EMMYLOU HARRIS
LAST DATE
(Warner Bros 23740)
October/1982
Produced by Brian Ahern
Emmylou Harris - vocal/ac.guitar
Wayne Goodwin - guitar/fiddle/mandolin/violin
Frank Reckard - guitar/vocals
Steve Fishell - steel/dobro
Mike Bowden - bass
John Ware - drums
Don Johnson - keyboards/vocals
Barry and Holly Tashian - banjo/guitar/vocals
Recorded live by The Enactron Truck
1.
I'M MOVIN' ON
(Hank Snow)
« © '50 Unichappell Music, BMI »
Yeah that big eighteen wheeler rollin' down the track
Means your true lovin' mama ain't comin' back
I'm movin' on I'll soon be gone
You were flyin' too high for my little old sky I'm movin' on
That big loud whistle as it blew and blew
Said hello to the Southland we're comin' to you
I'm movin' on keep rollin' along
Yeah you had the laugh on me but I've set you free and I'm movin' on
[ fiddle ]
Mister fireman won't you please listen to me
Cause I got a pretty daddy in Tennessee
Keep movin' me on keep rollin' on
So shovel the coal let this rattle a roll and keep movin' me on
Mister engineer take that throttle in hand
This rattler's the fastest in the Southern land
Keep movin' me on keep rollin' on
You can ease my mind put me there on time and movin' on
[ piano ]
I warned you baby from time to time
But you just wouldn't listen or pay me no mind
I'm movin' on keep rollin' along
You have broken your vow and it's all over now I'm movin' on
You switched your engine now I ain't got time
For a trifling woman on my main line I'm movin' on keep rollin' on
I've warned you twice now you can settle the price I'm movin' on
[ guitar ]
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2.
IT'S NOT LOVE (BUT IT'S NOT BAD)
(Hank Cochran - Glenn Martin)
« © '72 Tree Publishing, BMI »
He was always there each time I needed you holding on to me like I held on to you
We still don't have what you and I once had no it's not love but it's not bad
No it's not love not like ours was it's not love but it keeps love from driving me mad
And I don't have to wonder who he's had no it's not love but it's not bad
[ steel ]
I turn to him when you leave me alone
Sometimes even when you're here and you're still gone
He's slowly changing what you leave so sad no it's not love but it's not bad
No it's not love...
No it's not love but it's not bad
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3.
SO SAD (TO WATCH GOOD LOVE GO BAD)
(Don Everly)
« © '60 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
We used to have good times together but now I feel them slip away
It makes me cry to see love die so sad to watch good love go bad
Remember how you used to feel dear you said nothing could change your mind
It breaks my heart to see us part so sad to watch good love go bad
Is it any wonder that I feel so blue when I know for certain that I'm losing you
[ guitar ]
It makes me cry to see us part so sad to watch good love go bad
So sad to watch good love go bad
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4.
RETURN OF THE GRIEVOUS ANGEL
(Gram Parsons - Tom Stanley Brown)
« © '82 Dimensional Songs Of The Knoll, BMI / Hot Burrito Music, BMI / Sixteen Stars Music, BMI »
Won't you scratch my itch sweet Annie Rich and welcome me back to town
Come out on your porch or I'll step into your parlour
And I'll tell you how it all went down
Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angels
And a good saloon in every single town
Oh and I remember something you once told me
And I'll be damned if it did not come true
Twenty thousand roads I went down down down
And they all lead me straight back home to you
We flew straight across that river bridge last night half past two
The switchman waved his lantern goodbye and good day as we went rolling through
Billboards and truckstops pass by the grievous angel
And now I know just what I have to do
Cause I headed west to grow up with the country
Across those valleys with those waves of grain
And I saw my devil and I saw my deep blue sea
And I thought about a calico bonnet from Cheyenne to Tennessee
[ piano - guitar ]
The news I could bring I met up with the king on his head an amphetamine crown
He talked about unbuckling that old bible belt and headed out for some desert town
Out with the truckers...
Twenty thousand roads I went down down down
And they all lead me straight back home to you
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5.
RESTLESS
(Carl Perkins)
« © '69 Cedarwood Publishing, BMI »
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6.
RACING IN THE STREET
(Bruce Springsteen)
« © '82 Bruce Springsteen Music, ASCAP »
I got a '69 Chevy with a 396 Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor
She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot outside the 7-11 store
Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch
And he rides with me from town to town
We only run for the money got no strings attached
We shut 'em up and then we shut 'em down
Tonight tonight the strip's just right I'm gonna blow 'em off in my first heat
Summer's here and the time is right for racing in the street
We take all the action we can meet and we cover all the northeast states
When the strip shuts down we run 'em in the street
From the fire roads to the interstate
Now some guys they just give up living and start dying little by little piece by piece
Some guys come home from work and wash up and go racing in the street
Tonight tonight the strip's just right I'm gonna blow 'em all out of their seats
Calling out around the world we're going racing in the street
[ sax - guitar ]
He met her on the strip three years ago in a Camaro with this dude from LA
He blew that Camaro off his back and he drove that little girl away
But now there's wrinkles around his baby's eyes and she cries herself to sleep at night
When he comes home the house is dark she says baby did you make it alright
She sits on the porch of her daddy's house but all her pretty dreams are torn
She stares out alone into the night with the eyes of one who hates for just being born
For all the shut-down strangers and hot rod angels rumbling through this promised land
Tonight my baby and me we're gonna ride to the sea and wash these sins off our hands
Tonight tonight the highway's bright out of our way mister you best keep
Cause summer's here and the time is right for racing in the street
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7.
LONG MAY YOU RUN
(Neil Young)
« © '82 Silver Fiddle Music, ASCAP »
We've been through some things together with trunks of memories still to come
We found things to do in stormy weather long may you run
Long may you run long may you run although these changes have come
With your chrome heart shining in the sun long may you run
Well it was back in Blind River in 1962 when I last saw you alive
Rollin' down that empty ocean road gettin' to the surf on time
Long may you run...
[ guitar ]
Long may you run...
Long may you run
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8.
WE'LL SWEEP OUT THE ASHES IN THE MORNING
(Joyce Allsup)
« © '73 Sawgrass Music, BMI »
[ with Barry Tashlin]
We know it's wrong to let this fire burn between us
We've got to stop this wild desire in you and in me
So we'll let the flame burn once again until the thrill is gone
Then we'll sweep out the ashes in the morning
We're two people caught up in the flame that has to die down soon
I didn't mean to start this fire and neither did you
So tonight when you hold me tight we'll let the fire burn on
And we'll sweep out the ashes in the morning
[ dobro - fiddle ]
Each time when we meet we both agree that it's for the last time
But out of your arms I'm out of my mind
So we'll taste the thrill of stolen love tonight until the dawning
And we'll sweep out the ashes in the morning
Yes we'll taste the thrill of stolen love tonight until the dawning
And we'll sweep out the ashes we'll sweep out the ashes
We'll sweep out the ashes in the morning
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9.
JUANITA
( Chris Hillman - Gram Parson)
« © '82 Irving Music, BMI »
No affection were the words that stuck on my mind
When she walked out on me for the very last time
Oh mama sweet mama can you tell me what to say
I don't know what I've done to be treated this way
In a cold dirty room that's where I found myself
With a bottle of wine and some pills off the shelf
Oh mama sweet mama can you tell me what to say
I don't know what I've done and I'm feeling so ashamed
[ mandolin ]
Then an angel appeared she was just seventeen
In a dirty old town with a conscious so clean
Oh mamma sweet mamma can you tell me what to say
She's brought back the life that I once threw away
She's brought back the life that I once threw away
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10.
DEVIL IN DISGUISE
( Chris Hillman - Gram Parson)
« © '82 Irving Music, BMI »
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...
Unhappiness has been her close companion her world is full of jealousy and doubt
It gets her off to see a person crying well she's just the kind that you can do without
She's a devil in disguise...
[ guitar ]
Her number always turns up in your pocket whenever you are looking for a dime
Well it's alright to call her but I'll bet you darlin'
The moon is full and you're just wasting time
She's a devil in disguise...
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11.
LOST HIS LOVE ON OUR LAST DATE
(Conway Twitty - Floyd Cramer)
« © '72 Tree Publishing, BMI »
It's over our love affair too late now I find I care his sweet love no more I'll share
Now he's gone I'm alone I was wrong should have known took me home on our last date
I searched for a simple way to tell him what I had to say
I kissed him watched him walk away
Set him free foolishly destiny misery tragedy on our last date
[ guitar - steel ]
Took the ring from my tremblin' finger brushed the tears from my baby's eyes
Walked away didn't know but I'll soon miss him so I guess I was too young to realize
So blind I couldn't see how much he really meant to me
And that soon he would always be on my mind in my heart
I was blind from the start lost his love on our last date
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12. Medley:
BUCKAROO
(Bob Morris)
« © '65 Tree Publishing, BMI »
[ instrumental ]
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LOVE'S GONNA LIVE HERE
(Buck Owens)
« © '64 Tree Publishing, BMI »
Oh the sun's gonna shine in my life once more love's gonna live here again
Things're gonna be the way they were before love's gonna live here again
Love's gonna live here love's gonna live here love's gonna live here again
No more loneliness only happiness love's gonna live here again
[ guitar - steel ]
Love's gonna live here...
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