Icelandic Ponies Lyrics

The doctor pulled Grandma off to the side

Said sorry Mrs. Peterson, but he's gonna die

You can put him in the car, we'll let you decide

How to break the news to him

But she didn't tell no one til he was almost gone

Just let him keep dreaming and bore it all alone

Let him start a business and take out a loan

While she dreamt of the ponies back home

The burdens we bear, burdens we bear

some folks get more than their share of the burdens we bear

When Mama got the news her soul turned to lead

She didn't know he was sick, how could he be dead?

She got through her exams and crawled into bed

Glaciers on her heart, volcanoes in her head

She dropped out of school, hardly had a choice

Ran off and joined the army with a crazy mountain boy

Instead of seeing the world, she was buying baby toys

And she dreamt of ponies in the sand

How often she dreams of that land of ice

And that American boy dressed up so nice

The red-headed beauty that once caught his eye

Is now sweating over an iron

Ironing and cleaning, a rag on her head

Keeps a roof over her children and keeps them all fed

But at night when she's tired and she lays down in bed

She can feel the ponies back home