Alison Krauss Album

I left home when I was seventeen.
I just grew tired of falling down.
And I'm sure I was told
The allure of the road
Would be all I found.

And all the answers that I started with
Turned out questions in the end.
So years roll on by,
And just like the sky,
The road never ends.

And the people who love me still ask me;
When are you coming back to town?
And I answer quite frankly;
When they stop building roads,
And all God needs is gravity to hold me down.

And the people who love me still ask me;
When are you coming back to town?
And I answer quite frankly;
When they stop building roads,
And there ain't no more highways to be found.

And I answer quite frankly;
When they stop building roads,

Honey, I know you've been alone some
Why don't you phone some?
Because I love you.
Honey, I know I've been away some
I've had to pay some,
And you have too.

Chorus:
But the one thing I know
That when I turn out the light
Visions of you, dear
Dance in the night.

I been put down, pushed around,
Apprehended, and led down town
And I can't help it if I'm outta sight
'Cause I'm restless tonight.

I just can't stand being alone
I'm gonna have to change that someday
There's a restless feeling in my bones
And I know when it comes, it just won't go away.

So if it's all the same, honey
Can't take the blame, baby
Can't play a game, honey
What's true is true.

And if in the end,
Temptation wears you thin
Honey, I'll just pretend
That I'll leave it up to you.

Chorus:
But the one thing I know
That when I turn out the light
Visions of you, dear
Dance in the night.

I can't help it if I'm full of fight.

Chorus:
But the one thing I know
That when I turn out the light
Visions of you, dear
Dance in the night.

And I can't help it if I'm outta sight

Rain please go away!
Leave me alone, come another day.
My love is gone, this time to stay.
Rain, please go away.

It's tough to live the whole day through.
Thinkin' of her is all I do!
She's happy now, and I'm so blue.
Rain, she's cold like you.

If only the time wouldn't drag so slow.
Find a new love and let it grow.
I'm kiddin' myself, it don't happen that way.
Rain, please go away.

Rain please go away!
Leave me alone, come another day.
My love is gone, this time to stay.

I'm soarin' the sky
I can hear the birds, and man, they don't lie
How you gonna catch me
When I'm this high?

I'm movin' on.
I've got the words to a brand new song
How you gonna catch me
When I'm this gone?

Chorus:
Gone tomorrow, here today
And just in case you got something to say
I'll be leaving with the rest
Goodbye is all we have.

I disconnected the phone
Told the neighbors I'll be heading home
As soon as the light hits the morn.

I'm heading north
Gonna see what this heart's really worth
I guess it's time to be on my own.

Chorus:
Gone tomorrow, here today
And just in case you got something to say
I'll be leaving with the rest
Goodbye is all we have.

Sure would love to see you tonight
Maybe try to end this fight
I don't hear you knockin' on my door
Then our love is sure.

Gone tomorrow, here today
And just in case you got something to say
I'll be leaving with the rest
Goodbye is all.

Gone tomorrow, here today.

I'll be leaving with the rest

[No lyrics]

Take me back to Anona street.
Fill my glass again with a bittersweet.
'Cause I don't wanna see the life I have.
Thought the next time 'round wouldn't be so bad.

Same mistake that I made before.
I'll be waking up on the kindlin' floor
While the bells are ringin' so low and sad.
Thought the next time 'round wouldn't be so bad.

Same mistake that I made before.
I'll be waking up on the kinlin' floor.
I remember how I made you mad.
Thought the next time 'round wouldn't be so bad.

I thought the next time 'round wouldn't be so bad.

Well, it's always we ramble, this river and I
All along your green valleys, I work till I die
My land I'll defend with my life need it be
'Cause my pastures of plenty must always be free.

Green pastures of plenty from dry desert ground
From the Grand Coulee Dam where the waters run down
Every state in this union us migrants have been
Lord, we come with the dust and we go with the wind.

California, Arizona, I harvest your crops
Then it's on up North to Oregon to gather your hogs
Take the beet from your ground, cut the grapes from your vine
Just to place on your table your that light, sparkling wine.

Well, it's always we ramble, this river and I
All along your green valleys, I work till I die
My land I'll defend with my life need it be

I'm used to being alone.
Except for six month playings without rings and phone bills that I've waited
for.
This is the life that I choose.
I got no complaints if he is;
if he ain't, I guess he'll send me a rose.

Just don't ask me for the truth if you choose to lie honey.
And don't try to open my door with your skeleton key.
Some folks seem to think I only got one problem.
I can't find nobody as crazy as me.

I still love what I know.
I love to ride alone and sing a song and listen to the radio.
You can ride alone and if you change your mind, well, that's just fine, but
there is somethin' that you got to know:

Just don't ask me for the for the truth if you choose to lie honey.
And don't try to open my door with your skeleton key.
Some folks seem to think I only got one problem.
I can't find nobody as crazy as me.

Just don't ask me for the for the truth if you choose to lie honey.
And don't try to open my door with your skeleton key.
Some folks seem to think I only got one problem.

(written by Sidney and Suzanne Cox)

So you are on your own
Looking down the road
That goes only by one name
And you don't need the signs
To see lonely still runs both ways
So who's the fool that would think the ties would be better ???
Did your heart hear the warning when you veer from the past
That was narrow ???

On the borderline, somewhere between that apply for freedom
Feeling like you can't move on
The tool will be the time
Takes you all from my mind
And out of my heart I know
When you cross over, there's no turning back
Once that burning bridge is gone

I may lose
But I'm in for the long run
Loving you for good reason could be the wrong one
I don't wanna lose control
But the heart won't learn to let it wear enough alone

On the borderline, somewhere between that apply for freedom
Feeling like you can't move on
The tool will be the time
Takes you all from my mind
And out of my heart I know
When you cross over, there's no turning back
Once that burning bridge is gone

So you are on your own
Looking down the road

Don't expect too much from my poor old heart,
You can blame me unforgiven for my scars,
You might just be the best that I can find,
But I can't seem to forget the tears I've cried,
I don't know that I will ever trust again,
It's a price I must pay for all my sins,
Time has changed me and left me full of doubt,
And my heart may be lost never to be found

Once upon a time I did believe,
In my true love that swept me off my feet,
Then the wind of change swept him away,
And left me drowning in my own pain

I don't know that I will ever love again,
It's a price that I must pay for all my sins,
Time has changed me and left me full of doubt,
And my heart may be lost never to be found

I don't know that I will ever love again,
It's the price that I must pay for all my sins,
Time has changed me and left me full of doubt,
I don't know that I will ever trust again,
It's the price I must pay for all my sins,
Time has changed me and left me full of doubt,

Well, the rain is a-pourin' down in a fury,
And the road is lookin' long,
And the only thing that comes to mind
Is the tune of this sad song.

Tune of this sad song! Oh Lord!

Well, the wind is a-creepin' up my back,
Through the door, through the roof, through the window crack.
Tossin' and a-turnin' all night long
To the rhythm and the sound of a saddened song.

Saddened song! Oh Lord!

In a dream of passion I saw a face
Of a beautiful woman in a terrible place.
She looked at me, and she called for you,
Then she closed her eyes and she sang this tune.

Sometimes I wonder where you're coming from
When you roll in like thunder just to turn around and run
It's a good thing I don't need you to stay

You smell like moonlight and early morning rain
Pray til a fool but surrender to your pain
Or find a cure for your decay

Chorus:
You're at your best with an ache in your chest
And that worn out old song that you play
Only Jesus and you who long to teach us
Should know and be left to betray

I don't know the answer but I know who to blame
You can choose the dancer if you could choose the flame
I think you'll find they're one in the same
It doesn't have to be this way

(Chorus)

I don't know the answer but I know who to blame
Pray til a fool but surrender to your pain
It's a good thing I don't need you to stay

Sometimes I wonder where you're coming from
When you roll in like thunder just to turn around and run
It's a good thing I don't need you to stay

I been up and down before
Grief won't hold me any more
You're running out of games to play
I don't have to live this way

Thought I loved you for awhile
You were loaded up on style
Talk is cheap but I won't play
I don't have to live this way

No I won't play the games that you've designed
And I won't wait to listen to your lines
Before you speak another word
I'll repeat it so I'm heard
You're running out of games to play
I don't have to live this way

You won't stay another night
Or did you want another right
Now I've got the eyes to see
You get your kicks by hurting me

No I won't play the games that you've designed
And I won't wait to listen to your lines
Before you speak another word
I'll repeat it so I'm heard
You're running out of games to play

I turned around
Before I could run I found you already settled down in the back of my mind
I know this is just a customary feelin'
The moon is our deceiver that will leave you running blind

Your heart is pullin'
If I didn't know any better
I'd be fallin'
Deeper and deeper it's true
I'd hear it callin'
If I didn't know any better
And I'd be in love with you

Didn't want to
Look in the eyes of the one that I would be drawn to
I'm a moth lost in a fire
And I know this is just a beautiful illusion, a case of the confusion, between
love and desire

Your heart is pullin'
If I didn't know any better
I'd be fallin'
Deeper and deeper it's true
I'd hear it callin'
If I didn't know any better
And I'd be in love

When the flame burns out
And fine'ly settles down
And you'd forget I ever came around

Your heart is pullin'
If I didn't know any better
I'd be fallin'
Deeper and deeper it's true
I'd hear it callin'
If didn't know any better
And I'd be in love with you

I turned around

In this world, I walk alone,
With no place to call my home.
But there's one who holds my hand,
The rugged road through barren lands.

The way is dark, the road is steep.
But he's become my eyes to see.
The strength to climb, my griefs to bear,
The Saviour lives inside me there.

In Your love I find release,
A haven from my unbelief.
Take my life and let me be
A living prayer, my God, to thee.

In these trials of life I find
Another voice inside my mind.
He comforts me and bids me; live
Inside the love the Father gives.

In Your love I find release,
A haven from my unbelief.
Take my life and let me be
A living prayer, my God, to thee.

Take my life and let me be