Lyrics to
New Pony

This version of New Pony was released by Bob Dylan in 1978.

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I had a pony, her name was Lucifer
I had a pony, her name was Lucifer
She broke a leg and needed shooting
I swear it hurt me more than it could ever have hurted her.

Sometimes I wonder what’s going on with me back
Sometimes I wonder what’s going on with me back
You know she got such a sweet disposition
I never know what the poor girl’s gonna do to me next.

I got a new pony, she knows how to fox-trot, lope and pace
Well, I got a new pony, she knows how to fox-trot lope and pace
She got great big hind legs
And long black shaggy hair hanging in her face.

Everybody say you’re using voodoo, your feet walk by themselves
Well, everybody say you’re using voodoo, I seen your feet walk by themselves
Oh baby, that god you been praying to
Is gonna give ya back what you’re wishing on someone else.

Come over here pony, I wanna climb up one time on you
Well, come over here pony, I wanna climb up one time on you
Well, you’re so nasty and you’re so bad
But I swear I love you, yes I do.

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About Lyrics and New Pony by Bob Dylan

The lyrics to New Pony are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Bob Dylan used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to New Pony have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Bob Dylan and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to New Pony by Bob Dylan. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to New Pony" means the words set to the music of New Pony, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bob Dylan. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to New Pony and the lyrics to New Pony are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bob Dylan who came here looking just for the lyrics to New Pony, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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