Emmylou Harris

[fox69]

"Cup Of Kindness"

"Cup Of Kindness"



You gave yourself up to the mystery
And sailed the oceans looking for
The secret of the key
To unlock a truth that you may never find
For it was m a cup of kindness all the time

You feel the thirst
But none can make you drink
The answer's waiting for you here but
It's not what you think
It won't steal your soul or leave you blind
It was just a cup of kindness all the time

And when Mother Mary finally comes to cal
She could pass right thru your heart
And leave no trace at all
While you were reaching for
The sacred and divine
She was standing right beside you
All the time

And the emptiness
You can't seem to fill
Beauty fades and pleasures cannot
Take away the chili
And the glamour lures you down into a lie
O but the cup of kindness
Never will run dry

You hear the vandals
Howlin' down your walls
And arm yourself against the ones
Who want to see you fall
Till some Holy Grail reveals
The grand design
Well it was in a cup of kindness
All the time

 

[fox69]

"Darkest Hour Is Just Before Down"

"Darkest Hour Is Just Before Down"



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 darkest hour is just before dawn

Like a shepherd out on the mountain
A-watchin' the sheep down below
He's coming back to claim us
Will you be ready to go

The darkest hour is just before dawn
The narrow way leads home
Lay down your soul
Let Jesus in
The darkest hour is just before dawn
The darkest hour is just before dawn

 

[fox69]

"Darlin' Kate"

"Darlin' Kate"



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 you're strong and giving heart
Would surely be your crown

As you slip the surly bonds of earth and sailed 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, 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

 

[fox69]

"Deeper Well"

"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 was dry
I fell to my knees an I looked to the sky
I looked to the sky and the spring rain fell
I saw the water from a deeper well

Well...lookin for the water from a deeper well
Well...lookin for the water from a deeper well

I was ready for love I was ready for the money
Ready for the blood and ready for the honey
Ready for the winnin', ready for the bell
Lookin' for the water from a deeper well
I found some love and I found some money
Found that blood would drip from the honey
Found I had a thirst that I could not quell
Lookin' for the water from a deeper well

Well...lookin for the water from a deeper well
Well...lookin for the water from a deeper well

Well I did it for kicks and I did it for faith
I did it for lust and I did it for hate
I did it for need and I did it for love
Addiction stayed on tight like a glove
So I ran with the moon and I ran with the night
And the three of us were a terrible sight
Nipple to the bottle to the gun to the cell
To the bottom of a hole of a deeper well

Well...lookin for the water from a deeper well
Well...lookin for the water from a deeper well

I rocked with the cradle and I rolled with the rage
I shook those walls and I rattled that gage
I took my trouble down a deadend trail
Reachin' out a hand for a holier grail
Hey there mama did you carry that load
Did you tell your baby 'bout the bend in the road
'Bout the rebel yell 'bout the one that fell
Lookin' for the water from a deeper well

Well...lookin for the water from a deeper well
Well...lookin for the water from a deeper well

 

[fox69]

"Defying Gravity"

"Defying Gravity"



I live on a big blue ball
I never do dream I may fall
But even the day that I do
I jump off and smile back at you
I don't even know where we are

But they tell us we're circling a star
Well I'll take their word I don't know
But I'm dizzy so maybe that's so

I'm riding a big blue ball
I never do dream I may fall
But even the high may lay row
So when I do fall I'll be glad to go

 

[fox69]

"Devil In Disguise"

"Devil In Disguise"



She's a devil in disguise - you can see it in her eyes
She's tellin' dirty lies - she's a devil in disguise - in disguise

Now a woman like that, all she does is hate you
She doesn't know what makes a man a man
She'll talk about the time that she's been with you
She'll speak your name to everyone she can

She's a devil in disguise - you can see it in her eyes
She's tellin' dirty lies - she's a devil in disguise - in disguise

Unhappiness has been her close companion
Her world is full of jealousy and doubt
It gets her off to see a person crying
She's just the kind that you can do without

She's a devil in disguise - you can see it in her eyes
She's tellin' dirty lies - she's a devil in disguise - in disguise

Her number always turns up in your pocket
Whenever you are looking for a dime
It's alright to call her but I'll bet you
The moon is full and you're just wasting time

She's a devil in disguise - you can see it in her eyes
She's tellin' dirty lies - she's a devil in disguise - in disguise
in disguise (in disguise) in disguise (in disguise)

 

[fox69]

"Diamond In My Crown"

"Diamond In My Crown"



As each long day rolls by and falls behind me
In the lonely night there's a peacefulness I've found
Tho' I'm weary even then
When I rise to start again

Ther'll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown
I have wasted all that life has laid before me
I have watched as all the green fields turn to brown
But I shall not disavow
All these ties that bind me now

Ther'll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown
Shinning down some day I know
Brighter than all their streets of gold
When the burdens that I carry I will lay down
And the sorrows I have known
I'll see them all be overthrown

Ther'll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown
Through the passing of the years I will grow stronger
Just as sure as this old world keeps spinning 'round
Then the closer I will be
To my sweetest victory

Ther'll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown

 

[fox69]

"Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend"

"Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend"



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 old
We all lose our charm in the end
But square cut or pear shape
These rocks don't lose their shape

Diamonds are a girl's best friend
Yeah diamonds are a girl's best friend
Let's rock

There may come a time when a lass needs a lawyer
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
There may come a time when a hardboiled employer
Thinks you're awful nice, but get that ice or else no dice

He's your guy when stocks are high
But beware when they start to descend
It's then that those spouses
And diamonds are a girl's best friend

Diamonds are a girl's best friend
Yeah diamonds are a girl's best friend
Let's rock again

Diamonds are a girl's best friend
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
Diamonds are a girl's best friend

 

[fox69]

"Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby"
(with Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch)

"Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby"
(with Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch)



Go to sleep little babe
Go to sleep little babe

Your momma's gone away and your daddy's gonna stay
Didn't leave nobody but the baby

Go to sleep little babe
Go to sleep little babe

Everybody's gone in the cotton and the corn
Didn't leave nobody but the baby

You're a sweet little babe
You're a sweet little babe

Honey in the rock and the sugar don't stop
Gonna bring a bottle to the baby

Don't you weep pretty babe
Don't you weep pretty babe

She's long gone with her red shoes on
Gonna need another loving babe

Go to sleep little babe
Go to sleep little babe

You and me and the devil makes three
Don't need no other lovin' babe

Go to sleep little babe
Go to sleep little babe

Come lay bones on the alabaster stones
And be my everlovin baby

 

[fox69]

"Do I Ever Cross Your Mind"

"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, but they don't smell as sweet
As they did when you picked them for me

And when I think of you and the love we once knew
How I wish we could go back in time
Do you ever think back on old memories like that
Or do I ever cross your mind

Do you ever wake up lonely in the middle of the night
Because you miss me, do you darling
Oh, and do your memories ever take
You back into another place in time
And do you ever miss the feelings
And the love we shared when you were with me, tell me darling
Or do I ever cross your mind

Oh, how often I wish that again I could kiss
Your sweet lips like I did long ago
And how often I long for those two loving arms
That once held me so gentle and close

And when I think of you and the love we once knew
How I wish we could go back in time
Do you ever think back on old memories like that
Or do I ever cross your mind