Red Dirt Girl

Album: Red Dirt Girl (2000)
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Emmylou Harris
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 4

  • Michael Barnes from North CarolinaIn the fourth verse, it is not "she dug right in". Instead, it's "she tried to fit in"
  • AnonymousThe tune is very much like a Gordon Lightfoot song, as are some of the words.
  • Jj from AtlantaI love this album. Daniel Lanois was the perfect match for her. So hard hitting, and heart-felt.
    My favorite will always be Sally Rose, but few have had a run like our Emmylou!
  • Bill from UsSo many beautiful albums, and then she came out with this one, she wrote! read the lyrics to this song, it doesn't even need music, and yet with the melody, amazing! It's like an updated Harper Lee novel condensed into a poem! She (Emmylou) left Alabama long ago, but really never did!
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