Iris DeMent piosenki

When the train pulls in the station you'll be waiting at the track You're having troubles sleeping nights and you want me to come back That old train just rolls on by you're gonna know I never came 'cause I sleep good and I miss a lot of trains Chorus: I slee...

Long years ago when out in sin I had no hope no peace within Down on my knees in agony I prayed to Jesus and He gladly set me free I never shall forget the day And all the burdens of my soul were rolled away It made me happy, be glad and free I'll sing and sh...

We both know the reason why you've called so stop wasting time trying to soften up my fall I know you wanna sweeten up the taste but if you don't mind, I'll just take my sorrow straight You almost make it seem like something nice the way you take your bad new...

I'm glad Jesus came, glory to His name. oh what a Friend is He He so freely gave, His own life to save. From bonds of sin set free. chorus And I've got that old time religion in my heart And its way down inside I've got that new kind of feeling in my heart Re...

My dad worked at the Movieland Wax Museum He was the guy who kept the cobwebs off Sophia Loren Every morning at five hed get up and go to work Wearing his name across the pocket of his shirt My mother told me, out back of that place there was a shed And every...

Last night before I went to sleep, My knees dropped to the floor. I turned MY eyes up to the sky, And I prayed: "Please help me, Lord. "You know I've sowed my wild oats, "And now the fun's all gone." And then I heard these tender words, And I put them in my so...

And i'd give up forever to touch you Cause i know that you feel me somehow You're the closest thing to heaven that i'll Ever be And i don't want to go home right now And all i can taste is this moment And all i can breathe is your life Cause sooner or...

It was a long time ago, I was a girl 'bout 12 years old on my back staring up into the dark summer sky when I said, "God, tomorrow I can't see but I'll stick close to you if you'll stick close to me!" and that night I prayed "Keep me God! Keep me God." Now, I...

What a fellowship, what a joy divine Leaning on the everlasting arms What a blessedness what a peace of mind Leaning on the everlasting arms Leaning, leaning safe and secure from all alarms Leaning leaning on the everlasting arms Oh how sweet to w...

Everybody's wonderin' what and where they they all came from Everybody's worryin' 'bout where they're gonna go When the whole thing's done But no one knows for certain And so it's all the same to me I think I'll just let the mystery be Some say once you're go...

I wrote my mother yesterday 'cause I had some things that I had to say and I know that when she reads them she's gonna cry But in the end I hope she sees that I'm just trying to break free 'cause I've been walking 'round with secrets now, too long Back when I...

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 that don't seem to wanna be had and people don't live too long when they're feeling this bad So I don't wanna k...

Makin' my way back home, It's been the longest time Not since I was a little child, Have I felt so good and fine The easiest thing I've ever done, Like walking through an open door All those things that held me down, well they just don't matter anymore. I wor...

Slow She'd walk down the levy from big alley all the Brighton every morning (Piano intro) Well my mama she was always tellin her truth, Times were hard and thats how she made it through When it came to her feelins , wasnt no back burner on that stove When som...

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 neighbors would come and they'd move all my grandma's furniture 'round. And there'd be twenty or more there on the old w...

I'd walk for miles, cry and smile for my Mama and Daddy. I want them, I want them to know, How I feel, my love is real for my Mama and Daddy. I want them to know I love them so. In my heart, joy tears start, `cause I'm happy. And I pray, every day, for Ma and...

(chorus) Mornin glory, fuschia in green You sweet little Jezebel in my garden of dreams Petals clenched tightly in the late morning sun My day is just starting, your day is done Apple-green butterfly lites upon you Once, then again he calls trying so hard to...

My life, it don't count for nothing. When I look at this world, I feel so small. My life, it's only a season: A passing September that no one will recall. But I gave joy to my mother. And I made my lover smile. And I can give comfort to my friends when they'r...

Yeah I'm fadin And I call out No one hears me Never been never felt never thought I'd say a word Weighed Down Safe Now You're naked inside your fear You can't take back all those years The shots in the dark from empty guns Are never heard by anyone Never hea...

My father died a year ago today. The rooster started crowing when they carried Dad away. There beside my mother, in the living room, I stood, With my brothers and my sisters, knowing Dad was gone for good. Well, I stayed at home just long enough, To lay him i...