Buddy Miller (born September 6, 1952 in Fairborn, Ohio) is a country singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist and producer, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. Miller is married to and has recorded with singer-songwriter Julie Miller.
Miller formed the Buddy Miller Band, which included singer-songwriter Shawn Colvin on vocals and guitar.
In addition to releasing several solo albums over the years, Miller has toured as lead guitarist and backing vocalist for Emmylou Harris's Spyboy band, Steve Earle on his El Corazon tour, Shawn Colvin, and Linda Ronstadt. He co-produced and performed on Jimmie Dale Gilmore's 2000 album Endless Night. He has also appeared on several albums by songwriter and singer Lucinda Williams.
In 2004, Miller toured with Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Gillian Welch, and David Rawlings as the Sweet Harmony Traveling Revue.
At the 4th Annual Americana Music Association Honors & Awards, the Ryman Auditorium September 2005, Miller received the Album of the Year Award for Universal United House of Prayer, and the opening cut of that album, "Worry Too Much" (penned by Mark Heard, and originally released on his Second Hand album), won the Song of the Year Award.
Jim Lauderdale is a musician & singer-songwriter who performs bluegrass and country music. He has recorded since 1986 and has released nineteen studio albums. Artists who have recorded his material include George Strait, Vince Gill and Patty Loveless.
James Russell Lauderdale was born in Troutman, North Carolina on April 11, 1957. His father, the late W.C. Lauderdale, was a minister and his mother, the late Barbara Lauderdale a retired music teacher. Growing up in Due West, South Carolina , he played drums in high school, attended the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC (in the Drama Department as an actor) and after he graduated, he decided to become a solo performer in New York. He began singing backing vocals for various artists including Carlene Carter and Dwight Yoakam before scoring it big in Nashville after writing hits for George Strait, the Dixie Chicks, Patty Loveless, and more. His solo 1990s recordings have gained him much critical acclaim and a loyal cult following. In 2003, Lauderdale was joined by roots/jam band Donna the Buffalo on the album Wait 'Til Spring.
Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (May 26, 1940 – April 19, 2012) was an American rock multi-instrumentalist and actor who achieved fame as the drummer and frequent lead and backing vocalist for The Band.
Helm was known for his deeply soulful, country-accented voice, and creative drumming style highlighted on many of the Band's recordings, such as "The Weight", "Up on Cripple Creek", "Ophelia" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". His 2007 comeback album Dirt Farmer earned the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album in February 2008, and in November of that year, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him #91 in the list of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. In 2010, Electric Dirt, his 2009 follow-up to Dirt Farmer, won the first ever Grammy Award for Best Americana Album, an inaugural category in 2010. In 2011, his live album Ramble at the Ryman was nominated for the Grammy in the same category and won.
On April 17, 2012, his wife and daughter announced on Helm's website that he was "in the final stages of his battle with cancer" and thanked fans while requesting prayers. Two days later, Helm died at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
Don Was (born Don Fagenson; September 13, 1952) is an American musician, bassist and record producer.
Was was born in Detroit, Michigan. He graduated from Oak Park High School (Michigan) in the Detroit suburb of Oak Park, then attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor but dropped out after the first year. A journeyman musician, he grew up listening to the Detroit blues sound and the jazz music of John Coltrane and Miles Davis.
Using the stage name "Don Was", he formed the group Was (Not Was) with school friend David Weiss (David Was). The group found commercial success in the 1980s - releasing four albums and logging several hit records. A jazz/R&B album of Hank Williams covers, "Forever's A Long, Long Time" was released in 1996, under the name Orquestra Was. In 2008, Was (Not Was) reunited for an acclaimed new album and tour.
Don Was has earned his recognition as a record producer and has recorded with an array of artists from The Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan, John Mayer, Ziggy Marley, Bob Seger, Al Green, Lucinda Williams, Garth Brooks, Ringo Starr, Iggy Pop, Lyle Lovett, Kris Kristofferson, Joe Cocker, Hootie and The Blowfish, Amos Lee and Willie Nelson to Elton John, Stevie Nicks, George Clinton, Randy Newman, The Black Crowes, Carly Simon, Travis Tritt, Brian Wilson, Jackson Browne, The Barenaked Ladies, Old Crow Medicine Show, Roy Orbison, Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, Richie Sambora, The Presidents of the United States of America, B.B. King, Paul Westerberg, Kurt Elling, Poison, Cheb Khaled, The B-52's, Zucchero, Todd Snider, Elizabeth Cook, Jill Sobule and Solomon Burke. He has received multiple Grammy Awards including Producer of the Year in 1995. He produced several albums for Bonnie Raitt including her Nick of Time album that won the 1990 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
Elizabeth Cook (born 1972 in Wildwood, Florida) is an American country music singer who made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry on March 17, 2000. She has released five albums to date. Balls was produced by Rodney Crowell, and nine of the album's 11 tracks were written or co-written by Elizabeth – including the single "Sometimes It Takes Balls To Be A Woman". Her next album, "Welder", released May 11, 2010, was produced by Don Was. The album received rave reviews.
The youngest of 11, Cook was born in Wildwood, Florida. Her mother Joyce played mandolin and guitar and performed on radio and local television in her younger years. Her father Thomas also played string instruments. He honed his skills playing upright bass in the prison band while serving time for running moonshine. Also while serving time at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary for the crime, he learned the welding trade to which Elizabeth paid tribute in the title of her 2010 album. After her father was released, he and Joyce began playing in local country bands together. Elizabeth was on stage with them at age four, singing such inappropriate songs as 'I'm Having Daydreams About Night Things'. At the age of nine, she had her own band.
If you love somebody enough
You follow them wherever they go
That's how I got to Memphis
That's how I got to Memphis
If you love somebody enough
Then you go where your heart needs to go
That's how I got to Memphis
That's how I got to Memphis
I know if you'd seen her
You'd tell me cause you are my friend
I've got to find her
And find out the trouble she's in
If you tell me she isn't here
I'll follow by the trail of her tears
That's how I got to Memphis
That's how I got to Memphis
She' use to get mad and she'd say
She'd go back to Memphis someday
That's how I got to Memphis
That's how I got to Memphis
I got to find her
Tell her that I love her so
I'll never rest till I find out why she had to go
Thank you for your precious time
Forvive me if I start to cryin'
That's how I got to Memphis
DEVIL HAD A DAUGHTER
TOOK ME TO DEEP WATER
TRIED TO KILL ME WITH A KISS
SHE SAID HEY NOW HONEY
WHAT ABOUT THE MONEY
I SAID I AIN'T GOT TIME FOR THIS
TAKE ME TAKE ME SOMEWHERE TROUBLE DON'T GO
MAKE ME MAKE ME SOMEONE TROUBLE DON'T KNOW
SHE SAID BABY COME INSIDE
I SAID SORRY I GOT TO RIDE
SORRY BUT I GOT TO RIDE
YOU KNOW YOU COULD END UP DEAD
SLEEPING IN THE DEVIL'S BED
SLEEPING IN THE DEVIL'S BED
TAKE ME TAKE ME SOMEWHERE TROUBLE DON'T GO
MAKE ME MAKE ME SOMEONE TROUBLE DON'T KNOW
BABY WANTS TO DRIVE MY CAR
BUT SHE WANTS TO GO TOO FAR
BUT SHE WANTS TO GO TOO FAR
FIRST COMES LOVE IT'S SO FINE
HERE COMES HEARTACHE RIGHT BEHIND
HERE COMES HEARTACHE RIGHT BEHIND
BABY USED TO BE SO SWEET
NOW SHE WON'T COME DOWN MY STREET
NOW SHE WON'T COME DOWN MY STREET
ALL MY PLANS GOT DERAILED
The earth can shake, the sky come down
The mountains all fall to the ground
But I will fear none of these things
Shelter me Lord, underneath your wings
Dark waters rise and thunders pound
The wheels of war are going round
And all the walls are crumbling
Shelter me Lord, underneath Your wings
(Shelter me Lord)
(Shelter me Lord)
Hide me underneath Your wings
(Shelter me Lord)
Hide me deep inside Your heart
(Shelter me Lord)
In your refuge, cover me
The world can shake
But Lord, I'm making You my hiding place
The wind can blow, the rain can pour
The deluge breaks the tempest roars
But in the storm my spirit sings
When you shelter me Lord, underneath Your wings
(Shelter me Lord)
Hide me underneath Your wings
(Shelter me Lord)
Hide me deep inside Your heart
(Shelter me Lord)
In Your refuge, cover me
(Oh God)
The world can shake
But Lord, I'm making You my hiding place
Now on the day You call for me
Someday when time, no more shall be
(No more shall be)
I'll say, oh death, where is your sting?
You shelter me Lord, underneath Your wings
(Shelter me Lord, underneath Your wings)
this traveling on the inside
can be a harder journey
escaping from the dark side
unanswered questions burning
some parts are hard to look at
from the other end of a telescope
beyond where it's too sad
past to where there is no hope
returning to the living waters
mothers and fathers
sons and daughters
returning to the living waters
just a few more miles or so
while we're talking soul to soul
now here we go
there's still some ground to cover
while rain washes spirits clean
just starting to discover
what life is like getting free
close to the oasis
where manna from heaven falls
passing sacred places
This traveling on the inside
Can be a harder journey
Escaping from the dark side
Unanswered questions burning
Some parts are hard to look at
From the other end of a telescope
Beyond where it's too sad
Past to where there is no hope
Returning to the living waters
Mothers and fathers, sons and daughters
Returning to the living waters
Just a few more miles or so
While we're talking soul to soul, now here we go
There's still some ground to cover
While rain washes spirits clean
Just starting to discover
What life is like getting free
Close to the oasis
Where manna from heaven falls
Passing sacred places
Before I could recall
Returning to the living waters
Mothers and fathers, sons and daughters
Returning to the living waters
Just a few more miles or so
While we're talking soul to soul, now here we go
Returning to the living waters
Mothers and fathers, sons and daughters
Returning to the living waters
Just a few more miles or so
(Mark Heard)
it's the demolition derby
it's the sport of the hunt
proud tribe in full war-dance
it's the slow smile that the bully gives the runt
it's the force of inertia
it's the lack of constraint
it's the children out playing in the rock garden
all dolled-up in black hats and war paint
sometimes it feels like bars of steel
i cannot bend with my hands
oh - i worry too much
somebody told me that i worry too much
it's these sandpaper eyes
it's the way they rub the luster from what is seen
it's the way we tell ourselves that all these things are normal
till we can't remember what we mean
it's the flicker of our flames
it's the friction born of living
it's the way we beat a hot retreat
and heave our smoking guns into the river
sometimes it feels like bars of steel
i cannot bend with my hands
oh - i worry too much
somebody told me that i worry too much
it's the quick-step march of history
the vanity of nations
it's the way there'll be no muffled drums
to mark the passage of my generation
it's the children of my children
it's the lambs born in innocence
it's wondering if the good i know
(Buddy and Julie Miller)
a man can walk - a million miles
and just be standing still
he can close his heart - and believe - he is strong
you were left - with a broken wing
the one - love left behind
in the arms - of the night - with nowhere to go
standing out - out in the rain
looking for - your way home
you walked on - on through the storm
through fire and water - you have come
like a storm carries a seed - away - upon the wind
when it falls to the ground - it brings life - back again
now everything - you longed to see
you hold - in your own hands
For your poison love has stained the life blood
In my heart and soul dear
And I know my life will never be the same
All my pleadings have all been in vain
For you and you alone dear
And I know that you are guilty of the same
Into each life a love is born for one
And one alone dear
The love I chose was surely not for me
For your poison love has stained the life blood
In my heart and soul dear
And I know our love was never meant to be
For your poison love has stained the life blood
In my heart and soul dear
And I know my life will never be the same
All my pleadings have all been in vain
For you and you alone dear
And I know that you are guilty of the same
Sill my heart cries out for you
And you alone my darling
It makes me never ever let you go
But my pleadings has all been in vain
For you and you alone dear
And my better judgement tells me to say no
For your poison love has stained the life blood
In my heart and soul dear
And I know my life will never be the same
All my pleadings have all been in vain
For you and you alone dear
Take your suitcase, take your heart
Take a train into the dark
My love with follow you
My love with follow you
You can try to lose yourself downtown
You can burn all your bridges down
My love will follow you
My love will follow you
My love will follow you
Down every highway of your soul
You can leave it all behind
My love will be your shadow
Everywhere you go
So close the door, turn the key
Leave me here like a memory
My love will follow you
My love will follow you
Even on a road that takes you down
Where the chords of human kindness come unwound
My love will follow you
My love will follow you
My love will follow you
Down every highway of your soul
You can leave it all behind
My love will be your shadow
Everywhere you go
If you should ever go so far, that you cannot get back
Girl, you may not remember
But, my heart will not lose track
So, go ahead and take that train
In my heart, you will remain
My love will follow you
My love will follow you
(Buddy and Julie Miller)
is that you my lord
is that you my lord
is that you my lord
talking to my heart
i can hear a sound / over the waters
i can hear a sound / coming on the rain
i can hear a sound / whisper on the wind
sounds like the spirit calling out my name
it's calling to me in the morning
and it comes to me in my sleep
it tells me (hey/boy) lay down all these worthless things
and let me give you something you can keep
(trade me in for)
did you wear a crown / was the devil laughing
did you wear a crown / and was the curtain torn
did the thunder pound / and did heaven look away
did you wear a crown and was it made of thorns
chorus
lord did you go down / and take on the devil
lord did you go down / to hell for the key
buried in the ground / and then did you rise up
did you go down to hell and back for me
is that you my lord / walking on the water
is that you my lord / knocking at the door
is that you my lord / calling us to follow
I've been trying for a long long time
But no matter what I do
When I turn to leave my heart stays behind
Cause I can't get over you
I keep movin on running hard and fast
But everywhere that I run to
I'm just standing still livin in the past
Cause I can't get over you
If memories were like the leaves that fall
The wind would have carried them from my mind
The seasons pass but they never change
A broken heart can't keep time
If memories were like the leaves that fall
The wind would have carried them from my mind
The seasons pass but they never change
A broken heart can't keep time
While I've watched as colors faded in the sun
The color of my love stays true
I've been letting go now and I'm not holding on
I just can't get over you
hole in my head hole in my head
i need a girl like you like a hole in my head
i need a girl like you like hole in my head
let's just say we will and then don't instead
wild goose chase wild goose chase
you're gonna take me girl on a wild goose chase
you're gonna take me girl on a wild goose chase
you'd better find somebody to take my place
you took my imagination
and stomped it in the ground
now i can only dream about you
and chase the tracks you left araound
hole in my head hole in my head
i need a girl like you like a hole in my head
i need a girl like you like hole in my head
you make me feel so bad i wish i was dead
it must have knocked me crazy
it must have hit me hard
people must think i'm lazy
like my shuffle's short a playing card
let the games begin
here i go again
can't see how i'm gonna win
Oh Lord, won't You come to me
On my dying bed
Let me from the Book Of Life
Hear my name be read
Children listen to me now
These words are not my own
Jesus said, "A man is gonna
Reap what he has sown"
You've got to fall
You've got to fall
You better fall on the rock
Or the rock's gonna fall on you
There's a time a coming soon
And it's a day coming fast
God will make the last the first
And the first will be last
Man looks on the outside
But the Lord, He looks on the heart
He sees every secret
Hidden in the deepest part
You've got to fall
You've got to fall
You better fall on the rock
Or the rock's gonna fall on you
Jesus is the rock
That was rejected and refused
But He is the cornerstone
That God Almighty has used
Like a Little Lamb He came down
To the children of men
But He'll be the King of Kings
Well, I been so wrong, brought lots of suffering on
And it's been so long since I walked right and strong
Just look at me so lost and weak
Heed my warning when this fool speaks
Well, I hate to see your sun sinking down
And the path you take while you're losing ground
There's precious time to change your ways
Don't drag along while it's getting late
Don't wait, don't wait
Don't wait it's late
Don't wait, don't wait
Don't wait, don't wait
Don't wait, don't wait
Temptation will rust crawls in with the fog
Eats away at your trust mean as a wild pack of dogs
Uses you up throws your life away
Don't let it win for another day
Don't wait, don't wait
Don't wait it's late
Don't wait, don't wait
Don't wait, don't wait
Don't wait, don't wait
Now I'm praying for strength to get one last try
From mercy's cup to drink before it's time to die
And all the wicked they best
tell my heart to stop stop beating
tell my mind not to think
throw a stone in the ocean
tell the stone not to sink
tell the world to stop turning around
tell the sky not to be so blue
tell the rain to stop fallin down like tears
but dont tell me to stop loving you
tell the past to be forgotten
tell my life not to exist
tell a promise made to be unspoken
my lips to not have been kissed
i cant do it i cant stop
its something love has sealed
love and lies she gave to me
now a million lovers couldn't set me free
she haunts me like the winds that blow
with a memory that won't let go
every face is her's it seems
and when i sleep she's in my dreams
all the my thoughts my heart recalls
drench me like the rain that falls
don't listen to the wind
don't listen to the rain
can't you hear it call her name
don't say it's alright
don't say it's gonna end
it'll be a long time before i can love again
i know you want to marry me
but another woman won't let me be
i'm a fool to trade a girl like you
for a memory that won't be true
love and lies she gave to em
love and lies and a memory
her kiss so sweet her angel eyes
When I gave you my heart
It was not what you wanted
Now the walls say your name
And the pictures are haunted
Does my ring burn your finger
Did my love weigh you down?
Was the promise too much to keep around?
I remember your words and I can't keep from cryin
I could never believe that your kisses were lyin
Was there somethin from the past
Buried in a shallow grave?
Did you think that it was too far gone to save?
Please tell me baby
Please tell me now
You say that I should just go on
Now please tell me how
Now it's just me and the night and I'm so broken hearted
I just wait in the dark here for my dearly departed
Did my ring burn your finger?
Did my love weigh you down?
Oh cruel moon you shine so bright
And act like everythings all right
You shine as if there's nothing wrong
You shine on down like she's not gone
Oh cruel moon don't make me see
Where our sweet love scene use to be
For it was you who watched our kiss
Please don't lite up the night like this
Oh cruel moon don't shine on me
You'll bring me to her memory
Why you can't you leave me in the dark
You never had a broken heart
Oh cruel moon you say her name
And act as if you're not to blame
You know it hurts me to recall
Or don't you even care at all
Oh cruel moon don't shine on me
You'll bring me to her memory
Why you can't you leave me in the dark
You never had a broken heart
Oh cruel moon so high above
You must have never lost your love
If only you would be my friend
If I was the sun way up there
I'd go with my love most every where
I'd be the moon when the sun goes down
Just to let you know that I'm still around
That's how strong my love is
I'll be the weeping willow drowning in my tears
And you can go swimming when you're here
And I'll be the rainbow after the tears are gone
Wrap you in my colors and keep you warm
That's how strong my love is
I'll be the ocean so deep and wide
And catch all the tears whenever you cry
I'll be the breeze after the storm is gone
To dry your eyes and love you once more
Oh, my name, it is nothing, my age, it means less
The country I come from is called the Midwest
I was taught and brought up there, the laws to abide
And the land that I live in has God on its side
Oh the history books tell it, they tell it so well
The cavalries charged, the Indians fell
The cavalries charged and the Indians died
Oh the country was young with God on its side
The Spanish-American war had its day
And the Civil War too was soon laid away
And the names of the heroes I was taught to memorize
With guns in their hands and God on their side
The First World War, boys, it came and it went
The reason for fighting, I never did get
But I learned to accept it and accept it with pride
Or you don't count the dead when God's on your side
When the Second World War came to an end
We forgave the Germans and then we were friends
Though they murdered six million in the ovens they fried
The Germans now too have God on their side
I've learned to hate Russians all through my whole life
If another war comes, it's them we must fight
To hate them and fear them to run and to hide
And accept it all bravely with God on my side
But now we got weapons of the chemical dust
If fire them we're forced to, then fire them we must
One push of the button and a shot the world wide
And you never ask questions when God's on your side
In a many dark hour, I've been thinking about this
That Jesus Christ was betrayed by a kiss
But I can't think for you, you'll have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot had God on his side
So now as I'm leaving, I'm weary as hell
The confusion I'm feeling ain't no tongue can tell
The words fill my head and fall to the floor
There's a sorrow in the wind blowing down the road I've been
I can hear it cry while shadows steal the sun
But I cannot look back now, I've come to far to turn around
And there's still a race ahead that I must run
I'm only halfway home, I gotta journey on
To where I'll find the things that I have lost
I've come a long long road still I've got miles to go
I've got a wide wide river to cross
I have stumbled, I have strayed, you can trace the tracks I made
All across the memories my heart recalls
But I'm just a refugee won't you say a prayer for me
baby i got my lovelight on
baby i got the beat
i got twenty dollars in my shoe
and rhythm in my feet
i got more than 40 different grooves
and twice as many moves
i be a cool rocking daddy that's who
when it comes to you
well i'm a man with a plan honey
if you got the desire
we can go stepping out
and we can set the money on fire
just come with me on a little trip
and we can give the blues the slip
there ain't nothin that i would not do
when it comes to you
if you push the first domino
we'll go flying like a gto
baby just have to let me know
any time i'll be good to go
so let me know darlin
if you ever wanna fall in love
i gotta tell you
it would not take
too much of a shove
i got you under my radar
hey i am ready when you are
yeah i'm hooked and i'm stuck like glue
when it comes to you
you can send me out on a high wire
without a net below me
you can stick a feather in my hat
and call it matrimony
you got the time baby let's do the crime
we can dance while the wedding bells chime
i see my future coming into view
This old world just stays the same
One man wants what the other man gained
One man's greedy, one man's not
You can't worship money and God
Cain killed Abel, that was his brother
Now the sons of Abraham are still killin' each other
Come on children, can't you understand
Jesus washed away all the sins of man
Pray, pray
Time to love every man, woman and child
Pray, pray
Just forgive and let live for a little while, hey
Hey, I shake my head and wonder how much more
The bells are tolling in the streets of the world
What time is it, help me understand
Why is war in the heart of man?
Children of Abraham, Hagar and Sara
Sing a new song, cheer the way for Heaven
Jesus, endless praise to Thee
People better get down on your knees
And pray, pray
Time to love every man, woman and child
Pray, pray
Just forgive and let live for a little while
Hey, this old world still stays the same
One man wants what the other man's gained
One man's greedy, one man's not
You can't worship money and God
Hey, this old world still stays the same
One man wants what the other man's gained
Now one man's greedy and one man's not
You can't worship your money and God
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
When burdens seem to overcome
(There's a higher power)
Who's faithful and refuses none
(There's a higher power)
Then why ask men to help you through?
(There's a higher power)
They're helpless pilgrims just like you
(There's a higher power)
Let's sing it, shout it, walk it, talk it
(There's a higher power)
Lay down your soul 'cause Jesus bought it
(There's a higher power)
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen
(There's a higher power)
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen
(There's a higher power)
Those men have built these mighty guns
(There's a higher power)
They've built these automobiles that run
(There's a higher power)
But brothers and sisters mark this down
(There's a higher power)
They can't build you no heavenly crown
(There's a higher power)
Let's sing it, shout it, walk it, talk it
(There's a higher power)
Lay down your soul 'cause Jesus bought it
(There's a higher power)
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen
(There's a higher power)
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen
(There's a higher power)
Go tell them people lost in sin
They need not fear the works of men
Believe in Him who rest on high
Unless they do they'll surely die
Hey, let's sing it, shout it, walk it, talk it
(There's a higher power)
Lay down your soul 'cause Jesus bought it
(There's a higher power)
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen
(There's a higher power)
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen
(There's a higher power)
Let's sing it, shout it, walk it, talk it
(There's a higher power)
Lay down your soul 'cause Jesus bought it
(There's a higher power)
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen
(There's a higher power)
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen
Three dollar bombs a 100 thousand more
Steps of a child and the ground explodes
You can't clear one before another reloads
To ratchet up the ante again.
They're cheap and they're simple
They're green and black
They'll take you right down on a one way track
We've gone so far now that we can't get back
And we still won't stop this train
Footfall of a soldier
Footfall of a child
They don't know the difference
They're blind and mean and wild
100 Million and the wheel go round
Lunch in Geneva and the deals go done
We'll still have to fight a century from now
The battle's of a long long war
What do you with what's left behind
What can you grow in the fields of mine
What do you do when that's all you find you got
When you get back home
They're only made for terror
They don't care who they harm,
Three dollars each to make em
1000 to disarm
Three dollar bombs a 100 thousand more
Steps of a child and the ground explodes
You can't clear one before another reloads
To ratchet up the ante again.
They're cheap and they're simple
They're green and black
They'll take you right down on a one way track
We've gone so far now that we can't get back
And we still won't turn around
100 million still in the ground
Lunch in Geneva and the deals go down
They'll still have to fight a century from now
Battle of a long time war
From China to Angola
Cambodia where they laid
With chips from Motorola
Made in the USA.
Three dollar bombs a 100 thousand more
Steps of a child and the ground explodes
You can't clear one before another reloads
To ratchet up the ante again.
They're cheap and they're simple
They're green and black
They'll take you right down on a one way track
We've gone so far now that we can't get back
If you love somebody enough
You follow them wherever they go
That's how I got to Memphis
That's how I got to Memphis
If you love somebody enough
Then you go where your heart needs to go
That's how I got to Memphis
That's how I got to Memphis
I know if you'd seen her
You'd tell me cause you are my friend
I've got to find her
And find out the trouble she's in
If you tell me she isn't here
I'll follow by the trail of her tears
That's how I got to Memphis
That's how I got to Memphis
She' use to get mad and she'd say
She'd go back to Memphis someday
That's how I got to Memphis
That's how I got to Memphis
I got to find her
Tell her that I love her so
I'll never rest till I find out why she had to go
Thank you for your precious time
Forvive me if I start to cryin'
That's how I got to Memphis
(Jim Lauderdale, Julie and Buddy Miller)
Here I go again
Got my self in trouble
Baby I need help
Get here on the double
You must be the one
To show me signs so subtle
I think you ought to spend
More time inside my bubble
Looking for a heartache like you
Here's to everyone
Finding what they're after
So were the words
Of my uncle jasper
When I first saw you
At the honey soppin
You rocked me on down
To the feet of my pajamas
Looking for a heartache like you
What's a face like yours to kiss
Doing in a place like this
Even though I run the risk
Of losing you by saying all these things
I'll join up
If you're recruiting
We can ramble on
If the weather's suiting
Circle to the left
Go out a swinging
Something inside
(Steve Earle)
Seems like I've been here before
Just outside some closing door
Standing here just searching for a line
You'd think by now I'd have it down
I know I should be wiser now
Cause no one's gonna bail me out this time cause
I'm not gettin any better at goodbyes
I'm not any better now than when I first began
It hurts every bit as much as it did way back then
I suppose I cry a lot
The only thing for sure is I'm not gettin' any better at goodbyes
Friends will come and friends will go
But lovers memories die so slow
And they won't always let you know it's time
But even this shall pass I guess and
You'll be just like all the rest
I'll start dusting off all my best lines cause
She don't want flowers cause they'll just die
She don't want love it'll just make her cry
And she don't want me cause I'll just say goodbye
That's how it look in her eyes
She don't see the sun cause it's just going
She waits for the night
Keeps her eyes to the ground
She dont trust me
Cause I won't be around
That's how it looks in her eyes
Through the eyes thru the eyes
Of a broken heart
Love is lies love is lies
And leaves you scared
Damage done in the past
Leaves a wound than can last
That's how it looks in her eyes
Through the eyes of a broken heart
She keeps safely hidden behind walls of fears
She keeps out the love that could dry every tear
She can't afford to let me come near
That's how it looks in her eyes
(Buddy and Julie Miller)
You wrecked up my heart
With your careless love
Took me all apart
Now the damage is done
My mind is all in pieces
It's way beyond repair
You wrecked up my heart and you don't care
You used to be so sweet to me
I followed you right out on the ledge
And when I took that lovers leap
You pushed me right over the edge
You wrecked up my heart
With your careless love
Took me all apart
Now the damage is done
My mind is all in pieces
It's way beyond repair
You wrecked up my heart and you don't care
I guess I should have looked both ways
When I pulled out on the highway of your love
Cause you were moving way too fast
Light a candle in the rain
Sing a sad song in the dark
Throw a flower in the river
In memory of my heart
You were such life to me or so sweet to me
For my heart you were breath and blood
Now I'm in misery
Cause I can't live without your love
Light a candle in the rain
Sing a sad song in the dark
Throw a flower in the river
In memory of my heart
I'll go on like before
And look the same as
I've always been
But my heart's gone for sure
As you journey down the road my friend
You'll see sights you don't want to see
I saw one about a year ago
When my wife walked out on me
I didn't care so much about the junk she took
It wasn't worth a second glance
Right now I'd give anything
If I could see my little girl dance
See I've always been a traveling man
I still do get around
And it's true I knew a girl or two
When I was out of town
But they all add up to nothing
In this world of cheap romance
And I'd trade them all for one short hour
She'd run round and round in circles and
Clap her little hands
It's a memory that keeps haunting me
Wish I could see my Amy dance
Wish I could my little girl dance
My Mom and Dad are gone rest their souls
My brother is far away
And the way I thought it would all turn out
And where I am today
Lord I know I don't deserve no favors
Please grant me one more chance
Just to spend an hour or two watching Amy dance
She'd run round and round in circles and
Clap her little hands
It's a memory that keeps haunting me
Wish I could see my Amy dance
Wish I could my little girl dance
It all adds up to nothing
In this world of cheap romance