Emmylou Harris - Bang the Drum Slowly - 2007 Remastered Version Lyrics

Lyrics Bang the Drum Slowly - 2007 Remastered Version - Emmylou Harris



I meant to ask you how to fix that car
I always meant to ask you about the war
And what you saw across a bridge too far
Did it leave a scar
Or how you navigated wings of fire and steel
Up where heaven had no more secrets to conceal
And still you found the ground beneath your wheels
How did it feel
Bang the drum slowly play the pipe lowly
To dust be returning from dust we begin
Bang the drum slowly I'll speak of things holy
Above and below me world without end
I meant to ask you how when everything seemed lost
And your fate was in a game of dice they tossed
There was still that line that you would never cross
At any cost
I meant to ask you how you lived what you believed
With nothing but your heart up your sleeve
And if you ever really were deceived
By the likes of me
Bang the drum slowly play the pipe lowly
To dust be returning from dust we begin
Bang the drum slowly I'll speak of things holy
Above and below me world without end
Gone now is the day and gone the sun
There is peace tonight all over Arlington
But the songs of my life will still be sung
By the light of the moon you hung
I meant to ask you how to plow that field
I meant to bring you water from the well
And be the one beside you when you fell
Could you tell
Bang the drum slowly play the pipe lowly
To dust be returning from dust we begin
Bang the drum slowly I'll speak of things holy
Above and below me world without end



Writer(s): Clark Guy Charles, Harris Emmylou


Emmylou Harris - Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems
Album Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems
date of release
17-09-2007

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2 Juanita - 2007 Remastered Version
3 Alone And Forsaken - 2007 Remastered Version
4 Sweet Old World - 2007 Remastered Version
5 1917 - 2007 Remastered Version
6 Tulsa Queen - 2007 Remastered Version
7 Coat Of Many Colors - 2007 Remastered Version
8 Brand New Dance - 2007 Remastered Version
9 My Dear Companion - 2007 Remastered Version
10 Palms Of Victory - 1978 Outtake
11 Here We Are - 2007 Remastered Version
12 Wheels - 2007 Remastered Version
13 Jordan - 2007 Remastered Version
14 I Don't Love You Much Do I - 2007 Remastered Version
15 The Pearl - 2007 Remastered Version Live At Massey Hall 2001
16 The Angels Rejoiced Last Night - 2007 Remastered Version
17 Country Baptizing - The Old 1973 Live Version 2007 Remastered Version
18 I Remember You - 2007 Remastered Version
19 Bang the Drum Slowly - 2007 Remastered Version
20 When He Calls - 2007 Remastered Version
21 Mary Danced With Soldiers - 2007 Remastered Version



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