Boulder to Birmingham

Album: Pieces of the Sky (1975)
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  • I don't want to hear a love song
    I got on this airplane just to fly
    And I know there's life below me
    But all that it can show me
    Is the prairie and the sky

    And I don't want to hear a sad story
    Full of heartbreak and desire
    The last time I felt like this
    I was in the wilderness and the canyon was on fire
    And I stood on the mountain
    In the night and I watched it burn
    I watched it burn, I watched it burn

    I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham
    I would hold my life in his saving grace
    I would walk all the way from Boulder to Birmingham
    If I thought I could see, I could see your face

    Well you really got me this time
    And the hardest part is knowing I'll survive
    I have come to listen for the sound
    Of the trucks as they move down
    Out on ninety five
    And pretend that it's the ocean
    Coming down to wash me clean, to wash me clean
    Baby do you know what I mean

    I would rock my soul in the bosom of Abraham
    I would hold my life in his saving grace
    I would walk all the way from Boulder to Birmingham
    If I thought I could see, I could see your face
    If I thought I could see, I could see your face Writer/s: Bill Danoff, Emmylou Harris
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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Comments: 4

  • Al Zeili from New JerseyWhat means "in the bosom of Abraham"?
  • Jennifur SunI have always wondered about the first part of it as far as lyrics go
  • Paul from MichiganFrom an article I found on the web, Emmylou describes her connection to Boulder: "It's always a special place for me," she says. "It's the first place I played on the road with Gram Parsons."
  • Bill from UsEmmylou was born in Birmingham, Ala.
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