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Hard Bargain is a Country/Folk album by Emmylou Harris, released on 26 April 2011, recorded at Tragedy/Tragedy, TN. It marks the 26th studio album from Harris (including collaborations) and her third solo recording for Nonesuch Records.
With 17,000 copies sold in its first week, the album debuted at number three on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums,Harris' highest entry since her bluegrass LP Roses in the Snow in 1980. At the same time it debuted at number 18 on the Billboard 200,displacing 1977's Luxury Liner as her most successful solo LP ever on that chart.
The songs which were to become the "Hard Bargain" album were, according to Emmylou, recorded within 4 weeks in August 2010. Only three people can be heard on the album, namely Emmylou herself, the producer Jay Joyce as well as Giles Reaves. In December 2010 six video clips were filmed at Laughing House Studios, Nashville, TN, directed by Jack Spencer. These videos, with additional commentary, can be found on the bonus DVD of the album's deluxe release.
The opening number "The Road" is about the late Gram Parsons, her musical mentor who died in 1973.
"Darlin' Kate" is a tribute to the late Kate McGarrigle who died of cancer in 2010. Kate, as well as her sister Anna McGarrigle, collaborated with Emmylou on numerous occasions since the 1970s.
"My Name Is Emmett Till" tells the story of Emmett Till, a black boy who was killed in 1955.
Released: April 2011
Genre: Country/Folk
Length: 53:04
Label: Nonesuch Records
Producer: Jay Joyce
Personnel
Emmylou Harris – Acoustic guitar and vocals
Jay Joyce – Electric guitars, Acoustic guitar, Hi-string guitars, Bass guitar, Synthesizer, Piano, Omnichord, Ganjo, Mandolin
Giles Reaves – drums, Wurlitzer piano, Djembe, Picked piano, Pump organ, Vibraphone, Synthesizer, Marimbula, Moog bass, Rhodes, Organ, Piano. Shaker
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length
01. "The Road" Emmylou Harris 5:31
02. "Home Sweet Home" Emmylou Harris 3:45
03. "My Name Is Emmett Till" Emmylou Harris 4:53
04. "Goodnight Old World" Emmylou Harris, Will Jennings 3:55
05. "New Orleans" Emmylou Harris, Will Jennings 3:38
06. "Big Black Dog" Emmylou Harris 3:26
07. "Lonely Girl" Emmylou Harris 4:44
08. "Hard Bargain" Ron Sexsmith 3:23
09. "Six White Cadillacs" Emmylou Harris, Will Jennings 3:22
10. "The Ship on His Arm" Emmylou Harris 4:46
11. "Darlin' Kate" Emmylou Harris 3:08
12. "Nobody" Emmylou Harris 5:04
13. "Cross Yourself" Jay Joyce 3:36
14. "To Ohio" (with The Low Anthem) Ben Knox Miller, Jeffrey Prystowsky 3:27 [iTunes/ Digital Edition]
01.The Road
(Emmylou Harris)
I can still remember every song you played
Long ago when we were younger and we rocked the night away.
How could I see a future then, where you would not grow old?
With such a fire in our bellies, such a hunger in our souls.
I guess I probably loved you and those words rolled off the tongue
It seemed that we were traveling under some old lucky sign
I know I didn't say it and no one was to blame
But the road we shared together once will never be the same.
Hey, gone all the way
Won't be coming 'round again.
Hey, with a song I pray.
And on the wings of a song, I'll fly away.
I wandered in the wilderness, for a while I was so lost.
To everything there is a season and every blessing has its cost.
So I took what you left me, put it to some use
When looking for an answer with those three chords and the truth.
I come down from the mountain, I come walking in your shoes.
I was taken for a gambler when I had no more to loose
For you put me on that path, how could I refuse.
And I spend my whole life out here working on the blues.
Hey hey.
Hey hey.
Hey
So I carried on, you can't be haunted by the past.
People come, people go and nothing ever lasts.
But I still think about you, wonder where you are.
Can you see me from some place up there among the stars?
But down here under heaven there never was a chart
To guide our way across this crooked highway of the heart
And if it's only all about the journey in the end
On that road I'm glad I came to know my old friend.
Hey, gone all the way
Won't be coming 'round again.
Hey, with a song I pray.
And on the wings of a song, I'll fly away.
I'll fly away. I'll fly away. I'll fly away.
02.Home Sweet Home
(Emmylou Harris)
I live out here in the wind and the pouring rain
Somewhere between 14th Avenue and Main
In the summer heat, winter's freezing snow
You see I got nowhere else to go
Got no home sweet home
Into this world, somewhere by the road
And it's a long hard road we walk
On our way to home sweet home
People pass by, they don't see me here
And if they do they wish I would disappear
I guess they know way down deep in their bones
It could be them out there looking for a home
For a home sweet home
Into this world, somewhere by the road
And it's a long hard road we walk
On our way to home sweet home
Ought to have a place to lay my head
A crumb or two for my daily bread
Perhaps someday a kind soul will come upon
Help me find my way back where I belong
Back to a home sweet home
Into this world, somewhere by the road
And it's a long hard road we walk
On our way to home sweet home
Sweet home
Oh that street, I can call it home
And it's a long hard road we walk
All the way to home sweet home
03.My Name Is Emmett Till
(Emmylou Harris)
I was born a black boy
My name is Emmett Till
Walked this earth for 14 years
One night I was killed
For speaking to a woman
Whose skin was white as dough
That's a sin in Mississippi
But how was I to know?
I'd come down from Chicago
To visit with my kin
Up there I was a cheeky kid
I guess I'd always been
But the harm they put upon me
Was too hard for what I'd done
For I was just a black boy
And never hurt no one
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
They took me from my uncle's house
Mose Wright was his name.
He'd later stand and, without hesitation
Point the blame
At the ones who beat and cut me
And shot me with a gun
And threw me in the river
Like I was trash when they were done
I was sent back to my mother
At least what was left of me
She kept my casket open
For the whole wide world to see
The awful desecration
And the evidence of hate
You could not recognize me
The mutilation was so great
There came a cry for justice
To be finally fulfilled
All because of me, a black boy
My name was Emmett Till
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh, but I'd have rather lived
Till I was too old to die young
Not miss all I left behind
And all that might have come
Summer clouds above my head
The grass beneath my feet
The warmth of a good woman
Her kisses soft and sweet
Perhaps to be a father
With a black boy of my own
Watch him grow into a kinder world
Than I had known
Where no child would be murdered
For the color of his skin
And love would be the only thing
Inside the hearts of men
They say the horror of that night
Is haunting Heaven still
Where I am one more black boy
My name is Emmett Till
04.Goodnight Old World
(Emmylou Harris, Will Jennings)
Sometimes I feel like I'm drowning in teardrops
My eyes are so tired of the trouble I've seen
Then you fell from the Heavens right into this sad place
Remembering God for a while in your dreams
And you look to me now so I greet a new day
With the eyes of a child at the wonder you bring
So goodnight old world
See you tomorrow
We rise with the sun
Fall with the sparrow
But here is this child
To soften the sorrow
Goodnight old world
Old world goodnight
You fell from the Heavens right into this sad place
Remembering God for a while in your dreams
And you look to me now so I greet a new day
With the eyes of a child at the wonder you bring
So goodnight old world
See you tomorrow
We rise with the sun
Fall with the sparrow
But here is this child
To soften the sorrow
Goodnight old world
Old world goodnight
Goodnight old world
Old world goodnight
05.New Orleans
(Emmylou Harris, Will Jennings)
My Lord how the rains came down
The waters made a mighty sound
When the levees broke that day
Washin' all those souls away
The whole world stood to watch us drown
But we took it to a higher ground
It takes more than a hurricane
To empty out the Pontchartrain
Long ago we broke the chains
In New Orleans, New Orleans
When Brother Bill and Sister Nell
Are singing like a ringing bell
Then you'll know all is well
In New Orleans New Orleans
Bring it all, fire and flood
Fill the rivers up with mud
To cut and run ain't in our blood
We are New Orleans
So baby let the life roll on
The blues were made to make us strong
We're walkin' in a brighter day
Nothin' can get in our way
The whole world stood to watch us drown
But we took it to a higher ground
06.Big Black Dog
(Emmylou Harris)
A big black dog
Little too much gray around the muzzle
A big black dog
Why she ended up at the pound is a puzzle
A big black dog
Did she run away
Because somebody didn't treat her right?
Did they leave her out in the cold night air
Too lonely night?
A big black dog
A big black dog
I found her one day
Down there are the at the men's room
A big black dog
Waiting in a cage in line for the death row
Big black dog
Did somebody put her out on the road
And did just not care?
Did they think an old dog is too much trouble
For them to bear?
A big black dog
Her name is Bella, Bella
You're not brown, you're not yellow
Bella, Bella
My big black dog
Big black dogs, they're everywhere
Looking for a home, they're hungry and scared
All they need is food and attention
To give back love, sometimes redemption of sin
You could find them here in a big black dog
A big black dog
She may be a little rough around the edges
A big black dog
When you throw a ball, she'll always go and fetch it
Big black dog
With a brand new leash and a brand new collar
It's a brand new game
I love to see the way she runs to me
When I holler out her name
My big black dog
Her name is Bella, Bella
You're not brown, you're not yellow
Bella, Bella
My big black dog
My big black dog
07.Lonely Girl
(Emmylou Harris)
It seems to me lately
The days are growing shorter
The years are going faster
And time is flying by
I wake up in the morning
And before I even notice
The sun is going down
And I'm left to wonder why
I'm a lonely girl in a lonely world
I never thought my life would be like this
To have no one to hold my hand
And feel once more a sweet caress
I'd give it my best effort
Love is always worth it
But even if I try
I might still end up alone
It may not be in me
To take what love could give me
Some of us are better off
To make it on our own
As a lonely girl in a lonely world
And though my life has been so blessed
I have no one to hold my hand
And feel once more a sweet caress
I've had my share of lovers
And cared for many others
I always thought there'd be
Another one to come along
But if love can't find me again
I'll put it all behind me then
I'll just go and learn to sing
Another sad love song
About a lonely girl in a lonely world
She never dreamed her life would be like this
To have no one to hold her hand
And feel once more a sweet caress
08.Hard Bargain
(Ron Sexsmith)
I'm a bit run down, but I'm okay
I just feel like calling it a day
But you send me back to the start
You drive a hard bargain
Each time I'm heading for nowhere
Doomed and determined to go there
It seems I never get far
You drive a hard bargain
You drive a hard bargain
How's a girl supposed to fail
With someone like you around?
I've tried and tried to no avail
You just can't seem to let me down
You drive a hard bargain
You drive a hard bargain
How's a girl supposed to fail
With someone like you around?
I've tried and tried to no avail
You just can't seem to let me down
You drive a hard bargain
You drive a hard bargain
So I'll keep on playing that old song
Cause for all I know it's where I belong
When the world is breaking my heart
You drive a hard bargain
You send me back to the start
You drive a hard bargain
You drive a hard bargain
I'm a bit run down, but I'm okay
09.Six White Cadillacs
(Emmylou Harris, Will Jennings)
Workin' hard all my life
Always tried to get it right
Every day and every night
Hey hey hey, carry me home
Singin' in a honky tonk
People dancin' getting drunk
Never knowin' what I want
Hey hey hey, carry me home
I just want a little
Give me just a little
Just a little peace of mind
Can't somebody tell me
Please somebody tell me
How long does this road unwind
Six white Cadillacs
Crossin' on the railroad track
Angels in the front and back
Hy hey hey, carry me home
Way over yonder
We won't have to wander anymore
I just want a little
Give me just a little
Just a little peace of mind
Can't somebody tell me
Please somebody tell me
How long does this road unwind
Six white Cadillacs
Crossin' on the railroad track
Angels in the front and back
Hy hey hey, carry me home
Hy hey hey, carry me home
Hy hey hey, carry me home
10.The Ship On His Arm
(Emmylou Harris)
"Where are you now"
She writes, "Where are you now, my love?
Do you have food to eat, shoes for your tired feet
Am I the one you're dreaming of?"
"Do you know how I miss you
How I long to kiss you
Pray for the day you will come
Back to me, my darling one"
He thinks about her
All through the long watches of night
The bullets are flying, young men are dying
He prays for the first crack of light
And when he can finally slip into his dream
She'll sweep on the sweet web she has woven
And for a while they are one
When she kisses the ship on his arm
All of his sorrows unravel
He knows he will come to another one
Over all of the miles he has traveled
Her love is an anchor
Her love is forever
It's true now her love is the charm
When she kisses the ship on his arm
Blessed are they, these fearless young lovers
Their lives have just barely begun
Blessed is the day they return to each other
After all of the battles are done
And finally they are one
When she kisses the ship on his arm
And all of their sorrows unravel
They've come through the eye of the storm
Unafraid of the miles left to travel
Their love is an anchor
Love is forever
It's true now that love is the truth
When she kisses the ship on his arm
11.Darlin' Kate
(Emmylou Harris)
So it's finally come, you have left this world
But we'll miss our Kate, our darling girl
We held your head, kissed your lovely brow
And bid farewell, you're sailing now
Free from the pain, you lay that burden down
But your strong and giving heart
Would surely be your crown
As you slip the surly bonds of earth and sail way
Perhaps we will meet again somehow, someday
Until then, there's nothing we can do but wait
To see once more, our darling Kate
All those nights we sang, talked 'till the sun come up
You fed our souls, you filled our cup
With your perfect words and all that voice
We fell in love, we had no choice
And I can't say for sure where you have gone
But in that place, I'm betting there's a better song
We've all known down here, the taste of joy and strife
You were the sweetest note in the chord of life
Now you slipped the surly bonds of earth and sailed way
Perhaps we will meet again somehow, someday
But if there was one name I could consecrate
It would be yours, it would be Kate
12.Nobody
(Emmylou Harris)
Ridin' on her bicycle to school
A little girl out breakin' all the rules
She don't care about the birds and the bees
She's too busy skinnin' both her knees
With the arms of a loving childhood
Wrapped around her
All the wonders of the world surround her
And with the angels up above her soul to keep
In her bed down here below she falls asleep
She don't need nobody
She don't need nobody
She don't need nobody now
All grown up and livin' on her own
She goes to work and then comes home alone
But she believes someday her prince will come
There's a lot of life to go at twenty one
With nothing but her faith in love to guide her
She'll follow the young heart that beats inside her
Walk right through that door and bet it all
Confidant she can take the fall
She's ready for somebody
She's ready for somebody
She's ready for somebody now
As the years go by
The woman's not so sure
She feels an ache inside
That seems to have no cure
How did life get so long
Does no one ever stay
Was the dream of one true love
Just lost along the way
But she believes she has so much to give
Is there any other reason why we live
She stills want somebody
She stills want somebody
She stills want somebody now
Now that little girl is growing old
All of her sad stories have been told
But there are no regrets, she'll place no blame
She knows for everyone it is the same
Even when the well runs dry and the bread's unleavened
And she wonders if there really is a heaven
She finds her way back to that little girl
And wraps her empty arms around the world
She don't need nobody
She don't need nobody
She don't need nobody now
13.Cross Yourself
(Jay Joyce)
I can see all the way
To Mercury from Mission Bay
I can feel your frequency
Just one more thing
Cross yourself, cross yourself
Come to me
And no matter how hard you try
You can no longer be
Standing there where so many die
Anticipating
Over the new clear watercolor
Over the rocks and glass
And everything that's meant to be
Come to me
Cross yourself
Come to me
And you say all your life
You've been waiting for this time
Open wide spread your wings
Just one more thing
Cross yourself, cross yourself
Come to me
Don't listen to what they say
There's no day like today
Ain't no secret cloud in the way
It will be so easy
Over the new clear watercolor
Over the broken glass
And everything that's meant to be
Come to me
Cross yourself
Come to me
Cross yourself
Cross yourself
Cross yourself
Cross yourself
14.To Ohio [iTunes/ Digital Edition]
(with The Low Anthem)
(Ben Knox Miller, Jeffrey Prystowsky)
I left Louisiana on the rail line, oo oo
I left Louisiana on the rail line, oo oo
Lost my love before her time, oo oo
Lost my love before her time, oo oo
On the way to Ohio, on the way to Ohio
Now every new love is just a shadow, oo oo
Every new love is just a shadow, oo oo
Once you've known love you don't know how to find love, oo oo
Once you've found love you don't know how to find new love, oo oo
All the way to Ohio, all the way to Ohio
I hear her voice singing through the pines in Ohio
I hear her voice singing through the pines in Ohio
Sing and bless my soul you crossed that line to Ohio
Bless my soul you crossed that line oo oo
All the way to Ohio, all the way to Ohio
All the way to Ohio, all the way to Ohio
With 17,000 copies sold in its first week, the album debuted at number three on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums,Harris' highest entry since her bluegrass LP Roses in the Snow in 1980. At the same time it debuted at number 18 on the Billboard 200,displacing 1977's Luxury Liner as her most successful solo LP ever on that chart.
The songs which were to become the "Hard Bargain" album were, according to Emmylou, recorded within 4 weeks in August 2010. Only three people can be heard on the album, namely Emmylou herself, the producer Jay Joyce as well as Giles Reaves. In December 2010 six video clips were filmed at Laughing House Studios, Nashville, TN, directed by Jack Spencer. These videos, with additional commentary, can be found on the bonus DVD of the album's deluxe release.
The opening number "The Road" is about the late Gram Parsons, her musical mentor who died in 1973.
"Darlin' Kate" is a tribute to the late Kate McGarrigle who died of cancer in 2010. Kate, as well as her sister Anna McGarrigle, collaborated with Emmylou on numerous occasions since the 1970s.
"My Name Is Emmett Till" tells the story of Emmett Till, a black boy who was killed in 1955.
Released: April 2011
Genre: Country/Folk
Length: 53:04
Label: Nonesuch Records
Producer: Jay Joyce
Personnel
Emmylou Harris – Acoustic guitar and vocals
Jay Joyce – Electric guitars, Acoustic guitar, Hi-string guitars, Bass guitar, Synthesizer, Piano, Omnichord, Ganjo, Mandolin
Giles Reaves – drums, Wurlitzer piano, Djembe, Picked piano, Pump organ, Vibraphone, Synthesizer, Marimbula, Moog bass, Rhodes, Organ, Piano. Shaker
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length
01. "The Road" Emmylou Harris 5:31
02. "Home Sweet Home" Emmylou Harris 3:45
03. "My Name Is Emmett Till" Emmylou Harris 4:53
04. "Goodnight Old World" Emmylou Harris, Will Jennings 3:55
05. "New Orleans" Emmylou Harris, Will Jennings 3:38
06. "Big Black Dog" Emmylou Harris 3:26
07. "Lonely Girl" Emmylou Harris 4:44
08. "Hard Bargain" Ron Sexsmith 3:23
09. "Six White Cadillacs" Emmylou Harris, Will Jennings 3:22
10. "The Ship on His Arm" Emmylou Harris 4:46
11. "Darlin' Kate" Emmylou Harris 3:08
12. "Nobody" Emmylou Harris 5:04
13. "Cross Yourself" Jay Joyce 3:36
14. "To Ohio" (with The Low Anthem) Ben Knox Miller, Jeffrey Prystowsky 3:27 [iTunes/ Digital Edition]
01.The Road
(Emmylou Harris)
I can still remember every song you played
Long ago when we were younger and we rocked the night away.
How could I see a future then, where you would not grow old?
With such a fire in our bellies, such a hunger in our souls.
I guess I probably loved you and those words rolled off the tongue
It seemed that we were traveling under some old lucky sign
I know I didn't say it and no one was to blame
But the road we shared together once will never be the same.
Hey, gone all the way
Won't be coming 'round again.
Hey, with a song I pray.
And on the wings of a song, I'll fly away.
I wandered in the wilderness, for a while I was so lost.
To everything there is a season and every blessing has its cost.
So I took what you left me, put it to some use
When looking for an answer with those three chords and the truth.
I come down from the mountain, I come walking in your shoes.
I was taken for a gambler when I had no more to loose
For you put me on that path, how could I refuse.
And I spend my whole life out here working on the blues.
Hey hey.
Hey hey.
Hey
So I carried on, you can't be haunted by the past.
People come, people go and nothing ever lasts.
But I still think about you, wonder where you are.
Can you see me from some place up there among the stars?
But down here under heaven there never was a chart
To guide our way across this crooked highway of the heart
And if it's only all about the journey in the end
On that road I'm glad I came to know my old friend.
Hey, gone all the way
Won't be coming 'round again.
Hey, with a song I pray.
And on the wings of a song, I'll fly away.
I'll fly away. I'll fly away. I'll fly away.
02.Home Sweet Home
(Emmylou Harris)
I live out here in the wind and the pouring rain
Somewhere between 14th Avenue and Main
In the summer heat, winter's freezing snow
You see I got nowhere else to go
Got no home sweet home
Into this world, somewhere by the road
And it's a long hard road we walk
On our way to home sweet home
People pass by, they don't see me here
And if they do they wish I would disappear
I guess they know way down deep in their bones
It could be them out there looking for a home
For a home sweet home
Into this world, somewhere by the road
And it's a long hard road we walk
On our way to home sweet home
Ought to have a place to lay my head
A crumb or two for my daily bread
Perhaps someday a kind soul will come upon
Help me find my way back where I belong
Back to a home sweet home
Into this world, somewhere by the road
And it's a long hard road we walk
On our way to home sweet home
Sweet home
Oh that street, I can call it home
And it's a long hard road we walk
All the way to home sweet home
03.My Name Is Emmett Till
(Emmylou Harris)
I was born a black boy
My name is Emmett Till
Walked this earth for 14 years
One night I was killed
For speaking to a woman
Whose skin was white as dough
That's a sin in Mississippi
But how was I to know?
I'd come down from Chicago
To visit with my kin
Up there I was a cheeky kid
I guess I'd always been
But the harm they put upon me
Was too hard for what I'd done
For I was just a black boy
And never hurt no one
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
They took me from my uncle's house
Mose Wright was his name.
He'd later stand and, without hesitation
Point the blame
At the ones who beat and cut me
And shot me with a gun
And threw me in the river
Like I was trash when they were done
I was sent back to my mother
At least what was left of me
She kept my casket open
For the whole wide world to see
The awful desecration
And the evidence of hate
You could not recognize me
The mutilation was so great
There came a cry for justice
To be finally fulfilled
All because of me, a black boy
My name was Emmett Till
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh, but I'd have rather lived
Till I was too old to die young
Not miss all I left behind
And all that might have come
Summer clouds above my head
The grass beneath my feet
The warmth of a good woman
Her kisses soft and sweet
Perhaps to be a father
With a black boy of my own
Watch him grow into a kinder world
Than I had known
Where no child would be murdered
For the color of his skin
And love would be the only thing
Inside the hearts of men
They say the horror of that night
Is haunting Heaven still
Where I am one more black boy
My name is Emmett Till
04.Goodnight Old World
(Emmylou Harris, Will Jennings)
Sometimes I feel like I'm drowning in teardrops
My eyes are so tired of the trouble I've seen
Then you fell from the Heavens right into this sad place
Remembering God for a while in your dreams
And you look to me now so I greet a new day
With the eyes of a child at the wonder you bring
So goodnight old world
See you tomorrow
We rise with the sun
Fall with the sparrow
But here is this child
To soften the sorrow
Goodnight old world
Old world goodnight
You fell from the Heavens right into this sad place
Remembering God for a while in your dreams
And you look to me now so I greet a new day
With the eyes of a child at the wonder you bring
So goodnight old world
See you tomorrow
We rise with the sun
Fall with the sparrow
But here is this child
To soften the sorrow
Goodnight old world
Old world goodnight
Goodnight old world
Old world goodnight
05.New Orleans
(Emmylou Harris, Will Jennings)
My Lord how the rains came down
The waters made a mighty sound
When the levees broke that day
Washin' all those souls away
The whole world stood to watch us drown
But we took it to a higher ground
It takes more than a hurricane
To empty out the Pontchartrain
Long ago we broke the chains
In New Orleans, New Orleans
When Brother Bill and Sister Nell
Are singing like a ringing bell
Then you'll know all is well
In New Orleans New Orleans
Bring it all, fire and flood
Fill the rivers up with mud
To cut and run ain't in our blood
We are New Orleans
So baby let the life roll on
The blues were made to make us strong
We're walkin' in a brighter day
Nothin' can get in our way
The whole world stood to watch us drown
But we took it to a higher ground
06.Big Black Dog
(Emmylou Harris)
A big black dog
Little too much gray around the muzzle
A big black dog
Why she ended up at the pound is a puzzle
A big black dog
Did she run away
Because somebody didn't treat her right?
Did they leave her out in the cold night air
Too lonely night?
A big black dog
A big black dog
I found her one day
Down there are the at the men's room
A big black dog
Waiting in a cage in line for the death row
Big black dog
Did somebody put her out on the road
And did just not care?
Did they think an old dog is too much trouble
For them to bear?
A big black dog
Her name is Bella, Bella
You're not brown, you're not yellow
Bella, Bella
My big black dog
Big black dogs, they're everywhere
Looking for a home, they're hungry and scared
All they need is food and attention
To give back love, sometimes redemption of sin
You could find them here in a big black dog
A big black dog
She may be a little rough around the edges
A big black dog
When you throw a ball, she'll always go and fetch it
Big black dog
With a brand new leash and a brand new collar
It's a brand new game
I love to see the way she runs to me
When I holler out her name
My big black dog
Her name is Bella, Bella
You're not brown, you're not yellow
Bella, Bella
My big black dog
My big black dog
07.Lonely Girl
(Emmylou Harris)
It seems to me lately
The days are growing shorter
The years are going faster
And time is flying by
I wake up in the morning
And before I even notice
The sun is going down
And I'm left to wonder why
I'm a lonely girl in a lonely world
I never thought my life would be like this
To have no one to hold my hand
And feel once more a sweet caress
I'd give it my best effort
Love is always worth it
But even if I try
I might still end up alone
It may not be in me
To take what love could give me
Some of us are better off
To make it on our own
As a lonely girl in a lonely world
And though my life has been so blessed
I have no one to hold my hand
And feel once more a sweet caress
I've had my share of lovers
And cared for many others
I always thought there'd be
Another one to come along
But if love can't find me again
I'll put it all behind me then
I'll just go and learn to sing
Another sad love song
About a lonely girl in a lonely world
She never dreamed her life would be like this
To have no one to hold her hand
And feel once more a sweet caress
08.Hard Bargain
(Ron Sexsmith)
I'm a bit run down, but I'm okay
I just feel like calling it a day
But you send me back to the start
You drive a hard bargain
Each time I'm heading for nowhere
Doomed and determined to go there
It seems I never get far
You drive a hard bargain
You drive a hard bargain
How's a girl supposed to fail
With someone like you around?
I've tried and tried to no avail
You just can't seem to let me down
You drive a hard bargain
You drive a hard bargain
How's a girl supposed to fail
With someone like you around?
I've tried and tried to no avail
You just can't seem to let me down
You drive a hard bargain
You drive a hard bargain
So I'll keep on playing that old song
Cause for all I know it's where I belong
When the world is breaking my heart
You drive a hard bargain
You send me back to the start
You drive a hard bargain
You drive a hard bargain
I'm a bit run down, but I'm okay
09.Six White Cadillacs
(Emmylou Harris, Will Jennings)
Workin' hard all my life
Always tried to get it right
Every day and every night
Hey hey hey, carry me home
Singin' in a honky tonk
People dancin' getting drunk
Never knowin' what I want
Hey hey hey, carry me home
I just want a little
Give me just a little
Just a little peace of mind
Can't somebody tell me
Please somebody tell me
How long does this road unwind
Six white Cadillacs
Crossin' on the railroad track
Angels in the front and back
Hy hey hey, carry me home
Way over yonder
We won't have to wander anymore
I just want a little
Give me just a little
Just a little peace of mind
Can't somebody tell me
Please somebody tell me
How long does this road unwind
Six white Cadillacs
Crossin' on the railroad track
Angels in the front and back
Hy hey hey, carry me home
Hy hey hey, carry me home
Hy hey hey, carry me home
10.The Ship On His Arm
(Emmylou Harris)
"Where are you now"
She writes, "Where are you now, my love?
Do you have food to eat, shoes for your tired feet
Am I the one you're dreaming of?"
"Do you know how I miss you
How I long to kiss you
Pray for the day you will come
Back to me, my darling one"
He thinks about her
All through the long watches of night
The bullets are flying, young men are dying
He prays for the first crack of light
And when he can finally slip into his dream
She'll sweep on the sweet web she has woven
And for a while they are one
When she kisses the ship on his arm
All of his sorrows unravel
He knows he will come to another one
Over all of the miles he has traveled
Her love is an anchor
Her love is forever
It's true now her love is the charm
When she kisses the ship on his arm
Blessed are they, these fearless young lovers
Their lives have just barely begun
Blessed is the day they return to each other
After all of the battles are done
And finally they are one
When she kisses the ship on his arm
And all of their sorrows unravel
They've come through the eye of the storm
Unafraid of the miles left to travel
Their love is an anchor
Love is forever
It's true now that love is the truth
When she kisses the ship on his arm
11.Darlin' Kate
(Emmylou Harris)
So it's finally come, you have left this world
But we'll miss our Kate, our darling girl
We held your head, kissed your lovely brow
And bid farewell, you're sailing now
Free from the pain, you lay that burden down
But your strong and giving heart
Would surely be your crown
As you slip the surly bonds of earth and sail way
Perhaps we will meet again somehow, someday
Until then, there's nothing we can do but wait
To see once more, our darling Kate
All those nights we sang, talked 'till the sun come up
You fed our souls, you filled our cup
With your perfect words and all that voice
We fell in love, we had no choice
And I can't say for sure where you have gone
But in that place, I'm betting there's a better song
We've all known down here, the taste of joy and strife
You were the sweetest note in the chord of life
Now you slipped the surly bonds of earth and sailed way
Perhaps we will meet again somehow, someday
But if there was one name I could consecrate
It would be yours, it would be Kate
12.Nobody
(Emmylou Harris)
Ridin' on her bicycle to school
A little girl out breakin' all the rules
She don't care about the birds and the bees
She's too busy skinnin' both her knees
With the arms of a loving childhood
Wrapped around her
All the wonders of the world surround her
And with the angels up above her soul to keep
In her bed down here below she falls asleep
She don't need nobody
She don't need nobody
She don't need nobody now
All grown up and livin' on her own
She goes to work and then comes home alone
But she believes someday her prince will come
There's a lot of life to go at twenty one
With nothing but her faith in love to guide her
She'll follow the young heart that beats inside her
Walk right through that door and bet it all
Confidant she can take the fall
She's ready for somebody
She's ready for somebody
She's ready for somebody now
As the years go by
The woman's not so sure
She feels an ache inside
That seems to have no cure
How did life get so long
Does no one ever stay
Was the dream of one true love
Just lost along the way
But she believes she has so much to give
Is there any other reason why we live
She stills want somebody
She stills want somebody
She stills want somebody now
Now that little girl is growing old
All of her sad stories have been told
But there are no regrets, she'll place no blame
She knows for everyone it is the same
Even when the well runs dry and the bread's unleavened
And she wonders if there really is a heaven
She finds her way back to that little girl
And wraps her empty arms around the world
She don't need nobody
She don't need nobody
She don't need nobody now
13.Cross Yourself
(Jay Joyce)
I can see all the way
To Mercury from Mission Bay
I can feel your frequency
Just one more thing
Cross yourself, cross yourself
Come to me
And no matter how hard you try
You can no longer be
Standing there where so many die
Anticipating
Over the new clear watercolor
Over the rocks and glass
And everything that's meant to be
Come to me
Cross yourself
Come to me
And you say all your life
You've been waiting for this time
Open wide spread your wings
Just one more thing
Cross yourself, cross yourself
Come to me
Don't listen to what they say
There's no day like today
Ain't no secret cloud in the way
It will be so easy
Over the new clear watercolor
Over the broken glass
And everything that's meant to be
Come to me
Cross yourself
Come to me
Cross yourself
Cross yourself
Cross yourself
Cross yourself
14.To Ohio [iTunes/ Digital Edition]
(with The Low Anthem)
(Ben Knox Miller, Jeffrey Prystowsky)
I left Louisiana on the rail line, oo oo
I left Louisiana on the rail line, oo oo
Lost my love before her time, oo oo
Lost my love before her time, oo oo
On the way to Ohio, on the way to Ohio
Now every new love is just a shadow, oo oo
Every new love is just a shadow, oo oo
Once you've known love you don't know how to find love, oo oo
Once you've found love you don't know how to find new love, oo oo
All the way to Ohio, all the way to Ohio
I hear her voice singing through the pines in Ohio
I hear her voice singing through the pines in Ohio
Sing and bless my soul you crossed that line to Ohio
Bless my soul you crossed that line oo oo
All the way to Ohio, all the way to Ohio
All the way to Ohio, all the way to Ohio
