Emmylou Harris - Till I Gain Control Again Lyrics

I used some of the words to tell my sister, in the hospital, who has stage 3-4 cancer: "Just like the sun over the mountaintops. You know I'll always come again. Out on the road that lies before us now, there are some turns where we will spin. I only hope that you can hold me now, til I can gain control again." I pray the chemo works. Thanks for the words. They comforted her.

My favorite female singer.

Love 🇨🇵

I have this album, bought when it first came out. She has a powerful voice.

Every song I shed a tear...

American treasure...animal advocate and helped me gain control again for so many years..

What a Beautiful looking lady and what a Beautiful Vocal Singer

Wowwwww......! 🎸🌹

Is this song about love or God? I have similar dilemma with Boulder to Birmingham.

Just beautiful.. She's an Angel.. 🙏

as of now , 99 jealous women disliked this , I'll be watching for their videos

It's beyond me that anyone could dislike this exquisite song.

I’ve heard many versions of this beautiful song over the decades. Many are exquisite. None are superior to this one IMHO.

I agree, David.

Love this song. She sings with feeling.

Soulful country by my country princess. So sonorous

I would give anything to meet her .

This is my favorite version. Written by the great Rodney Crowell, who learned a ton from my two favorite songwriters - the late great townes van zandt and guy clark

Wow! Wow! Wow!

This song is gold!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHqIlm1ag5E

Words can't express how Emmylou makes me feel. Every time I hear her angelic voice, I'm in the clouds! She is such a beautiful lady!

Cómo estarás mi ángel de mis MAÑANAS???!!!!!! 💖

She, along with Linda, have voices from who knows where? This song, her first about Gram since the old days, kind of closes the loop for me about the two of them...some of this recalls Love Hurts in the phrasing...great artists at the top of their game. We are lucky to hear them.

should have got emmylou to sing the routes on sat nav .she would have made it her own ha .

Gorgeous woman. Always has a lovely sadness in her crystal voice.

I heard Linda Ronstadt in the background vocals, so I found the album credits. Acoustic Guitar – Rick CunhaArranged By [Strings] – Nick DeCaroBacking Vocals – Linda RonstadtDrums – Ron TuttPiano – Bill PayneSteel Guitar – Ben KeithWritten-By – Rodney Crowell
Source:https://www.discogs.com/Emmylou-Harris-Elite-Hotel/release/1730451

Flawless haunting voice. Thank you Emmylou.

She gets prettier with age. Love this gal and her music.

God might as well have retired once he or she created Emmylou Harris.

There are a million great singers in the world , but only one EmmyLou Harris

A class act a class lady adore her voice

Talent-beauty and CLASS Had it all fifty years ago and still does. Just as beautiful now as then without hair dye and skin stretching. My all time favorite.

This is a beautiful song form Ireland 🇮🇪

I am weeping. I'm overwhelmed by the tenderness of this.

It's one of my favorites by Emmylou, Lorraine.

Who are the Phillistines that gave a thumbs down.?

Probably Rap fans.

She had a good voice, but it annoyed me in the way that it went from very quiet to very loud. Meaning you had to continually adjust the volume. So many singers do this.

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My favourite female singer of all times

Fantastic, both song and Emmylou

Love Emily Lou. Always have. She brings back happy and bad times in my life. I cry every time.

We love you Emmy.... From Philippines.

Incredible talent, I've always loved Emmylou's voice and style. Check out "Ballad of a Runaway Horse"....heart-breakingly beautiful. The fact that she is also one of the most beautiful (and yet still modest) women I've ever seen is just a bonus.

Yes, that is from the Cowgirl's Prayer album.

Emmylou Harris is a National treasure...pure gold!

I have listened to this hundreds of times, never get tired of hearing it. Such a performer....

Brought tears to my eyes in the tuxedo bar in milwaukee years ago. Still holds my soul. An angel.

There are not many Ladies that can sing like Emmylou , She can take you to a Dream World ,

Thankyou Emmy.

Still one of my favorites after years.

Sublime, she has a real voice of angel.
She is my idol.

What a beautiful and talented woman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wish she and Linda had sung at least one song together on every album they released!

what a voice..what! a gift..i could listen to her 24 hours a day..god bless you Emmylou....

Absolutely!!!!

@Jim Halfpenny ??

No doubt! I've been singing this song for over forty years --- This is the best version I think I have ever heard . Wow! Really Good!...


Note: The recording engineer needs to back off on the (Bass) guitar though. Its overpowering. Its drowning out the vocals at some points. -->The long slide "twang" for a lack of a better word. LoL

Please Hold Me Tightly.. I’m Afraid....🥀

Whhooo! What a voice!

Emmylou, Rodney and the Hotband........heaven on earth

Beautiful - Just Beautiful

ahead of its time. still timeless. cosmic american music.

ELH music a fixture in my brain for 40 years, this song off the first album i had of hers, a perfectly produced beautifully rendered song

..... Excellent.

Beautiful song!

When the energy crisis was at its peak I would let emmylou get gas anytime she wanted. One lady said hey why is she getting gas she has odd numbered plates and this is an even numbered day! I just lied and said she is a nurse and all medical personnel can get gas anytime. 😜 she believed me. Emmylou stopped by a week later and gave me tickets to the Child's Herald to see her show with my buddies. When we got there she sat us up front stopped by our table and told the gas story to the whole audience. Class Act. She's Great!

A great story. I think I would faint if I saw her real life. She also would have made a great nurse.

Even day gas on the odd day? I’d have given her the station.

I just melted into a puddle....

The first 7 lines of this song are perfect...
“Just like the sun over the mountain tops,
You know I’ll always come again,
You know I love to spend my morning times,
Like sunlight dancing on your skin.
I’ve never gone so wrong as for telling lies to you
What you’ve seen is what I’ve been
You know me better than I can.”
Rodney Crowell is one of the great song writers of the past half century.

she's been my favorite female singer in my life. I am 65, similar age, saw all her changes. She sings as I would expect to hear an angel sing, her crescendos are off the charts, unbelievable, unmatched.

Dear Mrs. Harris my wife and I send to You the best wishes for the New Year!! Kathereen and Maurice !! Ciao!!

Not original, eww

Rodney Crowell was a member of Emmylou's backing band, The Hot Band. I believe that Emmylou's version was the first to appear on an album.

Can't decide between Emmy Lou or Alison Krauss. The both have voices of angels.

64JBran ALISON'S VOICE IS AS FAR FROM AN ANGEL'S VOICE AS YOU CAN GET. SHE IS MONOTONE AS FUCK. SHE HAS NO EMOTIONS. SHE HAS NO POWER. SHE IS ONE OF THE WORST OF ALL TIME IN ANY GENRE. WELL I HAVE TO ADMIT SHE IS JUST BARELY BETTER THAN PATSIE KLEIN. NOT BY MUCH THOUGH

64JBran but as for recent country females ANY female from country radio the last three years blow patsie AND Alison out of ANY form of water on the planet. Carrie underwood Lindsay ell Lauren alaina Jana kramer carly Pearce miranda lambert Ashley monroe Hillary Scott from lady antebellum Karen Fairchild the brunette from little big town Kimberly schlapman the blonde from little big town are ALL EQUALLY as incredible as each other but ANYTHING from ANYBODY'S mouth that I just listed is WAYYYYYYY better than ANYTHING that has EVER came out of both Alison's AND Patsie's mouths their entire careers

It's so easy to put someone down. Please listen to Alison Krauss, She touch your heart. And don't say "she has no power", while she possesses a soprano voice!

Emmylou is Always in Control When it Comes to Singing , She Sings From the Heart .

This is a classic Emmylou Harris song. It's by far the best version of this song, written by Rodney Crowell, one of the Founding members of Emmylou's Hot Band, the best band in the history of country music. I love the angelic harmonies near the end, Emmylou, Linda Ronstadt and Fayssoux Starling. One of the most magical musical moments ever recorded.

I have long considered this to be one of Emmylou's greatest recordings, Michael.

Three angels singing in harmony, what would you expect? ;)

100% agree. Used to fall asleep at night listening to this 40 years ago.

SHE ALWAYS GIVES ME "GOOSEBUMPS!" JUST BEAUTIFUL!

yep, has done it for me 45 years now, all the way back to the two GP albums that got her going. If there was ever a voice to be described as "angelic" it is hers. Saw her either 4 or 5 times in the late '70's and '80's, charisma there similar to Dolly. There just is a warmth exuded so few ever reach. She's an American treasure.

love this song

makes me tear up just listening to her voice

Npr/???- c ya, you can keep the tickets to your concert.

The best song I ever heard about the need of being loved, especially when there are difficulties. I only hope that you can hold me now till I can gain controll again.

I just love this woman

I need to meet her. Some how, i feel a vibe. hope she see's this.

what a gorgous lady.

Awesome best song ever

.This woman is so flawless, it takes my breath away!! She's my queen in every sense of the word,for the last 37 years of my llife ,anyway. Saw her in concert, in 1980,in Anaheim, Ca.She came out in a white lace dress,with yellow boots. I wanted to cry,as she floated across the grass on her way to the stage. What an Angel!!!

I hear ye brother, it's not fair, no defenses for this woman!

I have never heard better harmony, or heartfelt emotion in a song!

Donna Harbour nobody does it quite like Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt

She is so Beautiful!

Darci Tarascio - Yeah, she is. ....inside & outside.

This was the greatest song I've ever heard.

Absolutely mind-boggling FANTASTIC

What a fabulous song and a beautiful woman!

TRUE TRUST AND LOVE--TIMELESS,,,BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Her voice is that of an Angel.

I have never heard a better female singer ... I know some may argue that , but that is my opinion ... 😉

I truly am thankful she shared her talent with us all ....💚💙

Beautiful !!

@Michael Hittson harmonies made in heaven.

@TJ Wash Linda's voice sings in the lower range of her voice on that album.

How I agree.

The greatest female vocalist of all time in any genre.

@TJ Wash Doesn't even matter, brother. Violent Femmes can't sing for shit, Lou Reed can't sing for shit, Captain Beefheart doesn't even try to sing, but they're still three of my favorite musical acts of all time. But for the record, yeah, Emmylou Harris is an excellent singer.

It doesn't get better...than THIS.

Lisa Grubbs!!!

God I love Emmylou's version of this song!! If you want a spine tingling newer version, check out the Haley Sisters' treatment, wonderful too!

I LOVE EMMYLOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This Mortal Coil did an excellent cover of this song. Check it out if you like an 80's spin to it. Their version is less optimistic. Great song nonetheless

Yeah. Heidi Berry is incredible on This Mortal Coils version

Everything she touches is unbelievable.

amazing and beautiful

Margaret Dunne Dunn

wonderfull voice

one of the best country songs I have ever heard



..... beautiful

they kept me as hostage

peter mulheron

The best female singer ever!

Norman Svelund-Take a listen to Judy Collins' album "Who Knows Where the Time Goes," as well as the songs "Since You've Asked" and "Albatross" from her "Wildflowers" album--then get back to me.

Mentioning "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" reminds me that there is a singer to rival Emmylou (in my personal canon): Sandy Denny. (But not Judy Collins, though her voice and presentation is nice enough.)

Beautifully sung Emmylou !
Another fab Rodney Crowell song.

Edna Martin sings it wonderful also

Beautiful

Beautiful woman beautiful voice.

All song emmelylou Harris I like

Thank Dear Lady for your wonderful music.

this wonderful Lady could sing the telephone book ,I would buy it .and to have the quality in the lovely Linda backing??? Priceless.