Red Dirt Girl
2000 · Nonesuch 79616-2 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Emmylou Harris
- Title
- Red Dirt Girl
- Release
- Red Dirt Girl
- Year
- 2000
- Label
- Nonesuch # 79616-2
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Genre
- Country · Contemporary Country
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Red Dirt Girl (Harris, Emmylou) Country pop. Post-war. Reference to a woman's brother who died in Vietnam "Two red dirt girls in a red dirt town
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Two red dirt girls in a red dirt town / Me and Lillian, just across the line / And a little south-east of Meridian / She loved her brother I remember back when / He was fixin' up a '49 Indian / He told her, Little sister, going to ride the wind / Up around the moon and back again / He never got farther than Vietnam / I was standing there with her / When the telegram come for Lillian / Now he's lying somewhere / About a million miles from Meridian
About the artist
Boen Birmingham, Alabama. Currently Nashville, Tennessee, USA