Spanish eyes

"How to Steal Horses" from their new album "Ramblin' with the Rats - Stolen Songs of Struggle" which has been featured on many radio shows across the globe.

How to Steal Horses

See the horses on that ranch?
Literally begging to be stolen.
I know it seems strange but it's seriously warning me
That this can only be pulled off by two collaborators
One let it loose, the other ride it home

I know this sounds lika a plan
maybe leading in trouble but we're quite a couple
And if you're in I'll see to get you out

The animal as an acquired means of production
Shouldn't belong anymore to a dude who sells rides
But we can pull it off him
as we're truly two cool c'llaborators
You ride it home and I could consume the proof

I know this sounds like a plan maybe leading in trouble
But we're quite a couple
And if you're in I'll see to get you out

That can only be pulled off by two collaborators
One to let it loose, the other consuming the proof

I know this sounds like it was planned
but now I'm into trouble
And we're just no couple
But if you're in, then darling: I'm still in

And if you're in I'll see to get you out

How to Steal Horses

There's so very much to say right here. We kind of “stole” our material for the most from DUBLINERS, THE POGUES, CLANCY BROTHERS – from your rich and colourful history and culture. And even when we produce our own stuff, it's assembled with bits and parts of the tradition of Folk, Country, Rock, Blues and Punk that already exists. What we do is mostly songs, telling stories of tragedies, wishes, longings, achievements, fights and fates. And struggle? We struggle with the instruments, stages, lights, electricity, audiences, landlords, bartenders, pints, cigarettes, ashtrays, cabs, each other... the audiences struggles with us and among themselves... and the material speaks of struggles way across centuries, ringing on to this very day, and we try to connect them with present struggles. For still the oppressed are fighting their state of existence. You see them when you open the news... We'd like to be one of their voices. 

How to Steal Horses

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