[Stephen W.]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

It's name was heroin. Gitty up!

Heroin is known by many street names. Example; junk, smack, skag, dope, China white, H and yes horse. However, writer Dewey Bunnell says he remembered his childhood travels through the Arizona and New Mexico deserts when his family lived at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Bunnell has explained that "A Horse with No Name" was "a metaphor for a vehicle to get away from life's confusion into a quiet, peaceful place". I suppose one might think Heron was a type of vehicle but, that’s not what the song writer had in his in mind when he wrote this tune.