Grievous Angel Lyrics by Emmylou Harris

Grievous Angel Lyrics

    (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 lead 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 pass 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


    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 lead me straight back home to you

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