Nanci Griffith - Across The Great Divide (for her B-Day)

[Paha Sapa]

Emmylou Harris singing harmonies. Just a nice song.

I've been walkin' in my sleep
Countin' troubles 'stead of countin' sheep
Where the years went I can't say
I just turned around and they've gone away
I've been siftin' through the layers
Of dusty books and faded papers
They tell a story I used to know
And it was one that happened so long ago
It's gone away in yesterday
Now I find myself on the mountainside
Where the rivers change direction
Across the Great Divide
Now, I heard the owl a-callin'
Softly as the night was fallin'
With a question and I replied
But he's gone across the borderline
He's gone away in yesterday
Now I find myself on the mountainside
Where the rivers change direction
Across the Great Divide
The finest hour that I have seen
Is the one that comes between
The edge of night and the break of day
It's when the darkness rolls away
And it's gone away in yesterday
Now I find myself on the mountainside
Where the rivers change direction
Across the Great Divide
And it's gone away in yesterday
Now I find myself on the mountainside
It's where the rivers change direction
Across the Great Divide
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Kate Wolf
Across the Great Divide lyrics © BMG Rights Management US, LLC

[yonder]

1. Nice Kate Wolf song.

We used to cover this in one of the bands I was in - always got a favorable response.

[CottonBear]

2. Thanks for this beautiful song on a sad & stormy night here in NE GA.

Nanci & Emmylou are angels.

[ultralite001]

3. Miss you, Nanci G...

That is all...