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You Can't Make Old Friends (Live)

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Traveling Man

How I see 
Is it up to me? 
I look to you 
You look at me 
Is it the light 
I see? 
Can I find it in me? 
Miracles are seen 
In the light 
This is a lesson 
To get right 
As I can feel the night 
Move from the right 
Slide to the left 
Could it be 
Something that was said? 
The light and strength 
are one. 
Is it really 
Going to come? 
Or is it here 
Blocked by fear? 
What do I hold dear? 
As I try to seem sincere. 
The light is everywhere 
Seek and you shall find 
Can it be the vision 
Of mine? 
I sit and smell the air 
Look for feeling in here 
Wondering about 
Past my own doubt 
Watching the shifting 
Of the ground 
Where is the amazement 
I once found? 
As I move  
To the light 
Searching for 
The strength 
Letting go 
Of the wrench 
That twists  
With suspense 
See me 
Feel me 
Live through me 
You are not alone 
Remember to  
Return home. 
The light is how 
You atone.

How I See the Light__

This song began as an 1870 broadside entitled “Package Of Old Letters”; a tune was eventually added, composed by Louis P. Goulland and Charles A. White. First recorded in 1924, by Ernest Thompson as “The Little Rosebud Casket,” “Little Rosewood Casket” has been recorded by such urban folk revival musicians as Jean Ritchie and by such country stars as Hank Thompson and Marty Robbins. Dolly Parton, a native of Sevier County, Tennessee, originally recorded the song in 1987 for the Trio album (with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt); that version was credited as having been arranged by Parton’s mother Avie Lee Parton, who was her daughter’s first musical influence (Dolly Parton’s classic 1971 song “Coat Of Many Colors” conveyed how powerful that influence was). The version of “Little Rosewood Casket” on this album is a new interpretation by Parton of a song deeply significant to her and her family members in the beloved place she referred to in another song as “my Tennessee mountain home.”

You Can't Make Old Friends (Live)

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