Alison Krauss Album

Two highways lay before me, which one will I choose
Down one lane I find happiness and down the other I will lose
There is no one that I can trust, I must decide alone
My decision is an awful one, which road will take me home

(chorus)
In the mornin' would I wake to find, down the wrong road I have gone
Will I hear the melody I've searched for oh so long
Only time will tell if I have made a loser's choice
And though sadness rides my inner soul, my lover's home's my road

Perils, there are many, as I set out on my way
If I lose your love I know that I can call it back someday
Rambler, lonely rambler, just 'cause anyplace is home
Nashville, lights of you always shine

Wishing now that you had found a word or two to say
But the mornin' came and we both knew my eyes they veer away
As I kissed your cheeks and said goodbye I thought only time will tell
And you can't draw, water from an empty well

What a gray, cloudy mornin' I rise from my bed
And I wonder if he meant all the things that he said
Well, I think of all the good times, but the bad times came along
Now it doesn't matter 'cause he's gone.

Now I'm alone again, I cry in my sleep
I wonder why he left, his love I tried to keep
I don't understand him and I guess I never will
He could always make my heart stand still.

He may not have loved me, or cared for me at all
But through all the teardrops, he sure made me fall
And when we were together, my world was in a spin
I will never love him again.

Now I'm alone again, I cry in my sleep
I wonder why he left, his love I tried to keep
I don't understand him and I guess I never will
He could always make my heart stand still

As I went down for to take a little walk
I came upon that Wild Bill Jones
He was a walkin' and a talkin' by my true lover's side
And I bid him to leave her alone.

--- Banjo Instrumental ---

He said my age is twenty one
Too old to be controlled
I pulled my revolver from my side
And I destroyed that poor boy's soul.

--- Mandolin Instrumental ---

He reeled and he staggered and he fell to the ground
And then he gave one dying moan
He wrapped his arms around my little girl's neck
Saying, "Honey, won't you take me home?"

--- Guitar Instrumental ---

So put them handcuffs on me boys
And lead me to that freight car gate
I have no friends or relations there
No one for to go my bail.

--- Fiddle Instrumental ---

So pass around that old long necked bottle
And we'll all go on a spree
Today I saw the last of Wild Bill Jones

[No lyrics]

(A. Kennedy)

Out on the hills of gloryland
So happy and free at God's right hand
They tell of a place of marvelous grace
On heaven's bright shore.
Pilgrims on earth some day will go
To live in that home for evermore.
Trusting in him who died for sin and rose from the grave.

On heaven's bright shore (on heavens's bright shore)
There's gonna be no more dyin' (over there)
Not one little grave (not one little grave)
In all that fair land (that wonderful land.)

Not even a tear will dim the eye
And no one up there will say goodbye
Just singing his praise through endless days
On heaven's bright shore (on heaven's bright shore.)

--- Guitar Instrumental ---

When I must cross that rolling tide
There'll be someone on the other side
Welcoming me to that fair land made perfect by love
When I walk up thet milky white way
I'll see that home coming in array
How great it must be for angels to see a pilgrim reach home.

On heaven's bright shore (on heavens's bright shore)
There's gonna be no more dyin' (over there)
Not one little grave (not one little grave)
In all that fair land (that wonderful land.)

Not even a tear will dim the eye
And no one up there will say goodbye
Just singing his praise through endless days
On heaven's bright shore (on heaven's bright shore.)

Just singing his praise through endless days

(John Pennell)

I'm waiting tonight for you to tell me
Do you still love me and will you remain
My heart is breaking with each passing hour
Please don't let me love you in vain.

I used to think your love would always save me
And that you'd always stay right by my side
But I can see a change coming over you
And the tears I cried just can't hide.

No I'm waiting tonight for you to tell me
Do you still love me and will you remain
My heart is breaking with each passing hour
Please don't let me love you in vain.

--- Fiddle - Banjo Instrumental ---

I can't pretend that love is just a passtime
And that you never meant to be with me
So darling, please don't leave me all alone
So run it by your memory.

I'm waiting tonight for you to tell me
Do you still love me and will you remain
My heart is breaking with each passing hour
Please don't let me love you in vain.

I can hear those lonesome midnight sighs in your sleep
I can hear the freight train's whistle cry, it's tellin' me
It's telling me, oh darlin' can't you see
Here comes that same old line, here comes goodbye.

Here comes goodbye, tonight
Put a hold on all your lies, it's just not right
It comes as no surprise, this time
Any fool would realize, here comes goodbye.

Better take some time to talk it over again with me
Better get all your things together now if you leave
It's killin' me, oh darlin' can't you see
Here comes that same old line, here comes goodbye.

Here comes goodbye, tonight
Put a hold on all your lies, it's just not right
It comes as no surprise, this time
Any fool would realize, here comes goodbye.

I can hear your footsteps movin' slowly across my floor
I can see your shadow look back at me outside my door
What'cha waitin' for? Oh darlin' I know for sure
Here comes that same old line, here comes goodbye.

Here comes goodbye, tonight
Put a hold on all your lies, it's just not right
It comes as no surprise, this time
Any fool would realize, here comes goodbye.

The big moon is risin' so bright in the sky
But it won't shine brighter than the stars in your eyes
It rises above me so bright and so blue
And I won't see anyone, as lovely as you.

Take me into the night,
Past these lonely dreams in my heart
I love you, more than I could show you
More than I could know, in my heart.

So lay down beside me and hold me tonight
For your love has found me and it feels so right
These thoughts in my mind are so scattered and few
And I won't see anyone as lovely as you.

Take me into the night,
Past these lonely dreams in my heart
I love you, more than I could show you
More than I could know.

Take me into the night,
Past these lonely dreams in my heart
I love you, more than I could show you
More than I could know, in my heart.

[No lyrics]

Oh my Lord, Please don't forsake me
This is your child, I'm tired and sore
Oh my Lord, can you hear me?
I need your love; my soul is poor.

I can hear, the angels singing
I can see those pearly gates
Oh my Lord, can you hear me?
I need a place where I can rest.

Oh my Lord, I can't remember
When I first said, “Come in my life,”
For I have lived my life in darkness,
My whole world is filled with strife.

I can hear, the angels singing
I can see those pearly gates
Oh my Lord, can you hear me?
I need a place where I can rest.

I can hear, the angels singing
I can see those pearly gates
Oh my Lord, can you hear me?
I need a place where I can rest.

Oh my Lord, can you hear me?

(Paul Craft)

When time was young we walked the roads together
When love was sweet I meant the world to you
Now comes the sun we'll say goodbye forever
And teardrops will kiss the morning dew

Take me and make me your lover one more time
Close in your arms as before
'Til o'er your shoulder the early morning shines
Then I'll leave you and grieve you no more

When time was young we walked the roads together
When love was sweet I meant the world to you
Now comes the sun we'll say goodbye forever
And teardrops will kiss the morning dew

Daises need sunshine and roses need rain
So it was all meant to be
A wild bird needs wings, free to take to the wind
And so it was meant for you and me

When time was young we walked the roads together
When love was sweet I meant the world to you
Now comes the sun we'll say goodbye forever
And teardrops will kiss the morning dew

(Gregg Allman)

I gotta run to keep from hidin'
And I'm bound to keep on a ridin'
I got one more silver dollar
But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me
No, not gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider.

--- Fiddle Instrumental ---

I don't own the clothes I'm wearin'
And the road goes on forever
And I've got one more silver dollar
No, I'm not gonna let 'em catch midnight rider.

--- Guitar - Mandolin - Fiddle Instrumental ---

And I've gone by the point of carin'
Some old bed I'll soon be sharin'
And I've got one more silver dollar
But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me
No, not gonna let 'em catch midnight rider.

I'm not gonna let 'em catch me
No, I'm not gonna let 'em catch midnight rider.

--- Banjo Instrumental ---

I'm not gonna let 'em catch me
No I'm not gonna let 'em catch midnight rider.

--- Banjo Instrumental ---

I ain't gonna let 'em catch me
No, I ain't gonna let 'em catch midnight rider.