Sometimes I wonder what's the right thing Maybe you could let me know We were struck by lightning A long time ago No one else's vision Ever let me see
In the shade of this old tree In the summer of my dreams By the tall grass, by the wild rose Where the trees dance and the wind blows As the days go
I'll be leaving when the sun is on the rise I can see the sorrow shining deep inside your eyes But this life that I've been living Has grown to a routine
Come and listen you fellows so young and so fine And seek not your fortunes in the dark dreary mines It will form as a habit and seep in your soul Till
Now that our mountain is growing With people hungry for wealth How come it's you that's a going And I'm left all alone by myself? We used to hunt the
I remember the ways in the bygone days when we was all in our prime When us and John L. we give the old man hell down in the Blue Diamond Mine Well the
Travelin' on down that coal town road Listen to my rubber tires whine Goodbye to buckeye and white sycamore I'm leavin' you behind Oh, I've been a coal
In the deep dark hills of Eastern Kentucky That's the place where I trace my bloodline And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone "You'll never leave
Oh, can't you see that pretty little bird Singing with all his heart and soul? He's got a blood red spot on his wing And all the rest of him's black as
Dreams drift away like leaves on the water They roll down the river and slip out of sight Too many times we do what we ought Put off 'til tomorrow what
(Gillian Welch/David Rawlings) Mr. Smith had an oldsmobile Baby blue with them wire wheels I took her home the day that she was adverstised He said she
I'm tired of this dance, we just go 'round in circles Again and again, I'm taking a chance Telling the truth 'cause this has to end I'm seeing a new road
(David Goodman) There's a little love left in my heart And it's lookin' for a place to go It's a strong love, it's a sole survivor Of the times I've been
I heard a siren late last night, you must have felt me shiver Shaken by a wave of fright, that you calm with a whisper And fear gave way to better things
(Adapted and Arranged by Dougie MacLean and Kathy Mattea) (Translation by Kenna Campbell) My love, my treasured one are you My sweet and lovely son are
(Mitchell Parish/Harry White) Evevin', each night you come and you find me Why must you always remind me That my man is gone Evevin', can't you see I'
(Kye Fleming/Janis Ian) Emmanuel, Emmanuel A child is born A child is born Sing glory unto God on high Joy to all the world this night And to all people
(Rhonda Kye Fleming/Janis Ian) Every love is different Every love's the same Every love has memories Every love has pain I knew love at twenty I knew