All I Left Behind Lyrics

written by Emmylou Harris and Kate & Anna McGarrigle
© Almo Music Corp/ Poodlebone Music/
Garden Court Music (ASCAP)
All I left behind should come as no surprise
To me since I fell through the black hole of your eyes
Only little things inconsequential I could say
Of all I left behind with you along the lost highway
Silver earrings in Wichita
Beaded moccasions in Tonopah
But I had you so
I just let them go
The flannel shirt I wore to keep me from the cold
When we drove from Boston all the way to Buffalo
The leather boots I bought so many miles ago
I took them off to follow you into the Ohio
Never did my armor feel so thin
Silk was all I had between me and your skin
Like Waterloo
I lost that too
And the golden bracelet with my father's name inscribed
On the back by the one who loved him all her life
The way I too
Could have loved you
The Spanish shawl I put across the broken shade
Of the lamp that lit the room
That last night near Coeur d'Alene
Only little things inconsequential I could say
Of all I left behind with you along the lost highway
Of all I left behind

Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris - Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions

Aug 1999

1. Loving The Highway Man
2. Raise The Dead
3. For A Dancer
4. Western Wall
5. 1917
6. He Was Mine
7. Sweet Spot
8. Sisters Of Mercy
9. Falling Down
10. Valerie
11. This Is To Mother You
12. All I Left Behind
13. Across The Border