Emmylou Harris - Guitar Town Lyrics






Hey pretty baby are you ready for me
It's your good rockin' daddy down from Tennessee
Well I'm just outta Austin bound for San Antone
With the radio blastin' and the bird dog on
There's a speed trap up ahead South of town
But no local yokel's gonna shut me down
Cause me and the boys got this rig unwound
And we've come a thousand miles from the guitar town

Nothin' ever happened round my home town
And I ain't the kind to just hang around
But I heard someone callin' my name one day
And I followed that voice down the lost highway
Everybody told me you can't get far
On 37 dollars and a Jap guitar
Now I'm smokin' into Texas with the hammer down
And a rockin' little combo from the guitar town

Hey pretty baby don't you know it ain't my fault
Love to hear the steel belts hummin' on the asphalt
Wake up in the middle of the night in a truck stop
Stumble in the restaurant, wonderin' why I don't stop
Well I gotta keep rockin' while I still can
Got a two-pack habit and a motel tan
When my boots hit the boards it's a brand new hand
Put my back to the risers and make my stand
Hey pretty baby won't you hold me tight
I'm loadin' up and rollin' out of here tonight
One of these days I'm gonna settle down
And I'll take you back with me to the guitar town





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  1. W.... J....

    What a woman!! Brilliant

  2. c.... ....

    great cover.

  3. P.... ....

    Those eyes!

  4. E.... K....

    A top favorite of mine by Steve. Great job, Emmylou!

  5. s.... f....

    Love how she never dyed her hair. My blue Kentucky girl

    s.... f....

    And thank God she never dyed her hair blue!

  6. S.... M....

    Still never seen a more beautiful grey haired lady or heard a voice quite like hers

  7. A.... A....

    Have you ever heard an angel sing?You have now!What a lady

  8. c.... t....

    So beautiful....Wow!!

  9. D.... ....

    Awesome!

  10. A.... G....

    She's such a bad ass!

  11. K.... W....

    Best version of Guitar Town!

  12. W.... B....

    Bennett makes guitar town sound GREAT on earle   123

  13. m.... ....

    beautyful lady ever

  14. G.... T....

    gotta love Steve earl

  15. J.... C....

    its number one sublime

  16. M.... P....

    EMMYLOU E COME UN CARDELLINO CHE CON LA SUA MUSICA RIEMPIE IL MIO CUORE E LA MIA ANIMA LA SUA MUSICA LO SCOPERTA NEL 1990 PER CASO IN UNA CASSETTA STEREO 7ANONIMA DOPO 23 ANNI SO CHE QUELLA MUSICA ERA LA TUA,NON PASSA UN GIORNO CHE NON ASCOLTO LA TUA MUSICA SEI IL CARDELLINO CHE PORTO CON ME IN MP3 SEI BELLISSIMA E FANTASTICA CARDELLINO DELLA MUSICA COUNTRY CANTA X SEMPRE EMMYLOU.                  MARTY1950 TORINO ITALY

  17. R.... V....

    She should do this song with Steve earle

    R.... V....

    The biggest challenge between them would be deciding whether to use a bass guitar (as Steve Earle does) or a resonator guitar (as Emmylou does) for the song's trademark riff

  18. m.... ....

    Love Emmylou.  Been listening to her albums for years, and still love every song!

  19. s.... ....

    AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  20. a.... ....

    Emmylou is simply wonderful. Is undoubtedly the best american country singer in activity. Wonderful, wonderful ...

  21. b.... ....

    Amazing Emmylou Harris !

  22. K.... ....

    He is listed as John Randall Stewart just under the "show more" option in credits.

  23. J.... M....

    you never mentioned Jon Randall- he was a vital part of the band - Beautiful voice

  24. t.... l....

    Happily i met her in my hometown in 1992. Never will i forget that .-)

  25. y.... ....

    very nice great

  26. a.... l....

    so talented ,so sizzling hot,so gracious

  27. c.... ....

    minnesota

  28. P.... M....

    God she's good.

  29. T.... E....

    jepps thats true, but this is the set list from the album not the VHS... they had shortened it down pretty much... The recording went over three nights, and she also recordeda set of older songs from her career, that we never got to hear.. I wish that one day we will se the full show in blueray or dvd, restored with new sound...