Gillian Welch Lyrics

    ------ About the song Barroom Girls performed by Gillian Welch

This song accurately describes the life of the lost young women who have left home for many reasons; I'd say the majority were abused by a family member,family friend and/or the parents were on drugs or alcoholics and didn't notice/care for their child/children. These sad girls self medicate w/alcohol; which leads to drugs, prostitution; being abused by all the men in their lives. These are the girls when in HS were ''easy'';they knew nothing else, didn't know they had a choice, didn't know to vocalize the word no. I was one of those girls. Was married; felt like a piece of rubbish, loved my husband, still was unfaithful, horrible,horrible, the memories, my actions haunt me 40 yrs later. Ask for help please should U B the victim of sexual, verbal, mental abuse! U R A Valuable Person, U R Most Important!

    ------ About the song Caleb Meyer performed by Gillian Welch

With a haunting, modal melody, this song sounds like many traditional murder ballads. But there is a twist. There are so many murder ballads about a man who kills a woman because she won't marry him, or she got pregnant, or she went off with another. Here, the female narrator kills Caleb Meyer as he attempts to rape her. And unlike most murder ballads, this one ends with the murder itself, saying nothing of the consequences.

    ------ About the song Wayside/Back In Time performed by Gillian Welch

I'm pretty sure that in second line of the verse that starts, "Black highway all night ride..." it's not "times," but "tines" that "fall away by the side." Tines are the vertical posts holding up guide rails or fences along a highway.

Listen closely. It's an "n" not an "m". And the idea fits the context.

Gillian Welch gets me like no other.

Thanks for the lyrics.

    ------ About the song Everything Is Free performed by Gillian Welch

Heard this song on one of her albums a friend gave me. (Other side was Alabama 3) This song got into my head and I was compelled to download lyrics so as to be able to like,learn and love this song. Its one of those in my head forever now. SSSSSSSS'wonderful what words can do.........

    ------ About the song Caleb Meyer performed by Gillian Welch

I love the haunting sound of the music. It's hard to get it out of my head. The lyrics are so gruesome. Does anyone know the story behind this song? I assume it is based on an actual event or a folktale.

    ------ About the song Everything Is Free performed by Gillian Welch

There's a lot of RIAA bashing that goes on these days. Stop and think. Now, aside from suing single mothers who can barely open Internet Explorer, maybe they are doing something good.

While they are mainly protecting the record companies, you've got to think about the artists.

    ------ About the song Wind and Rain performed by Gillian Welch

what a haunting and archetypal song. straight out of old european mythology. my favorite version has to be the the live one by David Grisman and J.G., though, still brings a tear to my eye when I hear it.

    ------ About the song I Dream A Highway performed by Gillian Welch

I just cannot get enough of this 14 minute calming yet edgy mantra for the ears. Maybe that's why I keep listening to the lyrics when the music alone would send me into a very nice space.

    ------ About the song I Dream A Highway performed by Gillian Welch

I just cannot get enough of this 14 minute calming yet edgy mantra for the ears. Maybe that's why I keep listening to the lyrics when the music alone would send me into a very nice space.

    ------ About the song I Dream A Highway performed by Gillian Welch

This is a pretty, very-slow-paced song. I find it very relaxing. If I'm having any trouble settling down to sleep after a stressful day, it makes a great lullaby. And unlike sleeping pills, there are no bad side-effects. I bought it from emusic.com.