EMMYLOU HARRIS
THE BALLAD OF SALLY ROSE
(Warner Bros 25205)
March/1985
Produced by Paul Kennerley & Emmylou Harris
Paul Kennerley, Ray Flacke, Philip Donnelly - guitar
Hank DeVito - steel
Albert Lee - guitar/mandolin
Bobby Thompson - banjo/guitar
Emory Gordy - bass
Larrie Londin, Russ Kunkel - drums/percussion
Buddy Spicher - fiddle/violin
John B. Jarvis, Shane Keister - keyboards
Steve Cash, Gary Scruggs - harmonica
Bessyl Duhon - accordion
Tom Roady - percussion
Vocals:
Gail Davies, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Waylon Jennings, Vince Gill, Barbara Cowart, Barry and Holly Tashian
1.
BALLAD OF SALLY ROSE
(Paul Kennerley - Emmylou Harris)
« © '85 Irving Music, BMI / Franklin And Berks Music, ASCAP / Poodle Bone Music, ASCAP »
Her mama picked him up in south Minnesota
He promised her the world but they never got that far
For he was last seen in that '59 DeSota
When Sally was born in the black hills of Dakota
She was washed in the blood of the dying Sioux nation
Raised with a proud but a wandering heart
And she knew that her roots were in the old reservation
But she had stars in her eyes and graeter expectations
No rings on her fingers no bells on het toes
With bugs on her headlights and runs in her hose
Through the valley of the shadow of Roosevelt's nose
Adios South Dakota adios Sally Rose
[ fiddle ]
They've got a national monument carved out of stone
On the side of a mountain where her forefathers roamed
Playin' cowboys and Indians right under the nose
Of Theodore Roosevelt and the sweet Sally Rose
So she left Rapid City in the blue moonlight hour
With her eye on the highway and her foot on the floor
And turnin' the dial she was pulled by the power
Of the word coming out of that broadcasting tower
No rings on her fingers...
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2.
RHYTHM GUITAR
(Paul Kennerley - Emmylou Harris)
« © '84 Irving Music, BMI / Franklin And Berks Music, ASCAP / Poodle Bone Music, ASCAP »
She played around town till she opened the show
From a high rollin' singer up from Tupelo
He saw her in the lights and he gave her a hand
Next thing Sally knew she was one on the band
She said don't give me nothin' that I can't use
I got the rhythm and I don't need the blues
I don't wanna ride no superstar just wanna play on the rhythm guitar
She was the sweetest thing that he ever had seen
And he's had quite a few of them backstage queens
She was the prettiest thing that he ever had heard
Playin' rhythm guitar and singin' the third
She said don't give me nothin'...
[ guitar ]
Well Sally keeps her feet planted on the ground
She don't lose her head when the sun goes down
Everybody's out looking for romance
But Sally just wants to get the people to dance
She said don't give me nothin'...
She said don't give me nothin'...
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3.
I THINK I LOVE HIM
(Paul Kennerley - Emmylou Harris)
« © '84 Irving Music, BMI / Franklin And Berks Music, ASCAP / Poodle Bone Music, ASCAP »
I think I love him think I knew the first time
He called my name and said you are my sunshine
I think I love him think I knew the hour
He held me close and said you are my flower
[ fiddle ]
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4.
HEART TO HEART
(Paul Kennerley - Emmylou Harris)
« © '84 Irving Music, BMI / Franklin And Berks Music, ASCAP / Poodle Bone Music, ASCAP »
Heart to heart we'll hold together hand in hand we'll find a way
Oh the storms of life may blind us but with the loving vows that bind us
Heart to heart hand in hand we'll stay
Side by side forever and always day by day till our lives are done
This sweet love is ours to treasure far beyond all time and measure
Side by side day by day as one
The years connot take what's between you and me
We'll stand her together for the whole world to see
Heart to heart there'll be no other hand in hand for our love is true
Oh the words that we have spoken will be a promise never broken
Heart to heart hand in hand with you
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5.
WOMAN WALK THE LINE
(Paul Kennerley - Emmylou Harris)
« © '84 Irving Music, BMI / Franklin And Berks Music, ASCAP / Poodle Bone Music, ASCAP »
Don't bother sittin' at my table just because I'm on my own
Yes I'm a woman and I'm lonely but that don't mean I can't be strong
Once again he's not beside me and tonight he won't be coming home
So I just need a place to miss my baby when he goes out to do me wrong
Tonight I wanna do some drinkin' I came to listen to the band
Yes I'm as good as what you're thinkin' but I don't want to hold your hand
And I know I'm lookin' lonely but there's nothing here I want to find
It's just the way of a woman when she goes out to walk the line
Evrery night's a little longer than the one that came before
But when I hear them sing a sad song I know just what I'm cryin' for
I don't want to stay home waitin' don't have to wonder where he's been
He'll be some else's baby before he's in my arms again
Tonight I wanna do some drinkin'...
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6.
BAD NEWS
(Paul Kennerley - Emmylou Harris)
« © '84 Irving Music, BMI / Franklin And Berks Music, ASCAP / Poodle Bone Music, ASCAP »
Bad news black day ther's been a wreck on the highway
Drivin' fast in distress hit a curve and died in the darkness
He'll never know how much I lose bad news
Bad news sirens whine he rode the devil down the white line
Johnny Walker by his side always our there lookin' for the last ride
He'll never know how much I lose bad news
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7.
TIMBERLINE
(Paul Kennerley - Emmylou Harris)
« © '84 Irving Music, BMI / Franklin And Berks Music, ASCAP / Poodle Bone Music, ASCAP »
Oh the stars they did shine the night you swore that you'd be mine
And you promised always to be true and to be kind
On that Shenandoah Hill where our love bloomed until
I went away and left those promises behind
But when I rise from the timberline and call your name will you remember mine
And the sweetest kiss will be the tie that binds
Like the wild wild rose and the columbine
[ nandolin ]
To that place I will go where the wildwood flowers grow
With a ribbon in my hair and a gown of calico
To those Shenadoah Hills I'll go back I swear I will
To the sweetest kiss my lips will ever know
And when I rise...
And when I rise...
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8.
LONG TALL SALLY ROSE
(Paul Kennerley - Emmylou Harris)
« © '84 Irving Music, BMI / Franklin And Berks Music, ASCAP / Poodle Bone Music, ASCAP »
Well tonight I'm gonna wear my dancin' shoes
Cause I heard the word and I heard the news
Ther's a gal in town she's packin' 'em in
If you've seen her once you'll see her again
She's got a red hot dynamite band
They're burnin' down another one night stand
Headlinin' double shows everybody go see Sally Rose
She sure knows how to rock the crowd rocks 'em slow rocks 'em loud
So you better move fast 'cause tickets are tight
If you wanna see Sally Rose pick it tonight
She's got a red hot dynamite band...
[ fiddle ]
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9.
WHITE LINE
(Paul Kennerley - Emmylou Harris)
« © '84 Irving Music, BMI / Franklin And Berks Music, ASCAP / Poodle Bone Music, ASCAP »
Seems like I was there from the start a witness to your wild and reckless heart
You showed me the way but now you're gone
Quicker than the trigger of an outlaw's gun living fast and dying young
A victim of this road you left me on
White line took my baby led him down that dark highway
Headlight blind driving crazy
If my wheels keep turnin' gonna roll that white line away
We worked the road as hard as we could drive her
But now I am the only survivor
From night to night at every place I play in
The sweetness of your song remains I'll be the keeper of the flame
Till every soul hears what your heart was saying
White line took my baby...
All the nights you spent alone all the love I'd never shown
All the words I could not say
Till that white line took you away white line took you away
I'll follow the white line down where it's winding
Cause somewhere up ahead your light's still shining
The sound of the silver strings will guide me
I've stood and watched the bridges burn I'm past the point of no return
Oh how I wish that you were here beside me
White line took my baby...
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10.
DIAMOND IN MY CROWN
(Paul Kennerley - Emmylou Harris)
« © '84 Irving Music, BMI / Franklin And Berks Music, ASCAP / Poodle Bone Music, ASCAP »
As each long day rolls by and falls behind me
In the lonely night there's a peacefulness I've found
Though 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
There'll be a diamond a diamond in my crown
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11.
SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO
(Paul Kennerley - Emmylou Harris)
« © '84 Irving Music, BMI / Franklin And Berks Music, ASCAP / Poodle Bone Music, ASCAP »
I hear the sound of sorrow in the wind
Blowing down from every mile I've ever been
Calling me out on some road that just won't end
Where the sweetheart rides the rodeo again
A thousand nights a thousand towns I took the bows
There is no compensation for me now
Out along the highway where the west was won
No matter how fast I ride or far I run
Waiting for the sweetheart of the rodeo
They're comin' down from Tonopah to Tupelo
She'll come to town to ride the radio
Like she's slidin' down the walls of Jericho
There goes the sweetheart of the rodeo
[ steel ]
I stepped into the light you left behind
I stood there where all the world could see me shine
Oh I was on my way to you to make you mine
But I took the longest road that I could find
Waiting for the sweetheart...
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12.
K-S-O-S
(Paul Kennerley - Emmylou Harris)
« © '84 Irving Music, BMI / Franklin And Berks Music, ASCAP / Poodle Bone Music, ASCAP »
Come gather round me boys and lend an ear
I've got some things I think you all should hear
It's time to shift into another gear
I've reached my final destination bought a radio station
And she's fifty thousand watts pure and clear
K-S-O-S help is on the way twenty-four hours of every day
A voice in the wilderness and we're here to stay K-S-O-S
[ guitar - banjo ]
K-S-O-S help is on the way...
K-S-O-S help is on the way...
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13.
SWEET CHARIOT
(Paul Kennerley - Emmylou Harris)
« © '84 Irving Music, BMI / Franklin And Berks Music, ASCAP / Poodle Bone Music, ASCAP »
Oh my darlin' I have searched the desert and the sky
Just to find you and take the mourning from my eyes
When I lost you I suffered and you were sanctified
We are all born to live we are all bound to die
Swing down sweet chariot the flesh will afll and the bones will rot
But from my sorrow you'll carry me not
My heart is bound my soul is chained to the rock
Rock of ages cleft for me I swung down my hammer out in Joshua Tree
It rang on the mountain and rolled to the sea and it will ring from the rock
[ mandolin ]
Oh my children sorrow shall come to each of us
All our trials will soon lay buried in the dust
Long forgotten but quick as silver turns to rust
Love is found when the heart is lost
Swing down sweet chariot...
Swing down sweet chariot...
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