Lyrics to
Saddle Up The Palomino

This version of Saddle Up The Palomino was released by Neil Young in 1977.

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Oh, oh, Carmelina,
The daughter
of the wealthy banker.
Since she came to town
all my friends are gone,
And I’m stuck
out here with melody.

Saddle up the palomino,
the sun is going down.
The way I feel,
this must be real.

If you can’t cut it,
don’t pick up the knife.
There’s no reward
in your conscience stored
When you’re sleepin’
with another man’s wife.

Saddle up the palomino,
the sun is going down.
The way I feel,
this must be real.

I wanna lick the platter,
the gravy doesn’t matter.
It’s a cold bowl of chili
when love lets you down,
But it’s the neighbor’s wife
I’m after.

Saddle up the palomino,
the sun is going down.
The way I feel,
this must be real.

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About Lyrics and Saddle Up The Palomino by Neil Young

The lyrics for Saddle Up The Palomino are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by Neil Young. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Saddle Up The Palomino have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Saddle Up The Palomino - Neil Young and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Saddle Up The Palomino by Neil Young in multiple ways. 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 Saddle Up The Palomino" means the words set to the music of Saddle Up The Palomino, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Neil Young. 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 Saddle Up The Palomino and the lyrics to Saddle Up The Palomino are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Neil Young who came here looking just for the lyrics to Saddle Up The Palomino, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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