Lyr Req: Box of Visions (Tom Russell)

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Hills of Old Juarez
From: GUEST,Does anybody have the lyrics to "Box of Visi
Date: 17 May 04 - 11:06 PM

I've been trying to loacte the lyrics to "Box of Visions" by Tom Russell. Does anybody out there have them. It's a great song!
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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Hills of Old Juarez
From: GUEST,tequilaron
Date: 18 May 04 - 05:06 PM

Try this site. http://www.altcountrytab.com/
It has a lot of Tom Russell songs. By the way, you don't happen to have the words and chords for Tom's "the Road It Gives, and the Road It Takes Away" or "When Irish Girl's Grow Up".
Ron

Subject: RE: Wanted: Tom Russell Lyrics
From: open mike
Date: 19 May 04 - 01:14 AM

here is his web site...i think he has a song book for sale
but i do not see lyrics on this page...they might be there
though..Tom Russell's web site

Subject: Lyr Add: BOX OF VISIONS (Tom Russell)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 19 May 04 - 11:41 PM

I had forgotten what a nice song this is. Thanks for requesting it.
-Joe Offer (e-mail sent)-

Box of Visions
(Tom Russell)
For Shannon Russell

I'll give to you a box of visions
I'll give to you a jar of hearts
I'll lend to you the gypsy's ear
To hear the Sacred Harp

I'll give to you a house of mirrors
A thousand eyes, they belong to you
A labyrinth of wild roses
I know you'll find your own way through

Wait awhile and you'll grow older
Never mind what the old folks say
Just keep an angel on your shoulder
Never throw your dreams away
They might save your life one day

A song is just a box of visions
You can't unlock it with a key
A message rolled up inside a bottle
And dropped into the salty sea

A song is just a box of visions
A jar of hearts, a gypsy's ear
A labyrinth of wild roses
A journey through the house of mirrors

Wait awhile and you'll grow stronger
Never mind what the sad folks say
Keep an angel on your shoulder
Never throw your dreams away
They might save your life one day

Frontera Music, ASCAP

source: Box of Visions CD booklet

Subject: Lyr/Tune Add: TONIGHT WE RIDE (Tom Russell)
From: Midchuck
Date: 20 May 04 - 01:48 PM

Here's lyrics and chords for "Tonight We Ride," off the new album.

Peter.

[C]Pancho Villa crossed the border
In the [F]year of ought-six[C]teen.
The people of Columbus
Still hear him [G7]riding through their dreams.
He killed [Am]seventeen civilians,
You could [F]hear the women scream.
Black Jack [C]Pershing on a dancing horse
Was [G7]waiting in the rings

Tonight we [Am]ride!
Tonight we [Em]ride!
We'll [F]skin old Pancho [C]Villa
And make chaps out of his [G7]hide!
Shoot his [Am]horse, Siete Leguas,
And his [F]twenty-seven brides;
Tonight we [C]ride!
To[G7]night we [C]ride!

We rode for three long years
'Till Black Jack Pershing called it quits.
When old Pershing wasn't looking,
I stole his fine spade bit.
It was tied onto his stallion,
So I rode away on it
To the wild Chihauhan desert,
So dry you couldn't spit.

Tonight we ride!
You bastards dare!
We'll hunt the wild Apache
For the bounty on his hair.
Then we'll ride into Durango,
Climb up the whorehouse stairs.
Tonight we ride!
Tonight we ride!

When I'm too damned old to sit a horse,
I'll steal the Warden's car.
Bust my ass out of this prison,
Leave my teeth there in a jar.
You don't need no teeth for kissin' girls,
Or smokin' cheap cigars.
I'll sleep with one eye open,
'Neath God's celestial stars.

Tonight we rock!
Tonight we roll!
We'll rob the Juarez liquor store
For the Rey Posada gold.
And if we drink ourselves to death,
Ain't that the cowboy way to go?
Tonight we ride!
Tonight we ride!

Tonight we fly!
We're heading west!
To the mountains and the ocean
Where the eagle makes it's nest.
And if our bones bleach in the desert,
We'll consider we are blessed.
Tonight we ride!
Tonight we ride!