 Wrecking Ball (1995) [ larger cover art ] |
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(Julie Miller)
When I go don't cry for me
In my fathers arms I'll be
The wounds this world left on my soul
Will all be healed and I'll be whole
Sun and moon will be replaced
With the light of Jesus' face
And I will not be ashamed
For my savior knows my name
It don't matter where you bury me
I'll be home and I'll be free
It don't matter where I lay
All my tears be washed away
Gold and silver blind the eye
Temporary riches lie
Come and eat from heaven's store
Come and drink and thirst no more
So weep not for me my friend
When my time below does end
For my life belongs to him
Who will raise the dead again
It don't matter where you bury me
I'll be home and I'll be free
It don't matter where I lay
All my tears be washed away
| mjaded (3rd Stone) | Posted: May 02, 2013 - 19:12 Maybe we should throw some credit over to Daniel Lanois while we are all digging this tune. |
| sajitjacob (Christchurch NZ) | Posted: Mar 12, 2013 - 15:46 See now, I hear the name Emmylou Harris and I think horrible whiny steel lap guitars and tedious lyrics. This however is brilliant. Which just goes to show.. umm something.. Anyway 8->9 |
| gypsyman (just passing through....) | Posted: Feb 15, 2013 - 22:59 I love me some Emmylou. |
| BBoyes (Salt Lake City Utah) | Posted: Jan 15, 2013 - 15:26 First time hearing this version. Check it out on Spy Boy for a different take. |
| Segue (Almost Paradise) | Posted: Dec 28, 2012 - 13:35 EmmyLou is god |
| joelbb | Posted: Nov 13, 2012 - 21:36 Oh my Mountain Flower, why won't you leave him for me? |
| bh1 | Posted: Sep 11, 2012 - 23:58 Stingray wrote: The good Emmylou - great song! but what is a "wrecking ball", please...? A wrecking ball is a large metal ball hung from the boom of a crane and swung into a building to knock it down. It's purpose is destruction or demolition. You do NOT want to be in it's path. |
| mrtuba9 (most likely near Normal) | Posted: Sep 05, 2012 - 06:44 I agree this is a wonderful sound and moving lyrics, but I had to look them up...I can't discern a thing she is singing; am I the only one? Love it, nonetheless! |
| DeeCee1109 (People's Republic of A2) | Posted: Sep 05, 2012 - 06:43 Just awesome. EmmyLou is a national treasure. |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Sep 05, 2012 - 06:42 fredriley wrote: Songs and singers as moving as this could convert me from atheist to believer :o) You are right, I have converted and am now a Pasterfari |
| Stingray | Posted: Jul 24, 2012 - 10:29 fredriley wrote: Songs and singers as moving as this could convert me from atheist to believer :o) RIGHT SAID FRED! |
| tulfan (Still in SE MI) | Posted: Jul 24, 2012 - 10:28 I cannot say I am a fan but this is stunning and moving... |
| Stingray | Posted: Jul 24, 2012 - 10:26 The good Emmylou - great song! but what is a "wrecking ball", please...? |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Jul 04, 2012 - 08:53 Songs and singers as moving as this could convert me from atheist to believer :o) |
| seadog68 | Posted: Jun 09, 2012 - 09:07 bumped to a 10 |
| Webfoot (Eugene, Oregon) | Posted: May 08, 2012 - 14:25 I'm looking forward to her concert here this summer with Steve Martin. |
| Stingray ("ANONYMOUS INTERNET") | Posted: Apr 20, 2012 - 10:38 LOVELY! |
| saph | Posted: Apr 06, 2012 - 20:52 Love this whole entire album! |
| ri_shelton (A few clicks up the river) | Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 18:04 Never a voice like Harris, never a producing visionary like Lanois. Together, this song and this album shine like no other! Also check out her cover of the John Prine song. I think Bill regularly plays the Lanois song 'Blackhawk' from this collection. |
| pousso (Nairobi, Kenya) | Posted: Dec 15, 2011 - 12:48 Saw EmmyLou Harris perform this whole album with Daniel Lanois last summer. Absolutely amazing! |
| gillespp (Portland, OR) | Posted: Dec 15, 2011 - 12:47 toddbruner wrote: This is good, but check out Julie Miller's on "Broken Things." Agreed. I love that version. |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Nov 13, 2011 - 20:02 Stin Gray, you be mellowing. |
| Stingray (JULIAN'S NWO) | Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 08:33 Great song indeed! A great artist, Emmylou is! ***************** Lovely music Bill is playing all afternoon! |
| hippiechick (topsy turvy land) | Posted: Oct 13, 2011 - 06:34 Sings like an angel! |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Sep 29, 2011 - 15:18 Dam this is a good song  |
| sqqqrly (Baboosic Lake, NH) | Posted: Sep 11, 2011 - 18:15 Emmylou can sing. 9 easy. |
| Cynaera (Kenneth's Frequency) | Posted: Aug 22, 2011 - 13:31 BettyB wrote: Saw Emmylou, Patty G, Buddy, Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, Shawn Colvin, Brandi Carlile, and many more on the Cayamo Cruise last year. UNBELIEVABLE! Can't wait to set sail with them all again one day ... Envyenvyenvy. What a great line-up! I hope if you get the chance to do it again, you'll post pictures and copious comments about the whole event. |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Aug 22, 2011 - 13:23  |
| scrubbrush (Sea of Calm) | Posted: Jun 09, 2011 - 09:01 midreaming wrote: in case anybody's lookin for the original it's not Warren Zevon who wrote and originally recorded Pancho and Lefty. That's a Townes Van Zandt song. Townes performance of it is unsurpassable Willie Nelson also does a great cover of Pancho and Lefty... it's a duet with Merle Haggard(?) i think |
| toddbruner (Albuquerque) | Posted: Mar 24, 2011 - 15:52 This is good, but check out Julie Miller's on "Broken Things." |
| midreaming | Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 12:09 nmcvaugh wrote: Her Red Dirt Girl album is well worth picking up - absolutely great bass lines in it. I haven't bought Portraits, but did buy a couple of tracks - covers of Pancho and Lefty (Warren Zevon) and Here, There and Everywhere (Beatles). Definitely check 'em out! in case anybody's lookin for the original it's not Warren Zevon who wrote and originally recorded Pancho and Lefty. That's a Townes Van Zandt song. Townes performance of it is unsurpassable |
| RabbitEars | Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 12:08 love this daniel lanois album |
| greg6494 (St. Louis) | Posted: Feb 14, 2011 - 12:06 Emmylou's voice is so wrong that it is absolutely right. |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Nov 18, 2010 - 19:43 I was determined to not like this, because Emmylou is so everywhere... But darned if I don't love the song, and I'm wondering why I didn't buy "Wrecking Ball" when it first came out. I was stupid, but I can be taught. Emmylou Harris has talent that she demonstrates, and then she has secret talent that she keeps close and trots out once in awhile, just to remind listeners that they don't really know the full scope of her abilities. *Note to self: NEVER play against Emmylou Harris in poker.* |
| coolpeople_rule (Winter wonder land) | Posted: Oct 11, 2010 - 07:23 Beautiful!! |
| hbs47 (SE England) | Posted: Oct 11, 2010 - 07:21 Great song, great voice, she is one of the top world's voices. |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Sep 16, 2010 - 09:11 calypsus_1 wrote:  Emmylou Harris by ~danboy1 Dan Ransom ©2007-2010 ~danboy1 Emmylou at The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2007 in San Francisco WONDERFUL (part of a) SHOT!!! |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Sep 16, 2010 - 09:10 GREAT SONG - GREAT VOICE! |
| nmcvaugh (Austin, Texas) | Posted: Sep 09, 2010 - 13:06 Her Red Dirt Girl album is well worth picking up - absolutely great bass lines in it. I haven't bought Portraits, but did buy a couple of tracks - covers of Pancho and Lefty (Warren Zevon) and Here, There and Everywhere (Beatles). Definitely check 'em out! |
| mixplusik (everyone I love lives somewhere else) | Posted: Aug 29, 2010 - 02:36 First time listen... definitely agree. peter_james_bond wrote: Brilliant.  |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 15:35 Amen coentje wrote: perfect  |
| ziakut (Chicago, IL) | Posted: May 25, 2010 - 09:52 The Daniel Lanois effect helps this differ from like many, many other female artists...the boomy bass part could have done a few less triplets and been less fancy and it would have been perfect. Nice song. |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: May 22, 2010 - 16:05 Emmylou Harris by ~danboy1 Dan Ransom ©2007-2010 ~danboy1 Emmylou at The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2007 in San Francisco |
| g4ege | Posted: Jan 30, 2010 - 07:32 Bill - please play the Julie Miller version of this song - it is great! |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Sep 01, 2009 - 20:06 Emmylou Harris - "All my tears" Live (1998) |
| coentje (Rotterdam or anywhere...) | Posted: Aug 26, 2009 - 00:25 perfect |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Aug 15, 2009 - 04:36 Emmylou Harris - "Two More Bottles of Wine" Live (1984) |
| Gila_Bob (Mouth of Clear Creek Canyon) | Posted: Jun 23, 2009 - 16:21 The Voice of an Angel And a Heart of Gold  Big Bob |
| inindian (Sea of joy) | Posted: Apr 21, 2009 - 06:59 vandal wrote: boring Each to her/his own but it seems that opinion is pretty well in the minority in these posts. Personally I love almost everything she has ever done from way back to her newest. |
| Mandible | Posted: Apr 21, 2009 - 06:45 BettyB wrote: Saw Emmylou, Patty G, Buddy, Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, Shawn Colvin, Brandi Carlile, and many more on the Cayamo Cruise last year. UNBELIEVABLE! Can't wait to set sail with them all again one day ... speaking of Brandi Carlile, I just saw her live. UNBELIEVABLE. She covered Folsom Prison Blues...so good! Wish RP would play some Brandi! |