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Lucinda Williams — Sweet Old World
Album: Sweet Old World
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Released: 1992
Length: 3:58
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See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world
See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world
The breath from your own lips, the touch of fingertips
A sweet and tender kiss
The sound of a midnight train, wearing someone's ring
Someone calling your name
Somebody so warm cradled in your arms
Didn't you think you were worth anything
See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world
See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world

Millions of us in love, promises made good
Your own flesh and blood
Looking for some truth, dancing with no shoes
The beat, the rhythm, the blues
The pounding of your heart's drum together with another one
Didn't you think anyone loved you
See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world
See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world
See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world
See what you lost when you left this world, this sweet old world
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Sigh.  She's great.
Posted 2 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
More solid stuff from lucinda, and just upped this to a 9
Posted 2 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
I just wonder who she’s talking about. Someone near and dear, for sure.
Posted 2 years ago by dtheb    [ Reply ]
She always has such a fine band. To play that well yet retain the melancholy of the song is not easy.
Posted 3 years ago by ExpatLarry    [ Reply ]
These three albums: Sweet Old World, the gravel road album, and Essence are truly magnificent. 

I sure wish she would tour the midwest this Summer. Perfect road trip.  
Posted 3 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Hits hard. A solid 9.
Posted 3 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
Godlike. So heartfelt.
Posted 3 years ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
Beautiful song, just beautiful.
Posted 3 years ago by gleongelpi    [ Reply ]
You can’t dismiss Lucinda Williams when she’s created this.
Posted 3 years ago by meatmike    [ Reply ]
bump to a 9!
Posted 4 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
 hayduke2 wrote:
Godlike imho, damn she's got one of those voices that captures me and holds on with a sure warm strength
 
This entire album is the same way.  
Posted 4 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
This makes me sad. 
Posted 4 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
I sure would like to see her and Kathleen Edwards tour together. . 
Posted 4 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 hayduke2 wrote:
Godlike imho, damn she's got one of those voices that captures me and holds on with a sure warm strength
 
With "a sure warm strength."  Oh!  Well said!

Posted 4 years ago by macadavy    [ Reply ]
One of her best, IMHO!
Posted 4 years ago by macadavy    [ Reply ]
Lucinda Williams is one of this country's real treasures. Surely a sad song. One does not need to have known a suicide to feel the depths of the pain that is left with others. But, in truth, this is simply a beautiful composition.
Posted 5 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
This has to go into the book of standards. It's a perfect American Song.
Posted 5 years ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
 terrapin52 wrote:

It was for the poet Frank Stanford.  He died of suicide.
 
Death is a good word.
It often returns
When it is very
Dark outside and hot,
Like a fisherman
Over the limit,
Without pain, sex,
Or melancholy.
Young as I am, I
Hold light for this boat.

When the rest of you
Were being children
I became a monk
To my own listing
Imagination.
Nights and days floated
Over the whorehouse
Like webs on the lake,
A monastery
Full of noise and girls.

The moon throws the knives.
The poets echo goodbye,
Towing silence too.
Near my house was an
Island, where a horse
Lathered up alone.
Oh, Abednego
He was called, dusky,
Cruel as a poem
To a black gypsy.

Sadness and whiskey
Cost more than friends.
I visit prisons,
Orphanages, joints,
Hoping I'll see them
Again. Willows, ice,
Minnows, no money.
You'll have to say it
Soon, you know. To your
Wife, your child, yourself.

Frank Stanford, ©1979.
Posted 5 years ago by William    [ Reply ]
 lily34 wrote:
when was this recorded? she sounds so young, and so different!

 
This is her 4th album but most consider it her 2nd because she was with a more established record label, released in 1992
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Beatiful medley 
Posted 9 years ago by cdc1    [ Reply ]
 ginniet wrote:

Too sad.  Makes me think of a good friend from childhood who killed himself 5 years ago last month.

:-(



  Yup

Posted 9 years ago by izycrzy    [ Reply ]
Godlike imho, damn she's got one of those voices that captures me and holds on with a sure warm strength
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
This always makes me cry ...
Posted 9 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
when was this recorded? she sounds so young, and so different!
Posted 9 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Paralyzing song.  Too many gone.
Posted 10 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
No no never again, please!
Posted 10 years ago by schaperu    [ Reply ]
{#Sad} This really hit me hard tonight. 
Posted 10 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]

Too sad.  Makes me think of a good friend from childhood who killed himself 5 years ago last month.

:-(


Posted 10 years ago by ginniet    [ Reply ]
 tcdc52 wrote:
I too thought it sounded like Joan Baez...almost but not quite. What a beautiful song and such sweet/simple instrumentals. I like it. Sad songs are such sweet sorrow.

 
Cass Eliot? Anyone? Just me? Otay.
Posted 10 years ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
 coachc wrote:
I like Emmylou's version better.

 
...... as much as I like this version, agree on Emmylou which is better although Lucinda still gets a 10

 Emmylou Harris, 1978.







Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]

Yeah, baby, yeah!

This one and Essence are her best albums. 

 

But she has to tour more and she does tours well. What gives?   


Posted 10 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
I too thought it sounded like Joan Baez...almost but not quite. What a beautiful song and such sweet/simple instrumentals. I like it. Sad songs are such sweet sorrow.
Posted 11 years ago by tcdc52    [ Reply ]
.Just heavenly..,
Posted 11 years ago by Tennisgirl    [ Reply ]
I first thought I was listening to Joan Baez ... similar voice and vibrato.
Posted 11 years ago by mcdonna    [ Reply ]
Emmylou's cover is an 11+ IMHO...



Sorry - rated this as a 10 ... 
Posted 11 years ago by drivingunit103    [ Reply ]
I like Emmylou's version better.
Posted 11 years ago by coachc    [ Reply ]
This song just breaks me.  I miss my friends.
Posted 11 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
This lovely song makes me cry like a baby.  
Posted 12 years ago by big_gare    [ Reply ]
Damn, Lucinda sings nice when she sobers up!
Posted 12 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
Bill, adding that background to this song really brings it home.
Posted 12 years ago by krich58    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:
Lucinda is sometimes not to my taste, but I give her all the credit she can get as a great singer songwriter. Still, I've not heard sing quite so well as here. 
 
Unfortunately, years of HARD LIVING really took a toll on Lucinda's voice.  
Posted 12 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
Love this song.
Posted 12 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
AT LAST!!!  Playing some Lucinda back when she could SING....this entire album is a jewel!!!
Posted 12 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
Lucinda is sometimes not to my taste, but I give her all the credit she can get as a great singer songwriter. Still, I've not heard sing quite so well as here. 
Posted 12 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 bokey wrote:
Bill - she didn't write this about her brother.It was about a Texas guitar player named Ace or Lefty(I think) who got offed in a parking lot bar fight.
 
It was for the poet Frank Stanford.  He died of suicide.
Posted 12 years ago by terrapin52    [ Reply ]
Aah, not another really sad song. Shoot, is the universe wanting me to let a little tears out today?
Posted 12 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
Bill - she didn't write this about her brother. It was about a Texas guitar player named Ace or Lefty(I think) who got offed in a parking lot bar fight.


Posted 13 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
I've heard Emmylou Harris' version off of Wrecking Ball and loved it.  Am glad to experience the original, though.  Lucinda is a class act.
Posted 13 years ago by sweettone    [ Reply ]
on my reasons to live list...
Posted 13 years ago by Skaterella    [ Reply ]
I find that the more recent Lucinda Williams work is possibly too self-consciously done. I only know this song from a later album (actually it was Emmylou Harris's version). This is the stuff of hers that shows how good she can be.
Posted 13 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]