| 1. Iris Dement - The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home |
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Come along my dear, the time's growin' near, We'll have to walk down where the field is overgrown Consumption's claimed his life and we dare not...
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| 2. Iris Dement - God May Forgive You (but I Won't) |
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You say that you're born again cleansed of your former sins You want me to say "I forgive and forget" But you've done too much to me Don't you...
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| 3. Iris Dement - I Don't Want To Get Adjusted To This World |
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In this world we have our trials sometimes long-term, sometimes blew but the hope of life eternal Makes all old hopes brand new I don't want to...
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| 4. Iris Dement - Living On The Inside |
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Books are stacked on my table, I've got books filling my shelves Day and night I've been trying to unravel myself But I've been looking for answers...
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| 5. Iris Dement - Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room |
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Twelve-hundred miles, it's length and breadth, That four-square city stands. It's gem-set walls of Jasper shine, They're not made by human hands. ...
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| 6. Iris Dement - Hobo Bill's Last Ride |
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Riding east-bound freight train, stealing through the night He was just a lonesome hobo who was fighting for his life The sadness in his eyes...
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| 7. Iris Dement - Banks Of Marble |
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I've traveled 'round this country from shore to shining shore It really made me wonder the things I heard and saw I saw the weary farmer ...
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| 8. Iris Dement - Whispering Pines |
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The snowflakes fall as winter comes and time just seems to fly Is it the loneliness in me that makes me want to cry? My heart is sad, like a...
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| 9. Iris Dement - Acres Of Corn |
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When I was a child, I spoke as a child Now I'm a grown woman but my thoughts are still wild I thought I'd seen London or maybe Paris but I'm...
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| 10. Iris Dement - Big City |
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I'm tired of this dirty old city entirely too much work and never enough play and I'm tired of these dirty old sidewalks I think I'll walk off...
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| 11. Iris Dement - The Old Rugged Cross |
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On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, the emblem of suffering and shame and I love that old cross where the dearest and best for a world...
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| 12. Iris Dement - Break My Mind |
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Break My Mind Lyrics Baby, oh baby, tell the man at the ticket stand you've changed your mind Run outside and tell the cab to keep his meter...
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| 13. Iris Dement - You've Done Nothing Wrong |
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Well, you told me that you wished that things had not, Turned out this way. You never thought there'd come a time, When you would go away. But...
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| 14. Iris Dement - We Could |
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If anyone could find the joy That true love brings a girl and boy We could, we could you and I If anyone could ever say Their true love was here...
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| 15. Iris Dement - Childhood Memories |
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Fireflies inside of a mason jar. Acting big behind the wheel of daddy's car. Playing church around the old piano stand, You were quite a preacher...
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| 16. Iris Dement - City Of New Orleans |
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Ridin' on the city of New Orleans Illinois Central Monday mornin' rail Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders Three conductors, twenty-five...
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| 17. Iris Dement - Goodbye Little Darling |
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Goodbye little darling, we're parting Parting don't always mean goodbye Although we have to part You're always in my heart Goodbye little...
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| 18. Iris Dement - Mama's Opry |
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She grew up plain and simple in a farming town. Her daddy played the fiddle and used to do the calling when they had hoedowns. She says the...
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| 19. Iris Dement - Higher Ground |
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Spoken introduction by Iris Dement: "No voice has inspired me more than my mother's. She showed me that music is a pathway to higher ground." I'm...
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| 20. Iris Dement - Calling For You |
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Well, I woke up this morning without you. Don't ask me how but I go t through. The floor of this room I've been pacing; Trying to drown out the...
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