Chaing.mai.thailand.1992
A friend took me to his favorite khao soi place for soup... across the street was a woman with cages full of songbirds... for a few baht you could purchase one and set it free... resulting in a lot of good karma... as we sat there we noticed that, after 30 minutes, the birds came back... my friend pointed out the special at the restaurant next door... little bird soup
My daughter chae was still very young... not yet four... i wanted to write her a song... and this was a pretty heavy part of my life... i was trying to write something sweet and beautiful... a task that, to this day, i find difficult... the tapers always refer to it as under two minutes... for this record, i titled it pony
I hate to see you stand there
Crying like a baby
It wasn't your intention
Taking this time out
I'd really love to lay you down
Somewhere where it's shady
I could tell you stories
Take that thumb out of your mouth
I wish I could keep you as an angel
I wish I could keep you as a child
I wish I could stay with you forever
Baby, I could be your pony and
Together we would ride
There's a woman on the corner
Selling little birds in cages
For a dollar we could buy one
Set it loose into the sky
We could be like pirates
Sailing off to China
We could be like cowboys and
On the range we'd ride
I wish I could keep you as an angel
I wish I could keep you as a child
I wish I could stay with you forever
Baby, I could be your pony and
Together we would ride