Lyr Req: Joshua Tree (Tom Russell)

12 Dec 05 - 10:27 PM (#1626102)
Subject: Lyr Req: Anybody have Joshua Tree by Tom Russell?
From: GUEST,[e-mail]

I'm looking for Johsua Tree by Tom Russell. Anybody bothered to ranscribe the lyrics?

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12 Dec 05 - 11:33 PM (#1626158)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Anybody have Joshua Tree by Tom Russell?
From: Peace

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Google that or

eBay: TOM RUSSELL & PATRICIA HARDIN "EARLY YEARS" 2on1 CD NEW ...

You can get the CD for about $13 total--S&H included.

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07 Nov 11 - 12:23 PM (#3252115)
Subject: Lyr Add: JOSHUA TREE (Tom Russell)
From: GUEST,Kathleen

These are the lyrics to Tom's "Joshua Tree", one of my absolute favorites

No one knows the age of those
Trees on White Tank Mountain
They're timeless as a legend
They'll hold you in their spell

And 'neath those ageless roots they say
There holds a secret fountain
Fed by ancient waters
From hidden mystic wells

The lizard's resting wisely near
The rocks of White Tank Mountain
Keep one eye on the desert
And one eye on the sea

The lizards tell the story of
A man who drank the fountain
And left his ashes blowin'
Cross the sands of Joshua Tree

And some called him a holy man
And some called him insane
Might have been his alibis
As he put the crowds to shame

And some called him the seer
Flying blind and soaring free
Like a bird above the fault line
In the land of the Joshua Tree

So if you climb the rocks along
The road to White Tank Mountain
You might hear a song blow by you
With his ashes in the breeze

The song is just as sacred as
The waters in the fountain
And it's message is as ageless
As the roots of a Joshua Tree

And some called him a holy man
And some called him insane
Might have been his alibis
As he put the crowds to shame

And some called him a seer
Flying blind and soaring free
Like a bird above the fault line
In the land of Joshua Tree

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02 Dec 11 - 02:52 PM (#3267422)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Joshua Tree (Tom Russell)
From: GUEST

Thank you! Pretty hard to believe nobody has coverd this!

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02 Dec 11 - 11:52 PM (#3267669)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Joshua Tree (Tom Russell)
From: Lonesome EJ

Might this be about Gram Parson? The lyrics suggest it.

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05 Jan 12 - 08:12 PM (#3285520)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Joshua Tree (Tom Russell)
From: pdq

Yes, this song is about Gram Parsons.

Tom Russell is from the Los Angeles area, the center of Gram's popularity.

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17 Jan 12 - 10:21 PM (#3291905)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Joshua Tree (Tom Russell)
From: judyac

"Joshua Tree" is also on the "Veterans Day Anthology"(2008)

http://www.amazon.ca/Veterans-Day-Anthology-Digi-Russell/dp/tracks/B001G7EGRE/ref=dp_tracks_all_1#disc_1

I've seen it new on both amazon.ca and amazon.com, but the Canadian site gives the track listing.

Village Records has a lot of Tom Russell CDs, including the "Early Years" and the "Veterans Day Anthology"

http://villagerecords.com/

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15 Feb 16 - 01:42 PM (#3772931)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Joshua Tree (Tom Russell)
From: GUEST,BL

Anyone have the chords for Joshua Tree?

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