will hang about him [06:09.92]A bell that's never rung [06:15.79]And thank him for the many words [06:20.90]Which from his throat have never sprung [06:26.15]And I'll thank God and all the angels [06:32.82]That the stallion of the evening [06:38.69]The black horse of the future [06:44.18]Comes to earth but has no tongue [06:54.23]1971 Chandos Music (ASCAP)