Horse's Head

from Floodplain (2000) by Shaun Belcher

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There is a scene in film version of Gunter Grass's The Tin Drum where a horse's head is pulled out of the sea full of eels. I got the idea for this song from a book of old Thames Fishing techniques where rotten meat was also suspended over the water to 'feed the swim' with maggots. The song was one of the first I wrote in 1980s and bears no relation to reality although it could be considered somewhat of a premonition going by my life since...

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HORSE’S HEAD

I took a horse’s head and I dropped it down in black water,
Let her come back to me just like those shiny eels oughta,
When she went away I had nothing to say,
She looked just like Medusa on a bad, bad day.

Goin’ down around the bend x2
Horse head bend.

I came to her door with a broken heart,
She took me in and she bathed the scars,
After too many nights of whiskey,
I didn’t know what was to become of me.

Goin’ down around the bend x2
Horse head bend.

Now I know that the road is dark,
And covered in rain before I start,
The hills are covered deep in snow,
There’s nowhere to hide, nowhere to go.

Goin’ down around the bend,
Horse head bend.

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from Floodplain (2000), released January 1, 2000

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