The Ballad Of Sally Rose Musicians: Drums: Russ Kunkel, Larrie London Bass: Emory Gordy, Jr. Keyboards: Shane Keister, John Jarvis Acoustic Guitars: Emmylou Harris, Albert Lee, Hank DeVito, Barry Tashian, Bobby Thompson, Emory Gordy, Jr., Paul Kennerley Electric Guitars: Albert Lee, Ray Flacke, Vince Gill, Hank DeVito, Waylon Jennings, Paul Kennerley Pedal Steel & Dobro: Hank DeVito Electric Slide Guitar: Philip Donelly Mondolin: Albert Lee Fiddle: Buddy Spicher Harmonica: Steve cash, Gary Scruggs Banjo: Bobby Thompson Accordion: Bessyl Duhon Percussion: Larrie Londin, Tom Roady Background Vocals: Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Gail Davies, Vince Gill, Barbara Cowart THE BALLAD OF SALLY ROSE Her mama picked him up in south Minnesota He promised her the world but they never got that far For he was last seen in that '59 DeSota When Sally was born in the black hills of Dakota She was washed in the blood of the dying Sioux nation Raised with a proud but a wandering heart And she knew that her roots were in the old reservation But she had stars in her eyes and greater expectations Chorus: No rings on her fingers no bells on her toes With bugs on her headlights And runs in her hose Through the valley of the shadow of Roosevelt's nose Adios, South Dakata, adios, Sally Rose They've got a national momument carved out of stone On the side of a mountain where her forefathers roamed Playing cowboys and Indians right under the nose Of Theodore Roosevelt and sweet Sally Rose So she left Rapid City in the blue moonlight hour With her eye on the highway and her foot on the floor And turnin' the dial she was pulled by the power Of the word coming out of that broadcasting tower RHYTHM GUITAR She played around town 'til she opend the show For a high-rollin' singer up from Tupelo He saw her in the lights and he give her a hand Next thing Sally knew she was one of the band Chorus: She said "don't give me nothin' that I can't use I got the rhythm and I don't need the blues I don't wanna ride no shootin' star Just wanna play on the rhythm guitar" She was the sweetest thing that he ever had seen And he'd had quite a few of them backstage queens She was the prettiest thing that he ever had heard Playin' rhythm guitar and singin' the third Well Sally keeps her feet planted on the ground She don't lose her head when the sun goes down Everybody's out lookin' for romance But Sally just wants to get the people to dance I THINK I LOVE HIM I think I love him I think I knew the first time He called my name And said you are my sunshine I think I love him I think I knew the hour He held me close And said you are my flower (Instrumental:"You Are My Flower" by A.P.Carter) HEART TO HEART Heart to heart we'll hold together Hand in hand we'll find a way Oh, the storms of life may blind us But with the loving vows that bind us Heart to heart hand in hand we'll stay Side by side forever and always Day by day till our lives are done This sweet love is ours to treasure Far beyond all time and measure Side by side day by day as one The years cannot take what's between you and me We'll stand here together for the whole world to see Heart to heart there'll be no other Hand in hand for our love is true Oh, the words that we have spoken Will be a promise never broken Heart to heart hand in hand with you WOMAN WALK THE LINE Don't bother sittin' at my table Just because I'm on my own Yes I'm a woman and I'm lonely But that don't mean I can't be strong Once again he's not beside me And tonight he won't be coming home So I just need a place to miss my baby When he goes out to do me wrong Chorus: Tonight I wanna do some drinkin' I came to listen to the band Yes I'm as good as what you're thinkin' But I don't wanna hold your hand And I know I'm lookin' lonely But there's nothin' here I wanna find It's just the way of a woman When she goes out to walk the line Every night's a little longer Than the one that came before But when I hear them sing a sad song I know just what I'm cryin' for I don't wanna stay home waitin' Don't have to wonder where he's been He'll be someone else's baby Before he's in my arms again BAD NEWS Bad news black day There's been a wreck on the highway Drivin' fast in distress Hit a curve and died in the darkness He'll never know how much I lose Bad news Bad news sirens whine He rode the devil down the white line Johnny Walker by his side Always out there lookin' for the last ride He'll never know how much I lose Bad news TIMBERLINE Oh the stars they did shine The night you swore that you'd be mine And you promised always to be true And to be kind On that Shenandoah Hill Where our love bloomed until I went away and left those Promised behind Chorus: But when I rise fro the timberline And call your name will you rember mine? And the sweetest kiss will be the tie that binds Like the wild, wild rose and the columbine To that place I will go Where th wildwook flowers grow With a ribbon in my hair And a gown of calico To those Shenandoah Hills I'll go back I swear I will To the sweetest kiss my lips will ever know LONG TALL SALLY ROSE Well tonight I'm gonna wear my dancin' shoes 'Cause I heard the word and I heard the news There's a gal in town she's packin' 'em in If you've seen her once, you'll see her again Chorus: She's got a red hot dynamite band They're burnin' down another one-night stand Headlinin' double shows Everybody go see Sally Rose She sure knows how to rock the crowd Rocks 'em slow rocks 'em loud So you better move fast 'cause tickets are right If you wanna see Sally Rose pick it tonight WHITE LINE (see other link) DIAMOND IN MY CROWN As each long day rolls by and falls behind me In the lonely night there's a peacefulness I've found Tho' I'm weary even then When I rise to start again There'll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown I have wasted all that life has laid before me I have watched as all the green fields turn to brown But I shall not disavow All these ties that bind me now There'll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown Shining down some day I know Brighter than all their streets of gold When the burdens that I carry I will lay down And the sorrows I have known I'll see them all be overthrown There'll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown Through the passing of the years I will grow stronger Just as sure as this old world keeps spinning 'round Then the closer I will be To my sweetest victory There'll be a diamond, a diamond in my crown THE SWETHEART OF THE RODEO I hear the sound of sorrow in the wind Blowing down from every mile I've ever been Calling me out on some road that just won't end Where the sweetheart rides the rodeo again A thousandnights a thousand towns I took the bows But there is no compensation for me now Out along the highway where the west was won No matter how fast I ride or far I run Chorus: Waiting for the seetheart of the rodeo They're comin' down from Tonapah to Tupelo She'll come to town to ride the radio Like she's slidin' down the walls of Jericho There goes the sweetheart of the rodeo I stepped into the light you left behind I stood there where all the world could see me shine Oh I was on my way to you to make you mine But I took the longest road that I could find K-S-O-S Come gather' round me boys and lend an car I've got some things I think you all should hear It's time to shift into another gear I've reached my final destination Bought a radio station And she's fifty thousand watts, pure and clear K-S-O-S help is on the way Twenty-four hours of every day A voice in the wilderness And we're here to stay K-S-O-S (Instrumental Medley: "Ring of fire" by J.Carter/M.Kilgore), "Wildwood Flower" by A.P. Carter and "Six days on the road" by F. Green/C. Montgomery) SWEET CHARIOT Oh my darlin' I have searched the desert and the sky Just to find you And take the mourning from my eyes When I lost you I suffered and you were sanctified We are all born to live we are all bound to die Chorus: Swing down sweet chariot The flesh will fall and the bones will rot But from my sorrow you'll carry me not My heart is bound my soul is chained To th rock Rock of ages cleft for me I swung down my hammer out in Joshua Tree It rang on the mountain and rolled to the sea And it will ring from the rock Oh my children Sorrow shall come to each of us All our trials Will soon lay buried in the dust Long forgotten But quick as silver truns to rust Love is found when the heart is lost All Songs Written by Emmylou Harris and Paul Kennerley 1984 Emmylou Songs ASCAP/Rondor music