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Gillian Welch : Soul Journey
2003


  1. Look At Miss Ohio
  2. Make Me A Pallet
  3. Wayside (Back In Time)
  4. I Had A Real Good Mother And Father
  5. One Monkey

  6. No One Knows My Name
  7. Lowlands
  8. One Little Song
  9. I Made A Lover's Prayer
  10. Wrecking Ball

Look At Miss Ohio

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Oh me oh my oh, look at Miss Ohio
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She's a-running around with her rag-top down
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She says, I wanna do right but not right now
Gonna drive to Atlanta and live out this fantasy Running around with the rag-top down Yeah I wanna do right but not right now Had your arm around her shoulder, a regimental soldier And mamma starts pushing that wedding gown Yeah you wanna do right but not right now Oh me oh my oh, would you look at Miss Ohio She's a-runnin' around with the rag-top down She says, I wanna do right but not right now I know all about it, so you don't have to shout it I'm gonna straighten it out somehow Yeah I wanna do right but not right now Oh me oh my oh, look at Miss Ohio She a-runnin' around with her rag-top down She says I wanna do right , but not right now Oh, I wanna do right but not right now


Make Me A Pallet

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Make me down a pallet on your floor
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Make me down a pallet on your floor
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Make me down a pallet soft and low
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When I'm broken I got nowhere to go
Been hangin' around with a good time friends of mine Hangin' around with a good time friends of mine Oh, they treat me very nice and kind When I've got a dollar and a dime Weary blues everywhere I see Weary blues everywhere I see Weary blues, honey, everywhere I see No one ever had the blues like me Way I'm sleepin', my back and shoulders tired Way I'm sleepin', my back and shoulders tired Come tomorrow, I'll be satisfied If I can catch that fast train and ride So, make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet soft and low Babe, I'm broken, I got nowhere to go


Wayside (Back In Time)

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Standing on the corner with a nickel or a dime
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There used to be a rail car to take you down the line
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Too much beer and whiskey to ever be employed
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And when I got to Nashville, it was too much soldiers joy
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Wasted on the wayside, wasted on the way
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If I don't go tomorrow, you know I'm gone today
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Back baby, back in time
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I wanna go back when you were mine
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Back baby, back in time
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I wanna go back when you were mine
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Black highway all night ride
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Watching the times fall away to the side
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Clear channel way down low
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Is comin' in loud and my mind let go
Peaches in the summertime, apples in the fall If I can't have you all the time, I won't have none at all Oh, I wish I was in Frisco in a brand new pair of shoes I'm sittin' here in Nashville with Norman's Nashville blues So come all you good time rounders listenin' to my sound And then drink a round to Nashville 'fore they tear it down Back baby, back in time I wanna go back when you were mine Back baby, back in time I wanna go back when you were mine Hard weather, drivin' slow Buggies and the hats in town for the show Oh darling, the songs they played All I got left is the love we made Back baby, back in time I wanna go back when you were mine Back baby, back in time I wanna go back when you were mine


I Had A Real Good Mother And Father

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I had a real good mother and father
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And they surely stood the test
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And now they're in bright glory
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And are sleeping on the savior's breast
They set a good example for me And they taught me how to pray Now I truly converted And walking on the narrow way |
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| I know that if I can not meet them on high Then how lonely I will be For what good is my journey If I miss out on eternity |
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| I had a real good mother and father And they surely stood the test And now they're in bright glory And are sleeping on the savior's breast


One Monkey

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One monkey don't stop the show
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One monkey don't stop the show
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One monkey don't stop the show One monkey don't stop the show One monkey don't stop the show Whoa, so get on board
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Here comes a freight train
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Here comes a freight train
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Here comes a freight train
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One monkey don't stop the show One monkey don't stop the show One monkey don't stop the show
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There is a purpose, a running keel
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There is a Captain, with a steady wheel....
One monkey don't stop the show One monkey don't stop the show One monkey don't stop the show Whoa, so get on board One monkey don't stop the show One monkey don't stop the show One monkey don't stop the show Whoa, so get on board Here comes the slow train Here comes the slow train Here comes the slow train So get on board One monkey don't stop the show One monkey don't stop the show One monkey don't stop the show Whoa, so get on board
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She's at the station, rolling slow
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Reading for leavin', she's gonna go.......
One monkey don't stop the show One monkey don't stop the show One monkey don't stop the show Whoa, so get on board |
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No One Knows My Name

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Oh my mother was just a girl, seventeen
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Oh my mother was just a girl, seventeen
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And my dad was passin' through, doing things a man will do
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Oh my mother was just a girl, seventeen
It's a wonder that I'm in this world at all It's a wonder that I'm in this world at all And I have a life to claim though I really don't know my name It's a wonder that I'm in this world at all Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name But it's written up in the sky and I'll see it by and by Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name Well I had a good mother and dad just the same Well I had a good mother and dad just the same And they took me to their rest and they surely stayed the test Well I had a good mother and dad just the same Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name Just another baby born to a girl lost and lorn Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name Now and then there's a lonesome thought in my mind Now and then there's a lonesome thought in my mind And on the crowded street, I see a stranger's face that looks like me Now and then there's a lonesome thought in my mind Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name But I'll see it by and by 'cause it's written up in the sky Ain't one soul in the whole world knows my name


Lowlands

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Saw a girl on the street from my home
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Like a fire on the hillside she shone
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And I knew right then that my best days were gone
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And I'd been in the lowlands too long
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Oh I've been in the lowlands too long
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Oh, I know, I know that I should go
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And I've been in the lowlands too long
This is not how it was at the start There's a doubt and a blame in my heart And it's no one else, no fault but my own And I've been in the lowlands too long Oh I've been in the lowlands too long Oh, I know, I know that I should go And I've been in the lowlands too long What is this weight in my mind And what is this new sense of time It's the open fields and the friends that are gone And I've been in the lowlands too long I can sing out at all sing a song I can do nothing all the day long But I can't so right and I know I'm wrong And I've been in the lowlands too long Oh I've been in the lowlands too long Oh, I know, I know that I should go And I've been in the lowlands too long


One Little Song

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There's gotta be a song left to sing
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'Cause everybody can't have thought of everything
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One little song that ain't been sung
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One little rag that ain't been rung out completely yet
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Got a little left
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One little drop of falling rain
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One little chance to try again
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One little bird that makes it home
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Now and then
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One little piece of endless sky
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One little taste of cherry pie
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One little week in paradise
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And I start thinkin'
Gotta to be a song left to sing 'Cause everybody can't have thought of everything One little note that ain't been used One little word that ain't been abused a thousand times In a thousand rhymes One little drop of falling rain One little chance to try again One little bird that makes it every Now and then One little piece of endless sky One little taste of cherry pie One little week in paradise And I start thinkin' Gotta be a song left to sing 'Cause everybody can't have thought of everything One little song that ain't been sung One little rag that ain't been rung out completely yet Until there's nothing left...
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I Made A Lover's Prayer

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I made a lover's prayer
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I made a lover's prayer
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Then I watched the sky
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And I wanna cry
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It's only you and I
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And how I try
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So I made a lover's prayer
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I made a lover's prayer I made a lover's prayer Help me rise above What I'm thinking of Just a little more love Just a little more love
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I made a lover's prayer I made a lover's prayer I made a lover's prayer


Wrecking Ball

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Look out boys, 'cause I'm a rollin' stone
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That's what I was when I first left home
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I took every secret that I'd ever known
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And headed for the wall
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Like a wrecking ball
Started down on the road of sin Playin' bass under a pseudonym The days were rough and it's all quite dim But my mind cuts through it all Like a wrecking ball
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Oh-oh, just a little Deadhead
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Who is watching? Who is watching?
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Fallen daughter on a scholarship Well I got tired and let my average slip Then I's a farmer in the Pogonip Where the weed that I recall Was like a wrecking ball I met a lovesick daughter of the San Joaquin She showed me colors I'd never seen Drank the bottom out of my canteen Then left me in the fall Like a wrecking ball Standin' there in the autumn mist Jack and Coke at the end of my wrist Yes I remember when first we kissed Though it was nothing at all Like a wrecking ball Hey boys, little Deadhead Who is watching? Who is watching? I was just a little Deadhead Too much trouble for me to shake All the winter, a blindin' ache Was riding high till the '89 quake Hit the Santa Cruz Garden Mall Like a wrecking ball |
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