Profile 2-Best Of

Emmylou Harris Profile 2-Best Of Lyrics
1.Lost His Love On Our Last Date

(floyd cramer/conway twitty)

It's over our love affair
Too late now i find i care
His sweet love no more i'll share
Now he's gone i'm alone
I was wrong should have known
Took me home on our last date

I search for a single way
To tell him what i had to say
I kissed him watched him walk away
Set him free foolishly destiny misery
Tragedy on our last date

Took the ring from my trembling fingers
Brushed a tear from my baby's eye
Walked away didn't know that
I'd soon miss him so
Guess i was too young to realize
So blind i couldn't see
How much he really meant to me
And that soon he would always be
On my mind in my heart i was blind from the start
Lost his love on our last date


2.Beneath Still Waters

(dallas frazer)

Beneath still waters
There's a strong undertow
The surface won't tell you
What the deep water knows
Darling, i'm saying
I know something's wrong
Beneath still waters
Your love is gone

Even a fool could see
That you'll soon be leaving me
But each and every heart
Must take its turn at misery

And this time it's me
And i'll cry alone
Beneath still waters
Your love is gone

Even a fool could see
That you'll soon be leaving me
But each and every heart
Must take its turn at misery

And this time it's me
And i'll cry alone
Beneath still waters
Your love is gone
Beneath still waters
Your love is gone
Beneath still waters
Your love is gone


3.Blue Kentucky Girl

(johnny mullins)

You left me for the bright lights of the town
A country boy set out to see the world
Remember when those neon lights shine down
That big old moon shines on your kentucky girl

I swear i love you by the moon above you
How bright is it shining in your world
Some morning when you wake up all alone
Just come on home to your blue kentucky girl

Don't wait to bring great riches home to me
I need no diamond rings or fancy pearls
Just bring yourself, you're all i'll ever need
That's good enough for this blue kentucky girl

I swear i love you by the moon above you
How bright is it shining in your world
Some morning when you wake up all alone
Just come on home to your blue kentucky girl
Just come on home to your blue kentucky girl


4.Born To Run

Well i never did crawl and i never did toe the line
No man is a master to me, i ain't that kind
I just put on my travelin' shoes
If you wanna win you just can't lose the time
Or stay behind

Well i was born to run
To get ahead of the rest
And all that i wanted was to be the best
Just to feel free and be someone
I was born to be fast i was born to run

Well i take the chances for the time i made mistakes
But you don't get nothin' unless you take the breaks
Livin' as dangerous as dynamite
Sure it makes you feel nervous but it makes you feel
Alright
Makes you feel alright

Nobody gonna make me do things their way
By the time you figure it out it's yesterday
Well it comes to he who waits i'm told
But i don't need it when i'm old and gray
Yeah, i want it today


5.Mister Sandman

Mister sandman

(pat ballard)

Mister sandman, bring me a dream
Make him the cutest that i've ever seen
Give him two lips like roses and clover
Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over

Sandman, i'm so alone
Don't have nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mister sandman, bring me a dream

Mister sandman, bring me a dream
Make him the cutest that i've ever seen
Give him the word that i'm not a rover
Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over

Sandman, i'm so alone
Don't have nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mister sandman, bring me a dream

Mister sandman, bring us a dream
Give him a pair of eyes with a come hither gleam
Give him a lonely heart like pagliacci
And lots of wavy hair like liberace

Mister sandman, someone to hold
Would be so peachy before we're too old
Sp please turn on your magic beam
Mister sandman, bring us
Please, please, please
Mister sandman, bring us a dream (pat ballard)


6.Movin' On

(hank snow)

That big eighteen-wheeler, rollin' down the track
Means your true-lovin' daddy ain't comin' back
'cause i'm movin'on, i'll soon be gone
You were flyin' too high, for my little old sky
So i'm movin' on

That big loud whistle, as it blew and blew
Said hello to the southland, we're comin' to you
And we're movin' on, oh, hear my song
You had the laugh on me, so i set you free
And i'm movin' on

Mister fireman, won't you please listen to me
'cause i got a pretty mama in tennessee
Keep movin' me on, keep rollin' on
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll
And keep movin' me on

Mister engineer, take that throttle in hand
This rattler's the fastest in the southern land
To keep movin' me on, keep rollin' on
You gonna ease my mind, put me there on time
And keep rollin' on

I've told you baby, from time to time
But you just wouldn't listen or pay me no mind
Now i'm movin' on, i'm rollin' on
You've broken your vow, and it's all over now
So i'm movin' on

You've switched your engine, now i ain't got time
For a triflin' woman on my main line
Cause i'm movin on, you done your daddy wrong
I warned you twice, now you can settle the price
'cause i'm movin on

But someday baby, when you've had your play
You're gonna want your daddy, but your daddy will say
Keep movin' on, you stayed away too long
I'm through with you, too bad you're blue
Keep movin' on


7.Pledging My Love

(don robey/fats washington)

Forever my darling
My love will be true
Always and forever
I'll love just you

Just promise me darlin'
Your love in return
May this fire in my soul dear
Forever burn

My heart's at your command dear
To keep, love and to hold
Making you happy is my desire
Keeping you is my goal

My heart's at your command dear
To keep, love and to hold
Making you happy is my desire
Keeping you is my goal

I'll forever love you
The rest of my days
I'll never part from you
And your loving ways

Just promise me darlin'
Your love in return
May this fire in my soul dear
Forever burn


8.Save The Last Dance For Me

(doc pomus/mort shuman)

You can dance
Every dance with the girl who gives you the eye
Let her hold you tight
You can smile
Every smile for the girl who'd like to treat you right
'neath the pale moonlight
But don't forget who's takin' you home
And in who's arms you're gonna be
Oh, darlin' save the last dance for me
Oh i know
That the music's fine like sparklin' wine
Go and have your fun
Dance and sing
But while we're apart don't give your heart to anyone
And don't forget who's takin' you home
And in who's arms you're gonna be
Oh, darlin', save the last dance for me

You can dance
Go and carry on till the night is gone
And it's time to go
If she asks
If you're all alone, can she take you home
You must tell her no

And don't forget who's takin' you home
And in who's arms you're gonna be
Oh, darlin', save the last dance for me
And don't forget who's takin' you home
And in who's arms you're gonna be
Oh, darlin', save the last dance for me


9.Someone Like You

(bob mcdill/dickey lee)

Others have touched me
Soft in the night
Others have kissed me
And held me tight
Good times and lovers
Yes, i've had a few
But i was just waiting
For someone like you

I have been lonely
And i have been loved
I've grown used to losing
What i'm fondest of
I can see clearly now
My whole life through
I was just waiting
For someone like you

But i never wasted
A minute of my time
Every road i ever took
Led me to your side

No, i never wasted
A minute of my time
Every road i ever took
Led me to your side

Don't it seem funny, love
That i never knew
I was just waiting
For someone like you
I was just waiting
I was just waiting
For someone like you


10.Wayfaring Stranger

(traditional/brian ahern)

I am a poor wayfaring stranger
While traveling thru this world of woe
Yet there's no sickness, toil or danger
In that bright world yo which i go

I'm going there to see my father
I'm going there no more to ram
I'm only going over jordan
I'm only going over home

I know dark clouds will gather around me
I know my way is rough and steep
Yet beauteous fields lie just before me
Where god's redeemed their vigils keep

I'm going there to my mother
She said she'd meet me when i come
I'm only going over jordan
I'm only going over me