Ukulele chords for let the mystery be by iris dement. Shop our newest and most popular iris dement sheet music such as the old gospel ship, or click the button above to browse all iris dement sheet music. For iris dement, music is the calling that forces her into. Lyrics to let the mystery be by iris dement from the infamous angel album including song video, artist biography, translations and more. Let the mystery be by iris dement song free music, listen. Listen to songs by iris dement on myspace, a place where people come to connect, discover, and share. Aug 07, 2015 the trackless woods is the sixth album by country and folk singer, iris dement. Iris dement at old settlers music festival driftwood, texas, 2007 she sang four duets with john prine on his 1999 album in spite of ourselves, including the title track.
Although she put those plans on hold to get married, her singing voice was an inspiration and influence for her youngest daughter iris. Shes a careful, detailed songwriter with a confessional edge and a good sense of narrative, and her voice is a marvelous instrument that seems to rise out of the previous century. By contrast, theres no mistaking which decade dement s album, the way i should, comes from, with its crossovercountry sound and its references to calvin klein, mtv, child abuse, quality time, and beavis and butthead. Everybodys wonderin what and where they all came from everybodys worryin bout where theyre gonna go when the whole things done bu. Listen to iris dement soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create iowa. Iris dement let the mystery be lyrics genius lyrics. For iris dement, music is the calling that forces her into the spotlight dement describes herself as extremely shy, but says that when the songs started coming to me, i felt i didnt have the. Iris mother had harbored dreams of going to nashville and starting a singing career. Dement was inspired to write her first song our town by a drive through a boardedup. Much of the information that seeded this web site was compiled and generated by steve figueroa for the official site and used here with permission. Live youtube iris dement performs in lancaster, pa justice rolls like water feb. Everybody is wondering what and where they all came from everybody is worrying about where theyre going to go when the. The song, eerily enough, almost perfectly portrays the plot of the 2014 hbo.
Stream tracks and playlists from iris dement on your desktop or mobile device. Iris luella dement, born january 5, 1961, is a noted folk, alternative country and gospel singersongwriter. To help you enjoy more music at home, we have temporarily reduced the price of this song, and nearly all other songs in our songs for sale catalog, to half price. Aug 21, 2015 check out the trackless woods by iris dement on amazon music. Iris dement karaoke mp3 instrumental music karaoke version. Dement was born in paragould, arkansas, the 14th and youngest child of pat dement and wife flora mae. Listen online and get new recommendations, only at. Check out the trackless woods by iris dement on amazon music. F bb c dm chords for let the mystery be iris dement h.
Opening with the oldtimey sweet is the melody, dement dives right into her signature song, let the mystery be, taken from her early 90s debut album infamous angel. Let me pretend that youre still by my side let me say things that i know youll never hear let me feel that i still have some pride. New and popular versions of iris dement easy to print and share. The song above is not stored on the chordie server. The album was nominated for the grammy award for best contemporary folk album at the 40th annual grammy awards. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link. The way i should is the third album released by singersongwriter iris dement. In october 2012, she released sing the delta, her first album of original. Kyle and ashley in the backyard singin iris dement.
One of the most celebrated countryfolk performers of her day, singersongwriter iris dement was born on january 5, 1961, in rural paragould, arkansas, the youngest of 14 children. Some s ay theyre goin to a p lace called glory a d and i a int sayin it aint a f act d g but ive h eard that im on the r oad to purgatory a d and i d ont like the sound of t hat d g d g i believe in l ove and i live my l ife according ly d a d but i choose to let the mystery be. As well as recording a series of successful solo albums, dement has sung duets with artists such as steve earle and emmylou harris and has featured on the albums of many other performers. Find iris dement let the mystery be lyrics and search for iris dement. Our town my life sweet is the melody the way i should makin my way back to you. The original song is hosted at chordie works as a search engine and provides on the fly formatting.
Let the mystery be by digital sheet music for ssa download. Her song, let the mystery be, from that album has been covered by a number of. Lets blame our troubles on the weak ones sounds like some kind of hitler remedy living in the wasteland of the free. Everybody is w onderin what and w here they all came f rom. But no one knows for c ertain, and so its a ll the same to me. Iris dement let the mystery be chords, tabs, tablatures for guitar. Description provided by wikipedia under creative commons attribution ccbysa 4. Singersongwriter iris dements song, let the mystery be was recorded on her 1992 album infamous angel. Iris dements songs stream online music songs listen free. At the age of three, her devoutly religious family moved to californi. To help you enjoy more music at home, we have temporarily reduced the price of this song, and nearly all other songs in. Infamous angel is the debut studio album of american country music singersongwriter iris dement.
Let the mystery be chords iris dement cowboy lyrics. Iris dement isnt a pop star, although she probably could have been had she been at all interested in playing that game. These are heartfelt renditions that take repeated listenings before you tune into their emotional resonance. My life is the second album released by singersongwriter iris dement. Youtube iris dement the cactus cafe austin, tx 1994 09 18 duration. Let the mystery be iris dement chords and lyrics for guitar. Iris dement wasteland of the free lyrics lyricsfreak.
They may not have an immediate appeal, even to devoted iris fans, but once you let them get inside you, you will be glad you did. Nonetheless dement s twangy arkansas soprano and detailfilled lyrics are as sharply original as ever. Iris luella dement born january 5, 1961 is an american twotime grammy nominated singer. The lyrics are poems by anna akhmatova, as translated by babette deutsch and lyn coffin, set to compositions by dement. In spite of ourselves made famous by iris dement in duet with john prine. Iris dement born 5 january 1961 in paragould, arkansas, usa is a grammynominated american countryfolk singer and songwriter. Jul 14, 2014 kyle and ashley in the backyard singin iris dement. Iris dement born 5 january 1961 in paragould, arkansas, usa is a grammynominated.
The album was dedicated to her father, patric shaw dement, who died in 1992. The song our town was used as the credits rolled in the final episode of the tv series northern exposure. It peaked at number 22 on the billboard heatseekers chart. Guests include guitarist mark knopfler and delbert mcclinton, who duets with dement on trouble. The songs on lifeline are just that, a lifeline out of sorrow and despair.