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“High Horse” was included on the original 1987 indie release of Strange Fire but not included on the Epic Records 1989 re-release of the album.
Songwriter Emily Sailers later revealed she considers “High Horse” one of her ‘worst songs’ because it was ‘forced’ and she had no ‘emotional attachment to...
You had your chance to show affection
You had your chance to give me more
And now that she's found new direction
You make your way to my back door
What makes you think the whole world wants you
Give steel a kiss and it will bend
The flesh is weak, but when all is said and done
Spirit's all that's left in the end
CH:
If you have to saddle your high horse
Go on and ride out of my sight
You never had the time of day for me
And now you want to spend the night
You're big with the come-on like it's no big deal
(no big deal to you)
You let the wild wind blow your course
I do not want the dirt from your shoes
Or from the hooves of your high horse
The way I see it, there are few things left
To hold on to and keep your head
Your sense of humor and integrity
There's nothing funny about what's being said
There was a day when I would let myself be trampled
As long as it was done by you
But I took so much abuse, now I've had ample
There's no way that you'll break through
High Horse was written by Emily Saliers.
Emily Sailers shared in 1994:
I wrote a song called ‘High Horse’ that was on the original Strange Fire release – I hate that song. That’s one of my worst songs because I took the imagery too far – ‘if you want to saddle your high horse…’ It was so forced. First of all, I wasn’t writing it about any...