Borderland

from Bittersweet by Alice Gerrard

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©lyrics and music by Alice Gerrard, Agate Hill Publishing, BMI

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Little girl laying in your cold cold bed
what’s this a-goin round inside your head
Wind whips a willow branch on the window pane
And Polly cries again.

CHO: Gone to the borderland
Gone to the borderland
Gone to the borderland
Headin’ for the borderland.

Flesh on flesh and bone on bone
Beggin’ for mercy in the room next door
I pray for tomorrow like I done before
A million times or more.

I cover my ears but I still hear
I cover my eyes but the evil’s there
I cover my head but the devil’s near
Hangin’ in the cloud of fear.

A crack in the storm in the black of night
Stillness comes with a crash and a cry
While the hoot owl moans, the cold wind sighs
Polly puts her hand in mine.

Creepin’ across the kitchen floor
Creepin’ thru the kitchen door
No one to keep us any more
Orphans in the storm.

credits

from Bittersweet, released May 1, 2013
Alice Gerrard-lead vocal
Beverly Smith-harmony vocal
Bryan Sutton-banjo
Stuart Duncan-fiddle
Todd Phillips-string band

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Alice Gerrard Durham, North Carolina

A singer and songwriter, Alice’s recordings with Hazel Dickens during the 1960s and ’70s influenced a generation of women musicians from Laurie Lewis to the Judds. Nominated for a Grammy in 2015, she was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Assoc. Hall of Fame in 2017. A documentary film about Alice, "You Gave Me a Song" premiered at the Full Frame Independent Film Festival in 2019. ... more

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