Emmylou Harris - Cowgirl`S Prayer (2006) by Emmylou Harris (보컬) on maniadb.com

(Lainie Marsh)

I hear the clock a tickin'
See the sweat upon my brow
I know my destination
Nothing's gonna stop me now.

I'm running on desire, baby
I got nerves of steel
Coming down to the wire
Lord above me guide the wheel.

Keep me in your prayers tonight
I'll be weary opon that road
I know the finish line's in sight
But I still have ways to go.

There's a junkyard dog a barkin'
In the valley down below
He's wantin' me to stop
And gather up a heavy load.

Ain't gonna heed his call
Ain't giving him the time of day
You mangy mutt once and for all
I said I threw that stuff away.

Keep me in your prayers tonight
I'll be weary opon that road
I know the finish line's in sight
But I still have ways to go.

I won't have a bit of trouble
Heading down the straight and true
I fly solo on the double
Into the yonder blue.

I might need some intervention
Out upon the icy turn
In a foggy situation
Squeallin' on a hairpin curve.

I'm running on desire, baby
I got nerves of steel
Coming down to the wire
Lord above me guide the wheel.

Keep me in your prayers tonight
I'll be weary opon that road
I know the finish line's in sight
But I still have ways to go.

Got a ways to go.
Got a ways to go.
Got a ways to go...

(Kieran Kane - Emmylou Harris)

I see the light, I see the light at the end of the tunnel
I see the light and it's burning bright
I see the light, it's the light at the end that I run to
And the light darlin', is you.

In the lonely heart of darkness
I have stumbled and I have strayed
Always searchin' but never finding
a ray of sunlight to guide my way.

I see the light, I see the light at the end of the tunnel
I see the light and it's burning bright
I see the light, it's the light at the end that I run to
And the light darlin', is you.

I have traveled down this highway of hope
Abandoned and broken dreams
An unbeliever my faith was shaken
By all the sorrow I had seen.

But I see the light, I see the light at the end of the tunnel
I see the light and it's burning bright
I see the light, it's the light at the end that I run to
And the light darlin', is you.

And the light darlin', is you...

(Tony Joe White)

I've been running low on inspiration
Tired of the physical intrugue
There's nothing left to imagination
Living in a world that treats love so carelessly
Don't want no smooth talkin' lover
I can't play the role, it just leaves me cold

I need a high powered love
I wanna feel that lightning streak
High powered love got to be
Down in the heart with me.

Sometimes it's hard to keep believing
Yeah, too many pretty faces all skin deep
Now is there anyone left
With teeth just a little uneven
And won't spend more time
With a mirror than he does with me
If you're just looking for a good time
A notch on your gun, well, I ain't the one.

I want a high powered love,
Got to have intensity
High powered love don't start the fire
If you can't take the heat
I can't turn back on a mission
I know there's someone out there for me.

I need a high powered love
One that'll defy gravity
High powered love got to be strong
And keep on lifting me.

I need a high powered love
I wanna feel that lightning streak
High powered love got to be
Down in the heart with me.

In the heart with me...

(Cindy Walker - Eddy Arnold)

You give your hand to me and then you say hello
And I can hardly speak my heart is beating so
And anyone can tell you think you know me well
But you don't know me.

No, you don't know the one who dreams of you at night
And longs to kiss your lips and longs to hold you tight
Oh, I'm just a friend that's all I've ever been
'Cause you don't know me.

For I never knew the art of making love
Though my heart aches with love for you
Afraid and shy let my chance go by
The chance that you might have loved me too.

--- Instrumental ---

No, I never knew the art of making love
Though my heart aches with love for you
Afraid and shy let my chance go by
The chance that you might have loved me too.

You give your hand to me and then you say goodbye
I watch you walk away and in my heart I cry
You'll never, never know the one who loves you so
'Cause you don't know me...

(Emmylou Harris)

There's a valley of sorrow in my soul
Where every night I hear the thunder roll
Like the sound of a distant gun
Over all the damage I have done.

And the shadows filling up this land
Are the ones I built with my own hand
There is no comfort from the cold
Of this valley of sorrow in my soul.

There's a river of darkness in my blood
And through every vein I feel the flood
I can find no bridge for me to cross
No way to bring back what is lost.

Into the night it soon will sweep
Down where all my grievances I keep
But it won't wash away the years
Or one single hard and bitter tear.

And the rock of ages I have known
Is a weariness down in the bone
I used to ride it like a rolling stone
Now I just carry it alone.

There's a highway risin' from my dreams
Deep in the heart I know it gleams
For I have seen it stretching wide
Clear across to the other side.

Beyond the river and the flood
And the valley where for so long I've stood
With the rock of ages in my bones
Someday I know it will lead me home. oh, oh, oh...

(Lucinda Williams)

Everybody's had a few now
They talkin' about who know who
I'm goin' back to the Crescent City
Where everything's still the same.

This town has said what it has to say
Now I'm after that back highway
And the longest bridge
I've ever crossed over Ponchartrain.

Tu le ton son temps that's what we'd say
We used to dance the night away
Me and my sister, me and my brother
We used to walk down by the river.

Mama lives in Mandeville
I can hardly wait until
I can hear my Zydeco
And laissez le bons temps roulez.

Take rides in open cars
My brother knows where the best bars are
Let's see how these blues'll do
In the town where the good times stay.

Tu le ton son ton, that's what we'd say
We used to dance the night away
Me and my sister, me and my brother
We used to walk down by the river.

--- Instrumental ---

Tu le ton son temps that's what we'd say
We used to dance the night away
Me and my sister, me and my brother
We used to walk down by the river...

(Roger Ferris)

You call me from a phone booth with tears in your voice
Tell me you've been out all night runnin' with the boys
You say you're cold and tired and lonely and you got no place to go
There wasn't any phone book mine's the only number that you know.

Well, call yourself a taxi and I'll pay him at the door
If you don't mind sleepin' on the sofa or on the floor
And I spend an hour hatin' you till the cab pulls in
My heart has found another way to be lovin' you again.

And every time is the last time
And every time is the first
Every time is the last time with you
Oh, it never gets no better and it couldn't get no worse.

Then I hear footsteps the driver's at the door
He says I look familiar has he made this run before
And I tell him I don't think so what's it matter anyway
Just tell me what the meter reads and I'll go and get your pay.

Well, now it's down to you and me and though it don't seem right
We both know where we'll be and what we'll do tonight
And after an hour or two when the night comes to an end
My heart has found another way to be lovin' you again.

And every time is the last time
And every time is the first
Every time is the last time with you
Oh, it never gets no better and it couldn't get no worse.

I know that there should be more to say I'll just read your mind
Let's save what's left unsaid for another time so until then
My heart has found another way to be lovin' you again
My heart has found another way to be lovin' you again.

Oh, my heart has found another way to be lovin' you again...

Man you should have seen me way back then
I could tell a tale I could make it spin
I could tell you black was white
I could tell you day was night.

Not only that I could tell you why
Back then I could really tell a lie
Well, I'd hire a kid to say he was lame
Then I'd touch him and I make him walk again.

Then I'd pull some magic trick
I'd pretend to heal the sick
I was takin' everything they had to give
It wasn't all that bad a way to live.

Well, I'm in this desert town and it's hot as hell
But no one's buyin' what I got to sell
I make my lame kid walk
I make a dumb guy talk.

I'm preachin' up a storm both night and day
But everyone just turns and walks away
Well, I can see that I'm only wasting time
So I head across the road to drink some wine.

This old man comes up to me he says I seen you on the street
You're pretty good if I do say so myself
But the guy comes through here last month
He was somethin' else.

Instead of callin' out for fire from above
He just gets real quiet and talks about love
And I'll tell you somethin' funny
He didn't want nobody's money.

Now I'm not exactly sure
What this all means
But it's the damnest thing
I swear I've ever seen.

Well, since that time every town is the same
I can't make a dime I don't know why I came
I decide I'll go and find him
And find out who's behind him.

He has everyone convinced that he's for real
Well, I figure we can work us out a deal
So he offers me a job and I say fine
He says I'll get paid off on down the line.

Well, I guess I'll string along
Don't see how too much can go wrong
As long as he pays my way I guess I'll follow
We're headed for Jerusalem tomorrow...

(Jesse Winchester)

Well, goodness is it really real
It'd take a baby child to know the way I feel
Oh, my flutter to the blue
I would take the credit but it's thanks to you.

Oh yeah, I'm a sinner
And I ain't some beginner
I'll uncork a pint of trouble
Sit down and drink a double.

I'm thirsty for something lighter
That'll get me even tighter
And tighter until one day
I think I hear angels play.

Goodness is it really real
It'd take a baby child to know the way I feel
Oh, my flutter to the blue
I would take the credit but it's thanks to you.

--- Instrumental ---

Now someday up in glory
Well, I'll weep and tell the story
To someone who will smile
And say you're a mess but you're my child.

Goodness is it really real
It'd take a baby child to know the way I feel
Oh, my flutter to the blue
I would take the credit but it's thanks to you.

--- Instrumental ---

Now someday up in glory
Well, I'll weep and tell the story
To someone who will smile
And say you're a mess but you're my child.

Goodness is it really real
It'd take a baby child to know the way I feel
Oh, my flutter to the blue
I would take the credit but it's thanks to you.

Well, goodness is it really real
It'd take a baby child to know the way I feel
Oh, my flutter to the blue
I would take the credit but it's thanks to you.

--- Instrumental to fade ---

(Tony Arata)

I hear a call now will I answer
Forsake my all to serve another
Though darkness falls stay a believer
I hear a call now will I answer?

I see a light now will I follow
Fill up this life that grows more hollow
Make joy reside where there lives sorrow
I see a light now will I follow?

I hear a call
From out of nowhere
And from everywhere I go
I hear a call now will I answer?

--- Instrumental ---

I feel a touch now will I hold on
Be there with love for those with no one
With a kindness such it lives though I'm gone
I feel a touch now will I hold on?

I hear a call from out of nowhere
And from everywhere I go
I see a light now will I follow
I feel a touch now will I hold on?

I hear a call now will I answer?