Тексты песен «Iris Dement»

I know why you're lonely and I know why you're blue You're lonesome to see him and I long to see her too We're not in love with each other, we're in love with our best friends So let's invite them over again We've...

I wrote my mother yesterday 'cause I had some things that I had to say and I know that when she reads them she's gonna cry But in the end I hope she sees that I'm just trying to break free 'cause I've been walking...

Books are stacked on my table, I've got books filling my shelves Day and night I've been trying to unravel myself But I've been looking for answers that don't seem to wanna be had and people don't live too long when...

Hey, look how far we've come, do we know who we are? Stranded on a mountain top trying to catch a falling star Here's to what we've left behind us, here's to what we've kept inside May the road that lies before us lead...

She grew up plain and simple in a farming town. Her daddy played the fiddle and used to do the calling when they had hoedowns. She says the neighbors would come and they'd move all my grandma's furniture 'round. And...

Well, it got so hot last night I swear you couldn't hardly breathe Heat lightning burned the sky like alcohol I sat on the porch without my shoes and watched the cars roll by as the headlights raced to the corner of the...

I'd walk for miles, cry and smile for my Mama and Daddy I want them, I want them to know How I feel, my love is real for my Mama and Daddy I want them to know I love them so In my heart, joy tears start, 'cause I'm...

My life, it don't count for nothing. When I look at this world, I feel so small. My life, it's only a season: A passing September that no one will recall. But I gave joy to my mother. And I made my lover smile. And I...

My father died a year ago today. The rooster started crowing when they carried Dad away. There beside my mother, in the living room, I stood, With my brothers and my sisters, knowing Dad was gone for good. Well, I...

Well, I had me a wedding and a dress so white and a man put pretty little stars in my eyes Then I woke up one morning, he was gone Lord, he jumped a train to San Antone Nobody gonna love on me no more Nobody gonna love...

On the wings of a snow-white dove He sends His pure sweet love A sign from above On the wings of a dove When Noah had drifted on the flood many days He searched for land in various ways Troubles, he had some he was...

And you know the sun's settin' fast, And just like they say, nothing good ever lasts. Well, go on now and kiss it goodbye, But hold on to your lover, 'Cause your heart's bound to die. Go on now and say goodbye to our...

My love stood under a walnut tree Over the garden wall She whispered and said she'd be true to me Over the garden wall She had beautiful eyes and beautiful hair She wasn't very tall so she stood on a chair Many is the...

No use crying, talking to a stranger, naming the sorrow you've seen Too many bad times, too many sad times Nobody knows what you mean Chorus: But if somehow you could pack up your sorrows and give them all to me You...

When I first come to this country in Eighteen and Forty-nine I saw many fair lovers but I never saw mine I viewed it all around me, saw I was quite alone And me a poor stranger and a long way from home Well, my true...

She's got a phone in one hand, a hairbrush in the other and she says, "Life's too short to stay home and be a mother" She says she can have it all 'cause that's The New Deal so God give her a hand, 'cause she...

Sweet forgiveness, that's what you give to me. When you hold me close, And you say: "That's all over." You don't go looking back, You don't hold the cards to stack. 'Cause you mean what you say. Sweet...

Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer, That calls me from a world of care, And bids me, at my Father's throne, make all my wants and wishes known! In seasons of distress and grief, My soul has often found relief,...

Sweet is the melody, so hard to come by. It's so hard to make every note bend just right. You lay down the hours and leave not one trace, But a tune for the dancing is there in it's place. Well, the dance floor's for...

There will be a happy meeting in Heaven, I know When we see the many loved ones we've known here below Gathered on that blessed hilltop with hearts all aglow That will be a glad reunion day A glad day, a wonderful day...