(daniel lanois) The streets are cracked And there’s glass everywhere And a baby stares out With motherless eyes Under long gone beauty On fields of war Trapped in lament To the poet’s core Oh where oh where will i be Oh where oh when that trumpets sounds Met an indian boy in ottawa He laid […]
Goodbye - Emmylou Harris
(steve earle) I remember holdin’ on to you All them long and lonely nights i put you through Somewhere in there i’m sure i made you cry But i can’t remember if we said goodbye But i recall all of them nights down in mexico One place i may never go in my life again […]
(julie miller) When i go don’t cry for me In my fathers arms i’ll be The wounds this world left on my soul Will all be healed and i’ll be whole Sun and moon will be replaced With the light of jesus’ face And i will not be ashamed For my savior knows my name […]
(neil young) My life’s an open book, you read it on the radio We’ve got no where to hide, we got no where to go But’ if you still decide you want to take a ride Meet me at the wrecking ball Wrecking ball, i’ll wear something pretty and white And we’ll go dancing tonight […]
(anna mccarrigle) There where no cuckoos, no sycamores We played about the forest floor Underneath the silver maples, the balsams and the sky We popped the heads off dandelions Assuming roles from nursery rhymes Rested on the riverbank And grew up by and by, and grew up by and by Frail my heart apart And […]
(dave ohey/daniel lanois/emmylou harris) The sun burned hot, it burned my eyes Burned so hot i thought i’d died Thought i’d died and gone to hell Lookin’ for the water from a deeper well I went to the river but the river was dry I fell to my knees an i looked to the sky […]
(bob dylan) In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed There’s a dyin’ voice within me reaching out somewhere, Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair. Don’t have the inclination to look back on any […]
(lucinda williams) See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world The breath from your own lips, the touch of fingertips A sweet and tender kiss The sound of a midnight train, wearing someone’s ring Someone calling your […]
(jimi hendrix) Waterfall Nothing can go wrong Nothing can go wrong My sweet waterfall When i go When i go down deep I want you here with me My sweet waterfall I can see A rainbow calling me Through your mystery My sweet waterfall Waterfall For a million day Fall with me for a million […]
(gillian welch) I am a orphan On god’s highway But i’ll share my troubles If you go my way I have no mother No father no sister No brother I am an orphan girl I have had friendships Pure and golden But the ties of kinship I have not known them I know no mother […]
