Emmylou Harris Grievous Angel Lyrics

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