Grievous Angel
Emmylou Harris

(Gram Parsons/Thomas O. Brown)

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
And I remember something that 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 led 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 passed 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 prairies 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

(Instrumental)
And the man on the radio won't leave me alone
He wants to take my money for something that I've never been shown
And I saw my devil, and I saw my deep blue sea
And I thought about a calico bonnet from Cheyenne to Tennessee

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 and the kickers and the cowboy angels
And a good saloon in every single town
And I remember something that 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
Twenty thousand roads I went down down down
And they all led me straight back home to you


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  (Lost His Love) On Our Last Date   (You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie   1917   A Love That Will Never Grow Old   A Love That Will Never Grow Old   A River For Him   A Ways To Go   A: Daniel - Where Will I Be   Abraham, Martin and John   Across The Border   After The Gold Rush   All Fall Down   All Fall Down (Featuring George Jones)   All I Left Behind   All I Left Behind [#]   All My Tears   All That Matters   All That You Have Is Your Soul   All The Roadrunning   All the Roadrunning [DVD]   Alone And Forsaken   Amarillo   Angel [Live]   Angel Band   Angel Eyes   Angel Eyes (Angel Eyes)   Angels Rejoiced in Heaven Last Night   Another Lonesome Morning   Another Pot O' Tea   Another Pot O' Tea   Anyhow, I Love You   Appalachian Rain   Ashes By Now   Away In A Manger   Baby Better Start Turnin' 'Em Down   Baby Better Start Turnin' 'em Down   Back In Baby's Arms   Back When We Were Beautiful   Bad Moon Rising   Bad News   Ballad of a Runaway Horse   Ballad Of Sally Rose   Ballard Of A Runaway Horse   Bang The Drum Slowly   Barbara Allen   Beachcombing   Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem   Before Believing   Before I Met You   Belle Starr   Belle Starr [DVD]   Beneath Still Waters   Better Off Without You   Beyond My Wildest Dreams   Beyond The Blue   Beyond The Great Divide   Big Black Dog   Big Mouth Blues   Black Caffeine   Black Gypsy   Blackhawk   Blue Kentucky Girl   Blue Train   Bluebird Wine   Bobbie's Gone   Born To Run   BORN TO RUN Words & Music by Paul Kennerley   Bottle Let Me Down   Boulder To Birmingham   Boy From Tupelo   Brand New Dance   Bright Morning Stars   Broken Man's Lament   Broken Man's Lament   Buckaroo   Burn That Candle   Bury Me Beneath The Willow   C'est La Vie   C'est La Vie   Cabaret   Cajun Born   Californa Cottonfields   California Cottonfields   Calling My Children Home   Can You Hear Me Now   Carter Family Speech   Casey's Last Ride   Cattle Call   Chase the Feeling   Cheatin' Is   Cheatin' Is   Cherry Tree Carol   Cherry Tree Carol (Album Version)   Chief   Child Of Mine   Christmas Time's A-Coming   Christmas Time's A-Coming   Clocks   Coat Of Many Colors   Colors Of Your Heart   Connection   Could You Love Me One More Time'   Crescent City   Cross Yourself   Cup of Kindness   Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn   Darkest Hour Is Just Before Down   Darlin' Kate   Deeper Well   Defying Gravity   Devil In Disguise   Diamond In My Crown   Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend   Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend   Didn't Leave Nobody But The Baby   Didn't Leave Nothing But The Baby   Didn't Leave Nothing But The Baby   Dimming Of The Day   Do I Ever Cross Your Mind   Done with Bonaparte   Done with Bonaparte [DVD]   Donkey Town   Dreaming My Dreams   Drifting Too Far   Drifting Too Far From The Shore   Drivin' Wheel   Drivin' Wheel   Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man   Drums   Dying On Sorrow's Wine   Easy For You To Say   Easy From Now On   Evangeline   Even Cowgirls Get The Blues   Every Grain Of Salad   Every Grain Of Sand   Every Time You Leave   Everybody's Talkin'   Everybody's Talkin'   Everytime You Leave   Everytime You Leave (With Don Everly)   Everywhere I Go   Fair and Tender Ladies   Falling Down   Falling In A Deep Hole   Farther Along   Feelin' Single - 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Emmylou Harris   You Never Can Tell   You Never Can Tell, C'est La Vie   You'll Never Be The Sun   You're Free To Go   You're Gonna Change   You're Learning   You're Running Wild   You're Supposed To Be Feeling Good   You've Been on My Mind   Your Long Journey

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