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Higher Ground `Iris Dement`

She showed me that music is a pathway to higher ground I'm pressing on the upward way New heights I'm gaining every day Still praying as I'm onward bound Lord, plant my feet on higher ground Lord, lift

No Time To Cry `Iris Dement`

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 in the ground

Let The Mystery Be `Iris Dement`

"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 ...

These Hills `Iris Dement`

Far away I've traveled To stand once more alone And hear my memories echo Yhrough these hills that I call home As a child I roamed this valley I watched the seasons come and go I spent many hours drea...

Hotter Than Mojave In My Heart `Iris Dement`

"Well, I've heard them say there's one for everybody And I just knew somehow that you'd be the one for me 'Cause making love with you's not just a hobby No, it's the flame that burnt the forest down i...

When Love Was Young `Iris Dement`

"Look at you, look at me My heart breaks as I read our sad story Never thought that I'd be Here with you wishing I was free I never dreamed today would come When love was young There was nothing I wou...

Our Town `Iris Dement`

"And you know the sun's settin' fast And just like they say nothing good ever lasts Well, go on now and kiss it goodbye but hold on to your lover 'Cause your heart's bound to die Go on now and say goo...

Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room `Iris Dement`

"Twelve-hundred miles, it's length and breadth That four-square city stands It's gem-set walls of jasper shine They're not made by human hands One-hundred miles it's gates are wide Abundant entrance t...

Infamous Angel `Iris Dement`

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 t...

Sweet Forgiveness `Iris Dement`

"Sweet forgiveness, that's what you give to me When you hold me close and you say ""That's all over"" You don't go looking back, You don't hold the cards to stack, You mean what you say. Sweet forgive...

After You're Gone `Iris Dement`

"[Chorus:] There will be laughter even after you're gone I'll find reasons to face that empty dawn 'Cause I've memorized each line in your face And not even death can ever erase the story they tell to...

Mama's Opry `Iris Dement`

She grew up plain and simple in a farming town Her daddy played the fiddle and used to do the calling when they had hoe-downs She says the neighbors would come and they'd move all my grandma's furnitu...

Sweet Is The Melody `Iris Dement`

it's so hard to make every note bend just right you lay down the hours and leave not one trace but a tune for the dancing is there in it's place the dance floor's for gliding not jumpin' over ponies w...

You've Done Nothing Wrong `Iris Dement`

Well, you told me that you wished that things Had not turned out this way You never thought there'd come a time When you would go away But you stayed right here beside me Even when the love was gone A...

Calling For You `Iris Dement`

"I woke up this morning without you Don't ask me how but I got through The floor of this room I've been pacing trying to drown out the sound my heart's making It's calling for you We said, ""It looks ...

Childhood Memories `Iris Dement`

Fireflies inside of a mason jar. Acting big behind the wheel of daddy's car. Playing church around the old piano stand, You were quite a preacher and oh, we sang so grand. I remember every night what ...

Troublesome Waters `Iris Dement`

Troublesome waters, much blacker than night, Are hiding from view, the harbour's bright light. Tossed on the turmoil of life's troubled sea, I cried to my Saviour: "Have mercy on me." Then gently I'm ...

Mom And Dad's Waltz `Iris Dement`

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 And in my heart, joy tears start `cause I'm happy and I pray every day for Ma and P...

My Life `Iris Dement`

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 fri...

There's A Wall In Washington `Iris Dement`

There's a wall in Washington and it's made of cold black granite They say 60,000 names are etched there in it in that wall in Washington A father, he traveled from far away to walk the path 'til he fi...

Wasteland Of The Free `Iris Dement`

Living in the wasteland of the free... We got preachers dealing in politics and diamond mines and their speech is growing increasingly unkind They say they are Christ's disciples but they don't look l...

I'll Take My Sorrow Straight `Iris Dement`

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 mak...

This Kind Of Happy `Iris Dement`

I traveled high, I traveled low and there was no place I didn't go looking for this kind of happy with you I had a love, it wasn't right and I spent so many lonely nights yearning for this kind of hap...

The Way I Should `Iris Dement`

A cold wind against my shoulder woke me up in the middle of the night An Autumn leaf was scraping against my window like it was trying hard to get inside and then a ghost that I had met before kept me...

Letter To Mom `Iris Dement`

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...

Keep Me God `Iris Dement`

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!"...

Quality Time `Iris Dement`

She's got a phone in one hand, a hairbrush in the other and she says, "Life's too short to stay home and be a mother" She says she can have it all 'cause that's The New Deal so God give her a hand, 'c...

Walkin' Home `Iris Dement`

I'm walkin' home tonight The streets are glowing 'neath the pale moonlight I look around, there's not a soul in sight and I'm walkin' home Once again I hear my mother's voice and all us kids making a ...

Trouble (Duet with Delbert McClinton) `Iris Dement`

I went to church on Sunday, I swung my chariot low Reached up to kiss the deacon, he said "You'd better go" Trouble, I'm in trouble with him Trouble's where I'm going Trouble's the only place I've eve...

Iris `SHARKI`

lights may i do may i do it all you’ve been dreaming of under the satellite all the life all desires will shine through the night and day like a diamond we can be each other Way too long Stucked under the ground