KISS THE CHILDREN Emmylou Harris

KISS THE CHILDREN Well, it's said my life has been so free and easy But I'll tell you now the story isn't so 'Cause I've spent a lot of time down on the corner Tasting tears and spilling whiskey

CALLING MY CHILDREN HOME Emmylou Harris

CALLING MY CHILDREN HOME Those lives were mine to love and cherish. To guard and guide along life's way. Oh God forbid that one should perish. That one alas should go astray.

Calling My Children Home (Live Album Version) Emmylou Harris

Back in the years with all together, Around the place we'd romp and play. So lonely now and oft' times wonder, Oh will they come back home some day.

GET UP JOHN Emmylou Harris

GET UP JOHN Well get up John go down to Jordan Get up John prepare the way Man from Galilee is waiting You must meet him there today Get up John go tell my people This will be a Holy day Tell

TIMBERLINE Emmylou Harris

TIMBERLINE Oh the stars they did shine The night you swore that you'd be mine And you promised always to be true And to be kind On that Shenandoah Hill Where our love bloomed until I went away

SWEET CHARIOT Emmylou Harris

SWEET CHARIOT Oh my darlin' I have searched the desert and the sky Just to find you And take the mourning from my eyes When I lost you I suffered and you were sanctified We are all born to live

Mansion On The Hill Emmylou Harris

There's a place out on the edge of town sir Risin' above the factories and fields Now ever since I was a child I can remember That mansion on the hill In the day you can see the children playing On a road

ROUGH AND ROCKY Emmylou Harris

ROUGH AND ROCKY Darlin' I have come to tell you Tho' it almost breaks my heart But before the mornin', darlin' We'll be many miles apart Don't this road look rough and rocky Don't that sea

THE ANGELS REJOICED LAST NIGHT Emmylou Harris

THE ANGELS REJOICED LAST NIGHT A house not a home was a picture satin painted For sweet little sister and me Our daddy would frown while mother was praying His heart was so hardened that he would

Cheatin' Is Emmylou Harris

Cheatin' is a thing that starts when you bring Two lonely people face to face with a brand new kiss She blames him and he blames her Neither one is really quite sure which way it is And all of the

Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend Emmylou Harris

A kiss on the hand may be quite continental But diamonds are a girl's best friend A kiss may be grand but it won't pay the rental On your humble flat or help you at the automat Men grow cold as girls grow

THIS IS TO MOTHER YOU Emmylou Harris

This is to mother you To comfort you and get you through Through when your nights are lonely Through when your dreams are only blue This is to mother you This is to be with you To hold you and to kiss

Here I Am Emmylou Harris

I am searching through the canyon It is your name that I am calling Tho you're so far away I know you hear my plea Why won't you answer me Here I am I am in the blood of your heart The breath of your

Everytime You Leave (With Don Everly) Emmylou Harris

Everytime you leave You tear the soul from me I die a little more each time part I can't control my dreams My heart can't seem to learn To turn and lock its door when you return I know that you'll come

EVERYTIME YOU LEAVE Emmylou Harris

EVERYTIME YOU LEAVE Everytime you leave You tear the soul from me I die a little more each time part I can't control my dreams My heart can't seem to learn To turn and lock its door when you

THOSE MEMORIES OF YOU Emmylou Harris

THOSE MEMORIES OF YOU Those memories of you still haunt me Every night when I lay down I'll always love you (my) little darling Until the day they lay me down.

Michaelangelo Emmylou Harris

Last night I dreamed about you I dreamed that you were older You were looking like Picasso With a scar across your shoulder You were kneeling by the river You were digging up the bodies Buried long ago

SWEET OLD WORLD Emmylou Harris

SWEET OLD WORLD 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

DO I EVER CROSS YOUR MIND Emmylou Harris

DO I EVER CROSS YOUR MIND Oh. sometimes I go walking through fields where we walked Long ago in the sweet used to be And the flowers still grow.

ICY BLUE HEART Emmylou Harris

ICY BLUE HEART She came on to him like a slow moving cold front His beer was warmer that the look in her eye She sat on the stool, and she said "What do you want She said Give me a love that don't

TO DADDY Emmylou Harris

TO DADDY Mama never seemed to miss the finer things of life If she did she never did say so to daddy She never wanted to be more than a mother and a wife If she did she never did say so to daddy

To Daddy (2003 Remaster) Emmylou Harris

Mama never seemed to miss the finer things of life If she did she never did say so to daddy She never wanted to be more than a mother and a wife If she did she never did say so to daddy The only thing

COAT OF MANY COLOURS Emmylou Harris

COAT OF MANY COLOURS Back through the years I go wondering once again Back to the seasons of my youth I recall a box of rags that someone gave us And how my mamma put these rags to use There

Coat of Many Colors (2003 Remaster) Emmylou Harris

Back through the years I go wondering once again Back to the seasons of my youth I recall a box of rags that someone gave us And how my mamma put these rags to use There were rags of many colours, and

Coat Of Many Colors Emmylou Harris

Back through the years I go wondering once again Back to the seasons of my youth I recall a box of rags that someone gave us And how my mamma put these rags to use There were rags of many colours, and

THE SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO Emmylou Harris

THE SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO I hear the sound of sorrow in the wind Blowing down from every mile I've ever been Calling me out on some road that just won't end Where the sweetheart rides the rodeo

THE MAKER Emmylou Harris

THE MAKER Oh, oh deep water, black and cold like the night I stand with arms wide open, I've run a twisted line I'm a stranger in the eyes of the Maker I could not see for the fog in my eyes

The Connection Emmylou Harris

The heel of my boot is on the leg of my chair My chair leans back and rests on the wall And the wall runs the length of my room to the door The door reaches down to the sidewalk And sidewalk leads to the

The Boxer Emmylou Harris

I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told I have squandered my existence On a pocket full of mumbles such are promises All lies in jest, till a man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the

THE PRICE YOU PAY Emmylou Harris

THE PRICE YOU PAY You make up your mind you choose the chance you take You ride to where the highway ends and the desert breaks Out on to an open road you ride until the day You learn to sleep

A Ways To Go Emmylou Harris

<< A Ways To Go >> --- Emmylou Harris I hear the clock a tickin See the sweat upon my brow I know my destination Nothing's gonna stop me now 'm running on desire Baby I've got nerves

Beautiful Star of Bethlehem Emmylou Harris

day Oh Beautiful Star of Bethlehem shine on Oh Beautiful Star the hope of light Guiding the pilgrims through the night Over the mountains 'til the break of dawn Into the light of perfect day

DEEPER WELL Emmylou Harris

DEEPER WELL 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

Every Grain Of Sand Emmylou Harris

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

I SAW THE LIGHT Emmylou Harris

I SAW THE LIGHT I wandered so aimless life filed with sin I wouldn't let my dear saviour in Then Jesus came like a stranger in the night Praise the Lord I saw the light.

Star of Bethlehem (with Neil Young) Emmylou Harris

Oh beautiful star of Bethlehem Shining afar through shadows dim Giving the light for those who long have gone Guiding the wise men on their way Unto the place where Jesus lay Oh beautiful star of Bethlehem

SON OF A ROTTEN GAMBLER Emmylou Harris

father the teacher Teaching love and honesty being his own man handler For the son of the son of run of the mill run rotten gambler Will the devil be getting to you as you look back Over what you've

EVANGELINE Emmylou Harris

EVANGELINE She stands on the banks of the mighty Mississippi Alone in the pale moonlight Waitin' for a man, a riverboat gambler Said that he'd return tonight They used to waltz on the banks

Queen of the Silver Dollar (2003 Remaster) Emmylou Harris

She arrives in all her splendor Each night at nine o'clock Her chariot is the crosstown bus That stops right down the block Now the old piano minstrel plays her tune as she walks in And the Queen of the

Queen Of The Silver Dollar Emmylou Harris

She arrives in all her splendor Each night at nine o'clock Her chariot is the crosstown bus That stops right down the block Now the old piano minstrel plays her tune as she walks in And the Queen of the

Ballad Of A Runaway Horse Emmylou Harris

<< Ballad Of A Runaway Horse >> --- Emmylou Harris Say a prayer for the cowgirl her horse ran away She'll walk 'til she finds him her darlin' her stray But the river's in flood and

Blackhawk Emmylou Harris

<< Blackhawk >> --- Emmylou Harris Well I work the double shift I a bookstore on St.

Rollin' and Ramblin' (The Death of Hank Williams) Emmylou Harris

(Robin WilliamsLinda WilliamsJerome Clark) Folks in Nashville slammed the door Said we don't want you anymore Find your own way down the road Pack your fiddle and your guitar Take a train or take a car

Away in a Manger Emmylou Harris

Away in a manger No crib for his bed The little Lord Jesus Laid down his sweet head The stars in the bright sky Looked down where he lay The little Lord Jesus Asleep on the hay <Interlude>

DIMMING OF THE DAY Emmylou Harris

DIMMING OF THE DAY This old house is falling down around my ears I'm drowning in a river of my tears When all my will is gone you hold me sway I need you at the dimming of the day You pulled

WHEELS OF LOVE Emmylou Harris

around and around They'll take you for a ride like a merry-go-round Don't let the heartache hold you down When there's plenty of love to left be found On the wheels, ridin' on the wheels of love

MISS THE MISSISSIPPI AND YOU Emmylou Harris

MISS THE MISSISSIPPI AND YOU I'm growing tired on the big city lights Tired of the glamour and tired of the sights In all my dreams I am roaming once more Back to my home on the old river shore

Darkest Hour Is Just Before The Dawn Emmylou Harris

The sun is slowly sinkin' The day's almost gone Still darkness falls around us And we must journey on The darkest hour is just before dawn The narrow way leads home Lay down your soul at Jesus' feet The

THE BALLAD OF SALLY ROSE Emmylou Harris

THE BALLAD OF SALLY ROSE Her mama picked him up in south Minnesota He promised her the world but they never got that far For he was last seen in that '59 DeSota When Sally was born in the black

RACING IN THE STREET Emmylou Harris

RACING IN THE STREET I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a 396 Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot Outside the Seven-Eleven store Me and my partner Sonny