Little Pony Soldier - Carla Bley, The Jazz Composer's Orchestra

Leader:

He knew we all know

Where we are from

Although no one yet has said

The secret kept instead

JACK:

Little pony soldier

Leader:

A shot sooner or later

JACK:

Unpacking his hellos

Leader:

Raw hands and pounding heart

JACK:

What he might say

Leader:

Like policemen at home

JACK:

Doing no harm left unsaid

Doctor and leader:

Nothing takes time but you

Waiting for change

It’s so far and my watching you

Amounts to a quarter of a mile

At a dime a time

Jack i:

Little pony soldier

Jack ii:

A shot sooner or later

Buried there in front of me

II:

Save a life

Give all your blood

Buried right here —

II:

Any next cloud elsewhere

— His special clear death

Rung ringing yet

II:

She steals rocket fuel

You will too

I & II:

It’s not up to you

Getting out of here —

II:

Gentle little words

— To protect —

II:

Gentle little mistakes

— The secret source —

II:

Gentle little minds

— And yet …

II:

She once noticed him

Enough to say

Close enough to know

He’d undressed

And dressed again

Not so —

II:

Somewhere along —

— Long ago

II:

— His way

Doctor and leader:

The diamond on his ankle

With its felt out