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Emmylou Harris Red Dirt Girl Lyrics
Total views: 1 time this week / Rating: 10/10 [1 vote]Album: Red Dirt Girl / Original Release Date: 2000-09-12Genre: CountrySong Duration: 4 min 16 sec
EMMYLOU HARRIS
- Red Dirt Girl Lyrics / with translationsMe and my best friend Lillian
And her blue tick hound dog Gideon
Sittin' on the front porch coolin' in the shade
Singin' every song the radio played
Waitin' for the Alabama sun to go down
Two red dirt girls in a red dirt town
Me and Lillian
Just across the line
And a little southeast of Meridian
She loved her brother I remember back when
He was fixin' up a '49 Indian
He told her, ?Little sister, gonna ride the wind
Up around the moon and back again"
He never got farther than Vietnam
I was standin' there with her
When the telegram come for Lillian
Now he's lyin' somewhere
About a million miles from Meridian
She said, ?There's not much hope for a red dirt girl
Somewhere out there is a great big world
That's where I'm bound"
"And the stars might fall on Alabama
But one of these days I'm gonna swing
My hammer down"
Away from this red dirt town
I'm gonna make a joyful sound
She grew up tall and she grew up thin
Buried that old dog Gideon
By a crepe myrtle bush in the back of the yard
Her daddy turned mean and her mama leaned hard
Got in trouble with a boy from town
Figured that she might as well settle down
So she dug right in
Across a red dirt line
Just a little south east of Meridian
Yes, she tried hard to love him
But it never did take
Just another way for the heart to break
So she learned [Incomprehensible]
One thing they don't tell you about the blues
When you got 'em
You keep on fallin' 'cause there ain't no bottom
There ain't no end at least not for Lillian
Nobody knows when she started her skid
She was only 27 and she had five kids
Could-a been the whiskey, could-a been the pills
Could-a been the dream she was tryin' to kill
But there won't be a mention in the new little world
About the life and the death of a red dirt girl
Named Lillian
Who never got any farther
Across the line than Meridian
Now the stars still fall on Alabama
Tonight she finally laid
That hammer down without a sound
In the red dirt ground
And her blue tick hound dog Gideon
Sittin' on the front porch coolin' in the shade
Singin' every song the radio played
Waitin' for the Alabama sun to go down
Two red dirt girls in a red dirt town
Me and Lillian
Just across the line
And a little southeast of Meridian
She loved her brother I remember back when
He was fixin' up a '49 Indian
He told her, ?Little sister, gonna ride the wind
Up around the moon and back again"
He never got farther than Vietnam
I was standin' there with her
When the telegram come for Lillian
Now he's lyin' somewhere
About a million miles from Meridian
She said, ?There's not much hope for a red dirt girl
Somewhere out there is a great big world
That's where I'm bound"
"And the stars might fall on Alabama
But one of these days I'm gonna swing
My hammer down"
Away from this red dirt town
I'm gonna make a joyful sound
She grew up tall and she grew up thin
Buried that old dog Gideon
By a crepe myrtle bush in the back of the yard
Got in trouble with a boy from town
Figured that she might as well settle down
So she dug right in
Across a red dirt line
Just a little south east of Meridian
Yes, she tried hard to love him
But it never did take
Just another way for the heart to break
So she learned [Incomprehensible]
One thing they don't tell you about the blues
When you got 'em
You keep on fallin' 'cause there ain't no bottom
There ain't no end at least not for Lillian
Nobody knows when she started her skid
She was only 27 and she had five kids
Could-a been the whiskey, could-a been the pills
Could-a been the dream she was tryin' to kill
But there won't be a mention in the new little world
About the life and the death of a red dirt girl
Named Lillian
Who never got any farther
Across the line than Meridian
Now the stars still fall on Alabama
Tonight she finally laid
That hammer down without a sound
In the red dirt ground
Facts about Red Dirt Girl
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Red Dirt Girl is written and performed by Emmylou Harris.
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It is first released on September 12, 2000 as part of Emmylou Harris's album "Red Dirt Girl" which includes 12 tracks in total. This song is the 4th track on this album.
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When we explore how the lyrics were meant to make us feel, the song 'Red Dirt Girl' by Emmylou Harris tells the story of two friends, one of whom faces hardships and tragedies in life. The red dirt represents the obstacles they face in their lives, while Lillian's journey demonstrates her ability to overcome hardship and experience heartbreak and face the difficulties of small-town existence. The red dirt girl lyrics mostly focus on expressing heartbreak and creating reflective moments and generating nostalgic feelings and presenting feelings of fear and hopelessness. The song highlights how loss and grief and dreams and aspirations and struggles and hardships and addiction and despair impact human life. The lyrics contain mature themes about loss and struggles with addiction and life challenges which may not be suitable for children under 13. The references to whiskey and pills suggest substance use, which elevates the rating to PG-13.
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Red Dirt Girl falls under the genre Country.
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Red Dirt Girl song length is 4 minutes and 16 seconds.
Who wrote Red Dirt Girl lyrics?
Red Dirt Girl is written and performed by Emmylou Harris.
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When was Red Dirt Girl released?
It is first released on September 12, 2000 as part of Emmylou Harris's album "Red Dirt Girl" which includes 12 tracks in total. This song is the 4th track on this album.
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What is the meaning behind Red Dirt Girl lyrics?
When we explore how the lyrics were meant to make us feel, the song 'Red Dirt Girl' by Emmylou Harris tells the story of two friends, one of whom faces hardships and tragedies in life. The red dirt represents the obstacles they face in their lives, while Lillian's journey demonstrates her ability to overcome hardship and experience heartbreak and face the difficulties of small-town existence. The red dirt girl lyrics mostly focus on expressing heartbreak and creating reflective moments and generating nostalgic feelings and presenting feelings of fear and hopelessness. The song highlights how loss and grief and dreams and aspirations and struggles and hardships and addiction and despair impact human life. The lyrics contain mature themes about loss and struggles with addiction and life challenges which may not be suitable for children under 13. The references to whiskey and pills suggest substance use, which elevates the rating to PG-13.
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Which genre is Red Dirt Girl?
Red Dirt Girl falls under the genre Country.
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How long is the song Red Dirt Girl?
Red Dirt Girl song length is 4 minutes and 16 seconds.
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Songwriter(s): Emmylou HarrisRecord Label(s): 2000 Nonesuch Records
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