Lyr Req: By Way of Sorrow (Julie Miller)

08 Nov 99 - 10:46 AM (#133203)
Subject: By Way of Sorrow ('Blue Pony' version)
From: slawlor

I've been trying to decipher the lyrics for this from the CD, with limited success.

The chorus lyrics as written in the liner notes are:
You have come by way of sorrow,
You have come by way of tears.
But you'll reach your destiny,
Meant to find you all these years.

However, when she's singing it, Julie Miller has changed the last three lines of the chorus the second and third time it comes around. This is what I've been able to extrapolate:

Second chorus:
You have come by way of sorrow,
You have taken a long way home (or maybe "a lonely road"),
But ??????????
You will some day come to know.

Third chorus:
You have come by way of sorrow,
You’ve come over a stony path,
But ??????????????????
You will lay your burden down.

Has anyone else been able to determine just what these words are? By the way, I already checked the version on the "Cry Cry Cry" album; they just used the words from the first chorus each time.

Thanks,
Susan Lawlor
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08 Nov 99 - 11:48 AM (#133227)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: By Way of Sorrow ('Blue Pony' versio
From: Vixen

You might try the CRY CRY CRY CD. It has the lyrics on the liner.

V

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05 Sep 05 - 11:35 PM (#1557181)
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: BY WAY OF SORROW (Julie Miller)
From: Jim Dixon

Copied from http://www.cowboylyrics.com/tabs/miller-julie/by-way-of-sorrow-3658.html

BY WAY OF SORROW
Julie Miller

 C
  
  Am                G      C
  You've been taken by the wind
           F         C       G    F                          
  You have known the kiss of sorrows
  Am                    G      C
  Doors that would not let you in
  F   C         G     F
  Outcast and a stranger
  Am       G       C      F      Am       G       C      F
  You have come by way of sorrow you have come by way of tears
  Am          G          C    F                    G          F
  But you'll reach your destiny come to find you all these years
  Am                G         C
  Come to find you all these years
  Am               G      C         F       C       G    F
  You have drunk a bitter wine with none to be your comfort
   Am               G    C              F   C            G    F
  You who once were left behind will be welcome at love's tables
  Am       G       C      F      Am       G       C      F
  You have come by way of sorrow you have come by way of tears
  Am          G          C    F                   
  But you'll reach your destiny 
  F                G       F
  You will one day come to know
  Am               G       C
  You will one day come to know
  Am                   G        C          F       C       G      F
  All the nights that joy has slept will awake to days of laughter
  Am                   G          C
  Gone the tears that you have wept
                   F      C     G  F
  You'll dance in freedom ever after
  Am       G       C      F      Am       G       C      F
  You have come by way of sorrow you have come by way of tears
  Am          G          C    F                    
  But you'll reach your destiny 
  F                 G      F
  You will lay your burden down
  Am                G      C 
  You will lay your burden down

[Julie Miller, "Blue Pony," Hightone Records, 1997. Tinkie Tunes(ASCAP)/Martha Road(ASCAP)]

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25 Jan 08 - 02:14 PM (#2244716)
Subject: Lyr Add: BY WAY OF SORROW (Julie Miller)
From: GUEST,Joe

Here's what I came up with...


You've been taken by the wind
You have known the kiss of sorrow
Doors that would not let you in
Outcast and a stranger

You have come by way of sorrow
You have come by way of tears
But you'll reach your destiny
Meant to find you all these years
Meant to find you all these years

You have drunk a bitter wine
With none to be your comfort
You who once were left behind
Will be welcome at love's table

You have come by way of sorrow
You have taken a long way home
But the love that waits on you
You will someday come to know
You will one day come to know

All the nights that joy has slept
Will awake to days of laughter
Gone the tears that you have wept
You'll dance in freedom ever after

You have come by way of sorrow
You've come over a stony ground
But when love calls out to me
You will lay your burden down
You will lay your burden down

You have come by way of sorrow
You have come by way of tears
But you'll reach 쳌your destiny
Meant to find you all these years
Meant to find you all these years

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15 Nov 10 - 07:03 PM (#3033065)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: By Way of Sorrow (Julie Miller)
From: GUEST,jhahn

I think what's above is close as far as I can tell. The only place I differ is instead of "But when love calls out to me" I think she's saying, "But when love calls out your name."

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