Slaid Cleaves - Lydia - Live at McCabe's

Slaid Cleaves with "Scrappy" Jud Newcomb 7-9-2016
by Karen Poston . . . Pistol Girl Music, BMI,
from the CDs Broke Down and Sorrow & Smoke: Live at the Horseshoe Lounge,
Lydia lit a cigarette today
Ancient fumbling fingers in her way
From a forty-year-old coffee cup she sipped a bit of gin
Closed her eyes and let the memories in
She lives in the old place all alone
Keeps in touch with neighbors by the phone
Grows herbs upon the graves of her first born and his father
And the coal trucks never bothered her
Oh, Lydia let him go, the boy is gone
Her mother struggled as she tore him from her arms
Oh, Lydia, your tears are heaven’s rain
But she never was the same
A cotton dress and satin shoes
Indian summer sun, dressed in amber hues
Spending time with a coal miner’s son
To an old-time fiddle tune
The months blew by just like a breeze that year
They wed in June and by the fall the boy was here
Word come down from big stone, there’s a fire in the mine
And eleven men they couldn’t find
Oh, Lydia let him go, the boy is gone
Her mother struggled as she tore him from her arms
Oh, Lydia, your tears are heaven’s rain
But she never was the same
She watched them pull him from the hole
The overalls he wore were blackened by the smoke
Lydia twice had had this dream and twice it had come true
And when she saw his father’s boots she knew
Oh, Lydia let him go, the boy is gone
Her mother struggled as she tore him from her arms
Oh, Lydia, your tears are heaven’s rain
But she never was the same
Lydia lit a cigarette today
Ancient fumbling fingers in her way
From a forty-year-old coffee cup she sipped a bit of gin
Closed her eyes and let the memories in

[@RW663]

I just discovered Slaid Cleaves by accident while surfing Amazon music...Wow... I love him! I love folk music anyways...and being that I am a Coal Miners Daughter this is now one of my favorite songs.

[@sherf36]

My favorite Slaid song, never fails to make me cry, dammit.

[@captcj1313]

One of my favorite songs ever. Thanks Slaid

[@jessiebowman7680]

Can't get 2min thru,that year,this year, perhaps never,Slaid,,,you rock.

[@ttwillow9073]

Been listening to this one on loop. Gets my cry out.

[@pbattis1]

Incredible song.

[@stevebarci179]

Your tears are heavens rain.

[@captainflipout]

Karen Poston wrote it!

[@govtmule7043]

Thanks for coming to Ca. and a memory I will always have... also thanks for playing my request of beautiful thing. Also thanks to Karen

[@markwalkercoach]

Words, notes...emotive experience.

[@naudje1983]

Vlinder ligt te slapen op de hei

[@arthurvanderlinden.5204]

Ja een hele mooie cover van Rowen Hèze voor Nicky verstappen.

[@germcgra6765]

Great singer songwriter

[@patchdavis35]

Closed her eyes and let the memories in. . .

[@dannypgrizzle]

This song haunts me as the coal trucks roll in Carbon County, Utah.

[@Zif-the-Old-Herring]

Sounds like Ronnie Lane. Makes me feel good.

[@curtisleslie4963]

This does not make you cry you need to seek professional help immediately

[@stevezelen6652]

Great song!! Who is the idiot that voted it down ?? Man has no soul!!!

[@maddiemarone3898]

is this a said cleaves original? or its a cover?

[@lydiadeolloz1991]

It's a cover, the original is by Karen Poston.