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  • July 28, 2007 at 3:50 am #28886
    Drunken Angel
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    Hello fellow Lu fans.
    I’m new around these parts but not to Lucinda’s music.

    Has anyone heard the song “Bloodlines” that she sang for the soundtrack to the movie The Baby Dance? The song was written by Terry Allen.
    I loved it so much that I recorded it onto cassette tape from a VHS copy of the movie. I was wondering if anyone knew if there was a clean recording of the song in existence.

    Thanks in advance for any info.

    August 1, 2007 at 8:02 pm #32971
    rachel8375
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    Hi Angel–

    I love that song too, but I don’t know that there is any other copy than the little snippet in the movie. Talk about a haunting song! Who knows, though-keep checking on places like Dimeadozen, because there may be a full version out there.

    Take care-

    Rachel

    August 3, 2007 at 1:18 pm #32972
    Drunken Angel
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    Thank you for your response, Rachel.
    Glad to know there is someone else familiar and loves this song. It is indeed haunting and beautiful, in the truest Lucinda fashion.

    I’ve heard of Dimeadozen but am not that computer savvy and not sure how the torrent sites work. I may have to check their listings anyway. Thanks for the info!

    I’m posting the lyrics for anyone interested. Imagine Lucinda’s voice accompanied only by a slow subtle accordion and a pound of a deep bass drum which emphasizes the last verse.

    Oh my mother
    She is a mountain
    And her breast
    It touch the sky

    And my father
    He is a river
    Running through her
    Sweet by and by

    And my sister
    She is a songbird
    And she’s singing in her flight

    And my brother
    He is a moonbeam
    Falling on her in the night

    There is a river
    Run through the mountains
    Under moonlight
    Hear the song
    Of the bloodlines
    Gone long before me
    And ever after
    Moving on

    September 20, 2007 at 8:41 pm #32973
    jonofoz
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    Bloodlines was the first Lucinda song I ever heard… I watched Baby Dance on TV and was absolutely haunted by the song at the end. I had no idea who the singer was, but my un-initiated ears thought it might be Emmylou Harris, whose music I didn’t know – just knew her name. I began exhaustive online searches for an Emmylou song that sounded anything like what I heard in the film… Thanks to Baby Dance, I became in inadvertant Emmylou Harris fan… Then I saw the film on TV again a few years later and paid attention to the credits: Bloodlines. Lucinda Williams. By that time, of course, I was, thanks to Emmylou, a Lucinda fan, but what disappointment to find out that Bloodlines isn’t available ANYWHERE! If anyone ever hears of a decent-quality copy floating around anywhere on Earth, please let me know. Peace.

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