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Cowboy Junkies — Good Friday
Album: Miles From Our Home
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7.3

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Released: 1998
Length: 4:02
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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Sat at my window watched the world
Wake up this morning
Purple sky slowly turning golden,
Distant elms so orange
You'd swear they're burning

All this flowing water
Has got my mind wandering.
Do you ever finally reach
A point of knowing
Or do you just wake up one day
And say, I am going?

What will I tell you
When you ask me why I'm crying
Will I point above
At the Red Tail gracefully soaring
Or down below where it's prey
Is quietly trembling?

Two thousand years ago Jesus is left there hanging.
Purple sky slowly turning golden.
Cowards at his feet loudly laughing.
Loved ones stumbling homeward
Their words reeling.
Red Tail above my head quietly soaring.
Waters turn from ice, creak is roaring.
He says, enough of all this shit I am going.
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Thanks, Bill. I never tire of this song. I’m a huge CB fan and this is my favorite song of theirs.
Posted 2 years ago by tryallmusic    [ Reply ]
Just one time, Bill. 11….please?
Posted 2 years ago by tryallmusic    [ Reply ]
 jp33442 wrote:
Ever since I listened to the Trinity Sessions and hearing a great version of sweet jane, this group can do no wrong in my eye, so to the people who diss this station, SCREW YOU

A masterful piece of work, I agree. Not just the actual performances, but the care they put into the production. Meticulous.
c.

Posted 2 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:

I cannot help but feel that most people who seem so eager to diss this amazing Canadian group must never bother to contemplate or even read the lyrics. I am almost always brought to tears; if not by the lyrics, then, by Margo's powerful singing. The end of this song never fails to rip my heart wide-open, and that's a good thing; a thing that only Art or Love can do. I myself think that few groups or singers have the power to move the mind and heart like Cowboy Junkies, and I'm grateful every time I hear them on RP or my iTunes playlists.

Ever since I listened to the trinity sessions and hearing a great version of sweet jane, this group can do no wrong in my eye, so to the people who diss this station, SCREW YOU

Posted 2 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
I cannot help but feel that most people who seem so eager to diss this amazing Canadian group must never bother to contemplate or even read the lyrics. I am almost always brought to tears; if not by the lyrics, then, by Margo's powerful singing. The end of this song never fails to rip my heart wide-open, and that's a good thing; a thing that only Art or Love can do. I myself think that few groups or singers have the power to move the mind and heart like Cowboy Junkies, and I'm grateful every time I hear them on RP or my iTunes playlists.
Posted 3 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Okay as someone who gets a bit sick of all the Cowboy Junkies on RP, hunh, I kinda like this one.
Posted 3 years ago by newbolddrive    [ Reply ]
Funny this should come up....I was just thinking that I was hearing Margo's voice singing background on the Great Lake Swimmer's song a few songs ago.  :) 
Posted 5 years ago by Marr    [ Reply ]

Love this song so much... this is ten years after the album was released—



 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]

I knew it was the Junkies!

 

ergo, thanks to RP for introducing me to more home team music. <g>

 

Hmm, might have to get this CD.  

 

If only my amazon.ca account had not been hacked.....


Posted 11 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]

Everybody in my church loves this holy moly song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]

brilliant and beautiful...  this quality of high art is rare...  special...  love it love it love it...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Love anything by these Junkies!                        {#Daisy}
Posted 11 years ago by dew34    [ Reply ]
Maybe one has to be a junkie to appreciate it?
Posted 17 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
nope. not right now anyway.
Posted 17 years ago by ChardRemains    [ Reply ]
But still mighty good. Gotta love the Red-tailed hawk.
Posted 17 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
OldFrenchie wrote:
definitely not their best work.
Posted 17 years ago by eman    [ Reply ]
definitely not their best work.
Posted 17 years ago by OldFrenchie    [ Reply ]
yep, this song is 'bone chilling' ....... in a bad way.
Posted 18 years ago by darcyc    [ Reply ]
The Boring Monkeys, as I call them, never get out of second gear--stuck, it seems, in a world of soporific melancholy. The beauteous Margo Timmins wouldn't know an upbeat tempo if it chomped on her cute little bum.
Posted 18 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Hated these guys since the Trinity Session.
Posted 18 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Loved these guys since The Trinity Session.
Posted 18 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
WTH? When did this song come out? It's so different from Caution Horses, Trinity Session, even Lay It Down... It's so great, in an entirely different way. I'm glad they can evolve and still be high quality. Rock on, Junkies!
Posted 18 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
yes yes yes! great song. made my day so much better.
Posted 18 years ago by luminousjune    [ Reply ]
I like this album a lot, this band is sooooo worth seeing live
Posted 18 years ago by meower    [ Reply ]
"Enough of all this sh*t, I'm going." This song is bone-chilling live. One of my all-time Junkie favorites.
Posted 18 years ago by perikleshokie    [ Reply ]
Lensles wrote:
I have always found her singing terrible. out of tune. ugh.
And what other forms of hearing loss can you recall? If you think Margo's out of tune, I'm not sure who, if anyone, will stand up to such measurement. A computer, perhaps? Love the Junkies...still a likeable tune.
Posted 18 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by porkchopper    [ Reply ]
I have always found her singing terrible. out of tune. ugh.
Posted 18 years ago by Lensles    [ Reply ]
This really is a Good Friday treat, well, it's Friday here anyway, it's 08.47 actually and the sun is warming the perishing frost from off the blades of grass.
Posted 18 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhh! (BIG contented sigh.)
Posted 18 years ago by kilroyjoe3    [ Reply ]
Nice. This is one of my favorite songs off of this album.
Posted 18 years ago by luminousjune    [ Reply ]
Perhaps your opinion needs changing. Many of us have been fan for years. This particular album is not exactly new either. s buck-arkansas wrote:
... if you listen, you'll notice the difference. they're changing. perhaps our opinions need to change as well.
Posted 18 years ago by Frawg    [ Reply ]
"amen" to that bro! ZM_Herb wrote:
Yes I said it - it's a 10 !!! The deft touch on the guitar by Michael Timmins and the sultry - goddess like tones of Margo makes it so.
Posted 18 years ago by buck-arkansas    [ Reply ]
All this flowing water - has got my mind wandering. Beautiful. Even better live. s
Posted 18 years ago by Frawg    [ Reply ]
the c-junkies seem to be expanding their sound; more diverse instruments, fuzz guitars and, at times, rockin' drums and bass. if you listen, you'll notice the difference. they're changing. perhaps our opinions need to change as well.
Posted 18 years ago by buck-arkansas    [ Reply ]
Yes I said it - it's a 10 !!! The deft touch on the guitar by Michael Timmins and the sultry - goddess like tones of Margo makes it so.
Posted 18 years ago by ZM_Herb    [ Reply ]