EMMYLOU HARRIS
LUXURY LINER
(Warner Bros BSK-3115)
January/1977
Produced by Brian Ahern
Albert Lee, Brian Ahern, James Burton, Rodney Crowell - guitar
Hank DeVito - steel
Mike Auldridge - dobro
Emory Gordy - bass
John Ware - drums
Glenn D. Hardin - piano
Ricky Skaggs - fiddle/mandolin
Mickey Raphael - harmonica
Vocals:
Herb Pedersen, Dianne Brooks, Albert Lee, Fayssoux Starling, Nicolette Larson, Rodney Crowell
Arrangements by Glenn D. Hardin
Recorded:
Aug-Oct/1976, Enactron Truck, Nashville
1.
LUXURY LINER
(Gram Parsons)
« © '68 Hot Burrito Music, BMI / GPJ Music, BMI »
Luxury liner forty tons of steel
No one in this whole wide world knows the way I feel
I've been a long lost soul for a long long time
Yeah I've been around everybody ought to know what's on my mind
You think I'm lonesome so do I so do I
Well I'm the kind of girl who likes to make a livin' runnin' round
Yeah and I don't need a stranger to let me know my baby's let me down
You think I'm lonesome so do I so do I
[ guitar ]
Luxury liner forty tons of steel if I don't find my boby now I guess I never will
I've been a long lost soul for a long long time
Yeah I've been around everybody ought to know what's on my mind
You think I'm lonesome so do I so do I
Luxury liner forty tons of steel...
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2.
PONCHO AND LEFTY
(Townes Van Zandt)
« © '72 Bughouse, ASCAP / Katie Bell Music, ASCAP / Will Van Zandt Publishing, ASCAP »
Living on the road my friend was gonna keep you free and clean
Now you were your skin like iron and your breath's as hard as kerosene
You weren't your mama's only boy but her favorite one it seems
She began to cry when you said goodbye and sank into your dreams
Poncho was a bandit boys his horse was fast as polished steel
He wore his gun outside his pants for all the honest world to feel
Poncho met his match you know on the deserts down in Mexico
And nobody heard his dyin' words ah but that's the story goes
All the Federals say could've had him any day
Only let him slip away out of kindness I suppose
Lefty he can't sing the blues all night long like he used to
The dust that Poncho bit down south ended up in Lefty's mouth
Day they laid poor Poncho low Lefty split for Ohio
Where he got the bread to go there ain't nobody knows
All the Federals say...
[ dobro ]
The poets tell how Poncho fell and Lefty's living in a cheap hotel
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold and so the story ends we're told
Poncho needs your prayers it's true but save a few for Lefty too
He only did what he had to do and now he's growing old
All the Federals say...
A few Federals say could've had him any day
We only let him go so long out of kindness I suppose
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3.
MAKING BELIEVE
(Jimmy Work)
« © '54 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
Making believe that you still love me it's leaving me alone and so blue
Still I'll always dream I'll never own you making believe it's all I can do
Can't hold you close when you're not with me
You're somebody's love you'll never be mine
Making believe I'll spend my lifetime loving you and making believe
[ guitar - fiddle ]
Making believe I never lost you but my happy hour I'll find now so few
My plans for the future will never come true making believe what else can I do
Making believe I'll spend my lifetime loving you and making believe
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4.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FEELING GOOD
(Rodney Crowell)
« © '76 Tessa Publishing, BMI »
Soul mate I see you down there waiting for mornin' to softly be comin'
I find I'm only in deeper and you'd be a leaver if you waren't so scared
Your true love has made you feel better but look out for later
When she makes you feel worse
Times change in daydreams and flashes a taste of the past is all I have seen
But you're supposed to be feeling good now cause everybody said you would
Honey does it blow your mind that the prophets would lie
You're supposed to be in your prime now not supposed to be wasting your time
Just feeling like you're down and out over someone like me
[ guitar ]
Soul mate the blues are deceiving it keeps us believeing we're on the wrong road
One side is just like the other except for the color and size of the load
And just how much it shows
But you're supposed to be feeling good now...
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5.
I'LL BE YOUR SAN ANTONIO ROSE
(Susanna Clark)
« © '75 World Song Publishing, ASCAP »
If they'll play another love song if that Miller Highlife sign stays dim
If you keep this glass full of whiskey I'll whisper words I wish I'd said to him
Just ask me to dance all the slow ones hold me close and take me cross the floor
I'll gently lay my head on your shoulder and pretend this never happened before
I don't want to hear a sad story we both already know how it goes
So if tonight you'll be my tall dark stranger I'll be your San Antonio Rose
[ fiddle ]
I wish I could tell you I love you and I wish that he weren't always on my mind
If wishes were fast trains to Texas oh I'd ride and I'd ride how I'd ride
I don't want to hear a sad story...
[ guitar ]
I'll be your San Antonio Rose
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6.
YOU NEVER CAN TELL (C'EST LA VIE)
(Chuck Berry)
« © '64 Arc Music, BMI »
It was a teenage wedding and the old folks wished 'em well
You could see that Pierre did truly love the madamoiselle
Now the young monsieur and madame have rung the chapel bell
C'est la vie say the old folks it goes to show you never can tell
They furnished off an appartment with a two room Roebuck sale
The coolerator was crammer with TV dinners and gingerale
But when Pierre found work the little money comin' worked out well
C'est la vie say the old folks it goes to show you never can tell
They had a hi-fi phono boy did they let it blast
Seven hundred little records all rockin' rhythm and jazz
But when the sun went down the rapid tempo of the music fell
C'est la vie say the old folks it goes to show you never can tell
[ guitar ]
They bought a souped up jitney twas a cherry red fifty three
They drove it to New Orleans to celebrate their anniversary
It was there where Pierre was wadded to that lovely madamoiselle
C'est la vie say the old folks it goes to show you never can tell
It was a teenage wedding...
C'est la vie say the old folks it goes to show you never can tell
C'est la vie say the old folks it goes to show you never can tell
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7.
WHEN I STOP DREAMING
(Charlie Louvin - Ira Louvin)
« © '55 Acuff-Rose Music, BMI »
When I stop dreaming that's when I'll stop loving you
The worst that I've ever been hurt in my life the first time I ever have wanted to die
Was the night when you told me you loved someone new
And you asked me if I could forget
When I stop dreaming that's when I'll stop loving you
You may teach the flowers to bloom in the snow
You may take a pebble and teach it to grow
You may teach all the raindrops to return to the clouds
But you can't teach my heart to forget
When I stop dreaming that's when I'll stop loving you
[ harmonica ]
When I stop dreaming that's when I'll stop loving you
When I stop dreaming that's when I'll stop loving you
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8.
HELLO STRANGER
(A.P. Carter)
« © '33 Peer International, BMI »
Hello stranger put your loving hand in mine
Hello stranger put your loving hand in mine
You are a stranger and you're a friend of mine
Get up rounder let a working girl lay down
Get up rounder let a working girl lay down
You are a rounder and you're all out and down
Now every time I ride the six and four street cars
Every time I ride the six and four street cars
I can see my baby peeping through the bars
Well he bowed his head and he waved both hands at me
He bowed his head and he waved both hands at me
He's prison bound and longing to be free
Well I'll see you when your troubles are like mine
I'll see you when your troubles are like mine
Yes I'll see you when you haven't got a dime
Weeping like a willow and mournin' like a dove
Weeping like a willow and mournin' like a dove
That man I really yes I really love
Hello stranger put your loving hand in mine
Hello stranger put your loving hand in mine
You are a stranger and you're a friend of mine
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9.
SHE
(Gram Parsons - Chris Ethridge)
« © '71 Irving Music, BMI »
She she came from the land of cotton
A land that was nearly forgotten by everyone
She she worked and she slaved so hard
A big ol' field was her backyard in the delta sun
Oh but she sure could sing oh she sure could sing
Then he looked down and he took a little pity
The whole town swore he decided he help her some
He didn't mind if she wasn't very pretty
For deep inside his heart he knew she was the only one
Oh but she sure could sing oh she sure could sing
She had faith she had believin' she led all the people together in singin'
She prayed every night to the Lord up above singin' hallelujah oh hallelujah
They would walk singin' songs by the river
Even when she knew for sure she had to go away
She never knew what her life had to give her
Never had to worry about it for one single day
Oh but she sure could sing oh she sure could sing oh she sure could sing
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10.
TULSA QUEEN
(Rodney Crowell - Emmylou Harris)
« © '76 Tessa Publishing, BMI / Dimensional Songs Of The Knoll, BMI / Sixteen Stars Music, BMI »
I heard the train in the Tulsa night calling out my name looking for a fight
But she's come a long long way got a longer way to go
So tell me how a train from Tulsa has got a right to know
And she sings a song so sad and high and the Tulsa Queen don't ever lie
And she don't care where she goes don't care where she's been
And the Tulsa Queen ain't cryin' cause I won't see you again hey hey hey
And I want to ride like a Tulsa Queen calling out to you like she calls to me
As far away from Tulsa as these ten wheels can be
[ guitar ]
Lately I speak your name too loud each time it comes up in a crowd
And I know it when I do the Tulsa Queen and you are gone
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