Tragedy

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Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, 2000

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Credits

• Red Dirt Girl (Emmylou Harris, 2000)
  • Emmylou Harris: vocals, baritone electric guitar
  • Malcolm Burn: piano, twelve-string guitar, bass, electric piano, drum programming
  • Ethan Johns: electric guitar
  • Daryl Johnson: bass
  • Buddy Miller: pedal steel guitar
  • Patti Scialfa: backing vocals
  • Bruce Springsteen: backing vocals

Performances

Performed live 0 times (not including snippet performances).

Released on Album

Released on Red Dirt Girl (Emmylou Harris, 2000)/One Big Love (Emmylou Harris, Single, 2000).

On The Tracks

TRAGEDY

4:21

GUEST:REDDIRT / 2000 b-side

Note: Bruce and Patti dropped on March 20, 2000 into producer Malcolm Burn's home studio in New Orleans and record harmony vocals for Emmylou Harris's song "Tragedy".

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^{Studio Sessions: Collaborations}

Lyrics

Tragedy

Some say it's destiny
Whether triumph or tragedy
But I believe we cast our nets out on the sea
And nothing we gather comes for free

I would have paid down through the years
A price beyond rubies, beyond tears
To keep you safe with me
But your suspicion and your fear
Your vow to let nobody near
Was your trinity, such a tragedy

I drew the best hand you'd ever hold
Then cashed my winnings in long ago
Settled for silver how could I know
You were waiting with the gold

I could have caused your heart to yield
But I was only a disturbance in the field
Of your dreams
I will never see you cry
You won't be with me when I die
A waste of you and me, a tragedy

We took the wrong train to kingdom come now
No more damage can be done, baby
It's just what the world don't need
It's another stinking tragedy

That's how the story goes
Our chapter's coming to a close
We are history
But I will always think of you
Every day until my days are through
You made me believe in tragedy

Ohh…

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