Iris DeMent — Our Town
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Iris DeMent at Hugh's Room, Toronto, October 3, 2009 By acnl115
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All rights reserved"Pure poetry. "
And ya know the sun's setin' fast
And just like they say, nothing good ever lasts
Go on now and kiss it goodbye
But hold on to your lover 'cause your heart's bound to die
Go on now and say goodbye to our town, to our town
Can't you see the sun's settin' down on our town, on our town
Goodnight
Up the street beside that red neon light
That's where I met my baby on one hot summer night
He was the tender and I ordered the beer
It's been forty years and I'm still sittin' here
CHORUS
It's here I had my babies and I had my first kiss
I've walked down Main Street in the cold morning mist
Over there is where I bought my first car
It turned over once but then it never went far
CHORUS
I've buried my Mama and I've buried my Pa
They sleep up the street beside that pretty brick wall
I bring 'em flowers about everyday
But I just gotta cry when I think what they'd say
CHORUS
If they could see how the sun's setting fast...
Now I sit on the porch and watch the lightnin' bugs fly
But I can't see too good, I got tears in my eyes
I'm leavin' tomorrow but I don't wanna go
I love you, my town, you'll always live in my soul
But I can see the sun's seting fast
And just like they say, nothing good ever lasts
Go on, I gotta kiss you goodbye
But I'll hold on to my lover 'cause my heart's 'bout to die
Go on now and say goodbye to my town, to my town
I can see the sun has gone down on my town, on my town
Goodnight, Goodnight
sergeant_x wrote:
They also used this song to send off the last episode of "Northern Exposure".
No matter how many times I played it when I was a dj, no matter how many times I hear it in the real world, this is what I will always remember. Sad times, man, sad times.
This a such a beautiful, bittersweet song. The first time I heard this song Iris played three songs between sets of a Jeff Black show at a little bar in Kansas City. The owner asked Jeff not to have her back to play again because he felt like she would chase off customers! Less than four years laters she was nominated for a grammy. How cool is that?
They also used this song to send off the last episode of "Northern Exposure".
"The beautiful south's Jacqueline Abbott sings Iris' 'you've done nothing wrong' with Iris on guitar and vocal harmonies. From the beautiful south concert special on 'later with jools holland' broadcast 1997. "