Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Bill Payne
One of the new songs with Robert Hunter lyrics performed by Bill Payne.
This is a first shot at the lyrics - any help gratefully received.
Deep away in the bluegrass pinesNotes
Where the wide, wide river
Of whiskey wine
Deep away in the bluegrass pines
Glory in the territory
Sanctuary chimes
Wanted to tell you about a friend of mine
Whether you could call it the roving kind
Life seemed short when you left forever
Wasn't so smart, but pretty damn clever
Whiskey river in the bluegrass pines
Deep away in the bluegrass pines
Where the wide, wide river
Of whiskey wine
Deep away in the bluegrass pines
Glory in the territory
Sanctuary chimes
We both belong to the same damn chain gang
Leave my late friend, lash the roof
Wait till morning when the tide rolls out
Things we'd rather not talk about
Whiskey river in the bluegrass pines
Take away in the bluegrass pines
Where the wide, wide river
Called the whiskey wine
Flew away in the bluegrass pines
Flowing in the territory
Sanctuary chimes
Deep in the bluegrass forest at midnight
Moon turned down the softest candlelight
Mandolins stutter, the banjos frail
While the last electric stars go pale
The patter of twilight guitars creep
From under the bracken from where they sleep
Tones are strings a-tuning
Fall, climb, go forth, today
Deep away
Deep away, in the bluegrass pines
Glory in the territory
Sanctuary chimes
Set out on a 'gator boat to Lake Diane
Twelve string banjo in my left hand
Busted up sailing along the way
That's all I got left to play
Days gone by, I'm on the run
Look at all the time we've gone (note 1)
Those who die, the rest still dying
By the whiskey river in the bluegrass pines
Deep away in the bluegrass pines
Glory in the territory
Sanctuary chimes
Been on the wagon ninety nine years
Make it one more, you owe me a beer
Deep away in the bluegrass pines
Where the wide, wide river
Of whiskey wine
Deep away in the bluegrass pines
Glory in the territory
Sanctuary chimes
Recordings | |||||
Date | Album | Recorded By | |||
2013 | Tracing Footsteps | Bill Payne (DVD) | |||
2014 | High Country | Leftover Salmon |