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Thread #4414 Message #24026
Posted By: Joe Offer
17-Mar-98 - 09:33 PM
Thread Name: Lyr ADD: Our Town (Iris DeMent)
Subject: Lyr Add: OUR TOWN (Iris Dement) ^^
This song and "Let the Mystery Be," both on the "Infamous Angel" CD, are my two favorite Iris Dement songs. -Joe Offer-
OUR TOWN (Iris Dement) As recorded by Iris DeMent on "Infamous Angel" (1993)
Chorus: And ya know the sun's settin' fast And just like they say, nothing good ever lasts Go on now and kiss it goodbye But hold onto your lover 'cause your heart's bound to die Go on now and say goodbye to our town, to our town Can't you see the sun's settin' down on our town, on our town Goodnight
Up the street beside that red neon light That's where I met my baby on one hot summer night He was the tender and I ordered a beer It's been forty years and I'm still sitting here
Chorus
It's here I had my babies and I had my first kiss I've walked down Main Street in the cold morning mist Over there is where I bought my first car It turned over once but then it never went far
Chorus
I buried my mama and I buried my pa They sleep up the street beside that pretty brick wall I bring 'em flowers about every day But I just gotta cry when I think what they'd say
Chorus If they could see how the sun's setting fast ...
Now I sit on the porch and watch the lightnin' bugs fly But I can't see too good, I got tears in my eyes I'm leavin' tomorrow but I don't wanna go I love you, my town, you'll always live in my soul
But I can see the sun's settin' fast And just like they say, nothing good ever lasts Go on, I gotta kiss you goodbye But I'll hold to my lover 'cause my heart's 'bout to die Go on now and say goodbye to my town, to my town I can see the sun has gone down on my town, on my town Goodnight, Goodnight