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Artist/Band: Emmylou Harris
Lyrics for Song: Sisters of Mercy
Lyrics for Album: Western Wall - The Tucson Sessions (Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronsta [1999]



(Leonard Cohen)



Oh, the sisters of mercy

They are not departed or gone

They were waiting for me when I thought

That I just can't go on.



And they brought me their comfort

And later they brought me this song

Oh, I hope you run into them

You who've been trav'lling so long.



Yes, you who must leave everything

That you cannot control

It begins with your family

But soon it comes around to your soul.



Well, I've been where you're hangin'

And I think I can see how you're pinned

When you're not feeling holy

Your loneliness says that you've sinned.



Well, they lay down beside me

I made my confessions to them

They touched both my eyes

And I touched the dew on their hem.



If your life is a leaf

That the seasons tear off and condemn

They will bind you with love

That is graceful and green as a stem.



When I left they were sleeping

I hope you run into them soon

Don't turn on the lights

You can read their address by the moon.



And you won't make me jealous

If I find that they sweetened your night

We weren't lovers like that and besides

It would still be all right.



We weren't lovers like that

And besides it would still be all right...


Album Lyrics: Western Wall - The Tucson Sessions (Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronsta [1999]


Emmylou Harris
"Western Wall - The Tucson Sessions (Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronsta [1999]"


1. Loving the Highway Man
2. For a Dancer
3. Western Wall
4. 1917
5. He Was Mine
6. Sweet Spot
7. Sisters of Mercy
8. Falling Down
9. Valerie
10. This Is to Mother You
11. Across the Border