Jackson's Weekly Dose... A Horse Called Music

A Horse Called Music is a song on a 1989 album by country singer Willie Nelson. The album includes Nelson's last number 1 single, "Nothing I Can Do About It Now", and the single "There You Are". 

In 1997, Carson the writer of the song was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

A HORSE CALLED MUSIC - Lyrics

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

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
Guess it is better to just let it slide

But sang "ooh" to the ladies
And ooh, 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 to 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's left is a time-old worn cowboy
With nothin' more than the sweet by-and-by
And trailing behind, is a horse with no rider
A horse he calls memories that she used to ride

And he sang "ooh" to the ladies
And ooh, he damn near made some fall right down and die
Now he rides away on a horse he called Music
With a pain in his heart and a tear in his eye

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..
 

WATCH BELOW... WILLIE NELSON, MERLE HAGGARD & RANDY TRAVIS SING A HORSE CALLED MUSIC

Jackson's Weekly Dose - Dreaming My Dream

Dreaming My Dreams is a country album released by Waylon Jennings on RCA Victor in 1975. The first of several #1 records, it was released to great critical acclaim and considerable commercial success.
Several singles were released successfully: "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" backed with a live version of "Bob Wills Is Still the King", recorded at the Austin Opry House in 1974, reached #1, "Let's Help All the Cowboys (Sing the Blues)" had reached #2 earlier in 1975 as the flip side of Jennings' "Rainy Day Woman" single, and "Dreaming My Dreams with You" peaked at #10.
The album's original short liner notes, discussing how the human voice is the only instrument that manages to give a glimpse of Jennings' soul, were written by Neil Diamond. Dreaming My Dreams was reissued in 2001 on Buddah Records. - courtesy of Wikipedia


All the things you said to me today
Changed my perspective in every way
These things count to mean
so much to me

Into my faith you
And your baby
It s out there
If you want me
I'll be there
It's out there

I'll be dreaming my dreams
With you
And there's no other places
That I'd lay down my face
I'll be dreaming my dreams with you

It's out there
If you want me,I'll be here
I'll be dreaming my dreams with you
And there's no other places that I'd
lay down my face
I'll be dreaming my dreams with you

Jackson's Weekly Dose - High Cost of Livin

High Cost of Livin by Jamey Johnson. This song is moving, emotional, and to the point. The lyrics are poignant and are a directive to avoid drugs.

I was just a normal guy, Life was just a nine to five With bills and pressure Piled up to the sky
She never asked, 'cause she knew I'd been, hangin' with my wilder friends. Lookin' for some other way to fly.
Three days straight was no big feat, to get by on no food or sleep. And crazy, was becoming my new norm.
I'd pass out on the bedroom floor, and sleep right through the calm before the storm.
[chorus] My life was just an old routine. Every day the same damn thing. I couldn't even tell I was alive. I tell you, the high cost of livin', ain't nothin' like the cost of livin' high.
That Southern Baptist parkin' lot, was where I'd go to smoke my pot. And sit there in my pick-up truck and pray.
Starin' at that giant cross, just reminded me that I was lost. And it just never seemed to point the way.
As soon as Jesus turned his back, I'd find my way across the tracks. Lookin' just to score another deal.
With my back up against that damn eight-ball, I didn't have to think, or talk... or feel.
[chorus]
My whole life went through my head. Layin' in that motel bed. Watchin' as the cops kicked in the door.
I had a job and a piece of land. My sweet wife was my best friend, but I traded that for cocaine and a whore.
With my newfound sobriety, I've got the time to sit and think... Of all the things I had, and threw away.
This prison is much colder than, the one that I was locked up in... Just yesterday.
[chorus]
I tell you, the high cost of livin', ain't nothin' like the cost of livin' high.
...just leave that stuff alone... (quietly during closing instrumental)
[Thanks to Jason Henderson for lyrics]

Weekly Dose.. From the Bottle to the Bottom

From the Bottle To the Bottom

by Kris Kristofferson

You ask me if I’m happy now That’s good as any joke I’ve heard It seems that since I’ve seen you last I done forgot the meaning of the word If happiness is empty rooms And drinkin’ in the afternoon Well I suppose I’m happy as a clam But if it’s got a thing to do With smilin’ or forgettin’ you Well I don’t guess that I could say I am
Chorus:
Did you ever see a down and outer waking up alone Without a blanket on to keep him from the dew When the water from the weeds has soaked the paper He’s been puttin’ in his shoes to keep the ground from comin’ through And his future feels as empty as the pocket in his pants Because he’s never seen a single dream come true That’s the way that I’ve been feelin’ since the day I started falling From the bottle to the bottom stool by stool Learnin’ hard to live with losin’ you
You wonder if I’m better off With freedom now to do the things I choose With all my times my own and I got nothin’ left but sleepin’ time to lose There’s no one here to carry on If I stay out the whole night long Or give a tinker's damn if I don’t call I’m livin’ like I wanted to And doin’ things I wanna do And nothin’ means a thing to me at all
Chorus:
Did you ever see a down and outer waking up alone Without a blanket on to keep him from the dew When the water from the weeds soaked the paper He’s been puttin’ in his shoes to keep the ground from comin’ through And his future feels as empty as the pocket in his pants Because he’s never seen a single dream come true That’s the way that I’ve been feelin’ since the day I started falling From the bottle to the bottom stool by stool Learnin’ hard to live with losin’ you

HERE's a Kris Kristofferson Video...

Weekly Dose... Country Ain't Country

He was raised on a tractor in overalls and boots
Been to college and then law school since leaving his roots
Came home in a Lexus,he left in a Ford
Country ain't country no more

He told his daddy catch up with the times
He said now a days people trade heifers online
Dad ain't selling deals with a handshake like before
Country ain't country no more
No,country ain't country no more

The back forty was sold to make up for hard times
Then sold by the half acre lot overnight
The houses went up and the trees were cut down
And there went the finest deer hunting around
Lord everyone's locking their doors
'Cause country ain't country no more

Now his dad sits in traffic looking 'round at the change
Watching crews turn the county road into four lanes
The old Sunday drive has turned into a chore
Country ain't country no more
Lord,country ain't country no more

The back forty was sold to make up for hard times
Then sold by the half acre lot overnight
The houses went up and the trees were cut down
And there went the finest deer hunting around
Lord everyone's locking their doors
'Cause country ain't country no more

There's no turning back
And you just can't ignore
That country ain't country no more
No,country ain't country no more

Weekly Dose... Freedom To Stay

Thanks for stopping by to say hi at my Weekly Dose...  Here's a little tribute to Waylon Jennings "Freedom To Stay".

Songwriters: HOOVER, WILLIS D

Verse 1:
I tied my bandana, took my pack from the floor
You were still sleeping, as I stood at the door
Once more I was heading to, God only knows where
That's when it hit me, I was already there

Chorus:
I could ramble, a thousand miles or more
Never find the light I've seen in your eyes before
You gave me the freedom to go on my own way
But you gave me much more, you gave me the freedom to stay

Verse 2:
Why keep on running,just to wish on a star
Searching for Heaven, when I know where you are
Life is just empty, when you're walking alone
So wherever we're going girl, Lord it's good to be at home

Chorus.

Weekly Dose... Boy Named Sue

"A Boy Named Sue" is a song by Shel Silverstein that has been made popular by Johnny Cash. Cash was at the height of his popularity when he recorded the song live at California's San Quentin State Prison at a concert on February 24, 1969. The concert was filmed by Granada Television for later television broadcast. The audio of the concert was later released on Cash's At San Quentin album. Cash also performed the song (with comical variations on the original performance) in December 1969 at Madison Square Garden. The song became Cash's biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and his only top ten single there, spending three weeks at #2 in 1969. Cash's thirty-six consecutive previous entries that reached the pop charts but failed to reach their top ten is the all-time record for any act. The track also topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts that same year and was certified Gold on August 14, 1969 by the RIAA.
Shel Silverstein's recording was released the same year as "Boy Named Sue", a single to the album Boy Named Sue (and His Other Country Songs), produced by Chet Atkins and Felton Jarvis.

 ^{THE PLOT:}
The song tells the tale of a young man's quest for revenge on a father who abandoned him at 3 years of age and whose only contribution to his entire life was naming him Sue, commonly a feminine name, which results in the young man suffering from ridicule and harassment by everyone he meets in his travels. Because of this, Sue grows up tough, mean and smartens up very quickly, though he frequently relocates due to the shame his name gives him. Angered by the embarrassment and abuse that he endures in his life, he swears that he will find and kill his father for giving him "that awful name."

Sue later locates his father at a Gatlinburg, Tennessee, tavern during the middle of a summer season and confronts him by saying, "My name is Sue! How do you do? Now you're gonna die!" This results in a vicious brawl that spills outdoors into a muddy street. After the two have beaten each other almost senseless, Sue's father admits that he is "the son of a bitch" that named him Sue and explains that the name was given as an act of love. Because Sue's father knew that he would not be there for his son, he gave him the name to make sure that he grew up strong. Learning this, Sue forgives his father and they reconcile. With his lesson learned, Sue closes the song with a promise to name his son "Bill or George, any damn thing but Sue! I still hate that name!"

THE INSPIRATION:

The core story of the song was inspired by humorist Jean Shepherd, a close friend of Shel Silverstein, who was often taunted as a child because of his feminine-sounding name.
The title might also have been inspired by the male attorney Sue K. Hicks of Madisonville, Tennessee, a friend of John Scopes who agreed to be a prosecutor in what was to become known as the Scopes Trial. Sue was named after his mother who died after giving birth to him.
In his autobiography, Cash wrote that he had just received the song and only read over it a couple of times. It was included in that concert to try it out—he did not know the words and on the filmed recording he can be seen regularly referring to a piece of paper. Cash was surprised at how well the song went over with the audience. The rough, spontaneous performance with sparse accompaniment was included in the Johnny Cash At San Quentin album, ultimately becoming one of Cash's biggest hits.

According to Shel Silverstein's biographer Mitch Myers, it was June Carter Cash who encouraged her husband to perform the song. Silverstein introduced it to them at what they called a "Guitar Pull," where musicians would pass a guitar around and play their songs.
Years later Silverstein wrote a follow-up named "The Father of a Boy Named Sue" in which he tells the old man's point of view of the story