Emmylou Harris Boulder To Birmingham Lyrics

Boulder To Birmingham Lyrics

(Emmylou Harris/Bill Danoff)

I don`t want to hear a love song 
I got on this airplane just to fly 
And I know there`s life below 
But all that it can show me 
Is the prairie and the sky 

And I don`t want to hear a sad story 
Full of heartbreak and desire 
The last time I felt like this 
It was in the wilderness and the canyon was on fire 
And I stood on the mountain in the night and I watched it burn 
I watched it burn, I watched it burn. 

I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham 
I would hold my life in his saving grace. 
I would walk all the way from Boulder to Birmingham 
If I thought I could see, I could see your face. 

Well you really got me this time 
And the hardest part is knowing I`ll survive. 
I have come to listen for the sound 
Of the trucks as they move down 
Out on ninety five 
And pretend that it`s the ocean 
coming down to wash me clean, to wash me clean 
Baby do you know what I mean 

I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham 
I would hold my life in his saving grace. 
I would walk all the way from Boulder to Birmingham 
If I thought I could see, I could see your face.