Lyrics to
Rough And Rocky

This version of Rough And Rocky was released by Emmylou Harris in 1979.

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Darlin’ I have come to tell you
Tho’ it almost breaks my heart
But before the mornin’, darlin’
We’ll be many miles apart

Don’t this road look rough and rocky
Don’t that sea look wide and deep
Don’t my baby look the sweetest
When he’s in my arms asleep

Can’t you hear the nightbird’s cryin’
Far across the deep blue sea
While others you are thinking
Won’t you sometimes think of me

Don’t this road look rough and rocky
Don’t that sea look wide and deep
Don’t my baby look the sweetest
When he’s in my arms asleep

One more kiss before I leave you
One more kiss before we part
You have caused me lots of trouble
Darlin’, you have broke my heart

Don’t this road look rough and rocky
Don’t that sea look wide and deep
Don’t my baby look the sweetest
When he’s in my arms asleep

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Emmylou Harris has released many songs over the years besides Rough And Rocky. Emmylou Harris released songs from 1969 to 2003 spanning across albums like Gliding Bird, Elite Hotel, Pieces Of The Sky, Luxury Liner, Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town, Light Of The Stable, Blue Kentucky Girl, Roses In The Snow, Cimarron, Evangeline, Last Date, White Shoes, The Ballad Of Sally Rose, Thirteen, Angel Band, Trio, Bluebird, Duets, Brand New Dance, At The Ryman, Cowgirl's Prayer, Wrecking Ball, Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions, Trio II, Red Dirt Girl, and Stumble Into Grace. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Emmylou Harris.

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About Lyrics and Rough And Rocky by Emmylou Harris

The lyrics for Rough And Rocky are defined as the words making up the song released by Emmylou Harris in 1979. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Rough And Rocky have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Emmylou Harris and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Rough And Rocky by Emmylou Harris if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Rough And Rocky" means the words set to the music of Rough And Rocky, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Emmylou Harris. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Rough And Rocky and the lyrics to Rough And Rocky are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Emmylou Harris who came here looking just for the lyrics to Rough And Rocky, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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