Emmylou Harris - Return Of The Grievous Angel Lyrics
(Gram Parsons - T. O'Brown)Won't you scratch my itch sweet Annie RichAnd welcome me back to townCome out on your porch or I'll step into your parlorAnd I'll tell you how it all went down.Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angelsAnd a good saloon in every single townOh, and I remember something you once told meAnd I'll be damned if it did not come trueTwenty thousand roads I went down, down, downAnd they all lead me straight back home to you.We flew straight across that river bridgeLast night half past twoThe switchman waved his lantern goodbyeAnd good day as we went rolling through.Billboards and truckstops pass by the grievous angelAnd now I know just what I have to do'Cause I headed west to grow up with the countryAcross those valleys with those waves of grainAnd I saw my devil and I saw my deep blue seaAnd I thought about a calico bonnet from Cheyenne to Tennessee.--- Instrumental ---The news I could bring I met up with the kingOn his head an amphetamine crownHe talked about unbuckling that old bible beltAnd headed out for some desert town.Out with the truckers and the kickers and the cowboy angelsAnd a good saloon in every single townOh, and I remember something you once told meAnd I'll be damned if it did not come trueTwenty thousand roads I went down, down, downAnd they all lead me straight back home to you.Twenty thousand roads I went down, down, downAnd they all lead me straight back home to you...
