200 more miles

Ryan Adams with the Cowboy Junkies
200 More Miles
Atlantas a distant memory
Montgomery a recent blur
And tulsa burns on the desert floor
Like a signal fire
I got willie on the radio
A dozen things on my mind
And number one is fleshing out
These dreams of mine
Ive got 200 more miles of rain asphalt in line
Before I sleep
But therell be no warm sheets or welcoming arms
To fall into tonight
In nashville there is a lighter
In a case for all to see
It speaks of dreams and heartaches
Left unsung
And in the corner stands a guitar and
Lonesome words scrawled in a drunken hand
I dont travel past, travel hard before
And Im beginning to understand
That Ive got 200 more miles of rain asphalt in line
Before I sleep
But therell be no warm sheets or welcoming arms
To fall into tonight
They say that I am crazy
My life wasting on this road
That time will find my dreams
Scared or dead and cold
But I heard there is a light
Drawing me to reach an end
And when I reach there, Ill turn back
And you and I can begin again
Ive got 200 more miles of rain asphalt in line
Before I sleep
But therell be no warm sheets or welcoming arms
To fall into tonight
Ive got 200 more miles of rain asphalt in line
Before I sleep
But I wouldnt trade all your golden tomorrows
For one hour of this night
Atlantas a distant memory
Montgomery a recent blur
And tulsa burns on the desert floor
Like a signal fire

[@michaelreed9346]

I would gladly drive a million miles to hear the Cowboy Junkies perform.

[@crotherszach8825]

nom it speaks of heartache and dreams unsung. I'm 42 now I'm beginning to understand. love love love Ryan and Natalie.

[@randomrecordings9757]

This version has such a deep vibe. Ryan's vocal gives it a poignancy lacking in other versions. The harmonica adds the haunting quality of a dark, rainy night on the highway. Perfect!

[@crotherszach8825]

Ryan is great

[@edriley2703]

Margo's raised eyebrow says it all...maybe one of the finest solo's by an artist - ever sung. Ever.

[@AndrewZolnai]

Ed Rielly that's actually Margo's signature 'moue' (pout) but ur right it might be appreciation or diffidence too - driving musicians @ Folk Music Fest of Calgary taught me there's not just 'bonnehommie' (good naturedness)

[@ronaldjaybelin520]

margo who ?

[@ronaldjaybelin520]

Ah yes, cjunkies lead

[@lgcrooks]

I love Margo's eyebrow expression at the end. Says, to me, that they nailed it!! She's saying "Wow".

[@MR.B00_]

Most perfect song ever.

[@alankemp2415]

Perfect. CJs and this singer. Great shots towards the end too, esp. Margo's expression 😆....

[@michaellay9528]

This song is always a favorite!

[@newyork1401]

amazing performance great song

[@johnorr9373]

Everytime I listen to this one song, she knows as we all do, yet so beautiful. Angelic.

[@sktanner2000]

Love this song. Great performance with Ryan Adams

[@lindaroot1752]

steve tanner I love this song ! Beautiful lyrics!

[@raylo993]

Hearing this song now is like revisiting an old friend...."The Trinity Session" was one of my fave albums in 1988-89. I listened to it countless times for a couple of years until 1991...on the plane to L.A., Hong Kong and Japan....in the freezing winter months of New England and more. Gosh, it brought back so many memories and some tears as well. I need to find this album again as it got lost somewhere in my collection of CDs during all the relocations I had over the years.

[@sharonrpberts6167]

Wow! I really like his vocals. Great job

[@marthathegreatone4947]

Martha Londo I just love 200 more miles, it touch your soul and heart.

[@bryanpatterson4054]

Smooth... absolutely awesome version!

[@jill7856]

💘 love it!

[@marto880]

What an excellent collaboration of talents here. The tune is haunting and oh so bluesy. This would be such a great show to see. The CB Junkies are awesome and Ryan is an extreme talent. You Tube changes still suck though!!!

[@bobkat1911]

OOOh, lyrics!! I love, love love Ryan Adams. He makes every song sound even better.

[@marto880]

Ryan Adams with the Cowboy Junkies 200 More Miles This tune is a gem with a lot of music history. Thanks for the upload.

[@mikewillis44]

music played and sang so well and not gap filled to hell with synth. great stuff

[@bobkat1911]

Damn! Ryan is the best!!!! LOVE him. Thanks for posting the lyrics.

[@scottmacdonald259]

bob kat - Cowboy Junkies are the best - but Ryan Adams does a terrific job on this tune.

[@MrMkayultra]

bob kat love this

[@alankemp2415]

I think Michael says "Beautiful, great". Fabulous clip. About Margo's facial expressions at the end! Go CJs.

[@sblood311]

So like Ryan to take an amazing song and make it his own... I adore him and that sick guitar sound he's got. It's funny how he's always got those vocal inflectons that make it impossible to mistake his songs.

[@ronaldjaybelin520]

Why isn’t it ‘what’s he’s singing ?..I wrote this any rate..

[@mikelsaraleguiansorena4993]

Impresionante. Atemporal. Vaya música!!!!!!!!!!!

[@stuartygee]

awesome...just awesome

[@markandrews1582]

Nails it, LOVE it

[@jigln202]

Fabulous.

[@thevelvettounge]

He freakin writes em all, man. Outstanding to hear him sing one. Simply spoken on my retrospect, he didn’t already have a Lady right on there give a sign...I’d find a way, maybe.. But, yeah...there sit a Juliet. *sigh, sigh* 😏

[@moonlitme]

That's Natalie Merchant. She's a goddess.

[@fredlois]

beautiful

[@yaelpalombo4093]

❤❤❤❤🎉

[@BRIAN-gf1nc]

LINDO DEMAIS!!!!!

[@glensenecal4560]

Good job man love it!

[@schmidto11]

Magic

[@AndrewZolnai]

I love the Timmins combo, but smokey voice makes atmosphere rather than diction LOL so Ryan Adams w Natalie Merchant are a welcome addition to the pantheon of the Trinity Sessions. Thx 4 lyrics too. I remember first hearing this driving up MacLeod Trail in Calgary, W CDN in my old full sized Ford Ltd station wagon sometime in 1988 OMG and I bought the tape that same week

[@goat2558]

I guess it's the producer who says to do it again. Doesn't he realize he just heard perfection? The band recognizes that this is as good as it gets.

[@flashrobbie]

cool

[@MrMkayultra]

Love this

[@berndrudzki4854]

klasse lied !

[@lgcrooks]

Bloody awesome!

[@mariaedge67]

ryan adans....he got me on this one and i went out and bought his cd Cold Roses I love Magnolia Mtn...

[@colddesert90]

amazing.

[@raylo993]

The more I listen to this version by Ryan Adams, the more I like it....it's different from Margo's, but it sounds very good. Both versions are great.

[@scetch2006]

Thank you for posting this! I haven't heard this song in YEARS! I like this version, but nothing like the original. ;o)

[@scotthamel7385]

I've been a CJ fan since the very first time I heard "Misguided Angel" and Saw their showcase gig at Toronto's Diamond Club. But I still gotta say this version with RA surpasses the original. Perfect. And what dipshit producer calls for another take at the end? Fuckin moron.

[@lgcrooks]

My wife was never a Cowboy Junkies fan. By their name she wrote them off as a country group, which she doesn't like. She saw this video (sent by me) and came around. Now she is a fan. While Ryan is not a "Junkie", he helped my wife to appreciate one of Canada's greatest contemporary groups.

[@ronaldjaybelin520]

..with my lyrics

[@moonlitme]

sublime

[@moonlitme]

i really like this version...

[@ronaldjaybelin520]

he gave it to them if its theirs at all...i wrote the storyline, and ryan adams composed and arranged it

[@JOAOD28]

Great interpretation

[@linkjones1288]

@solvecoagule It's "Light." I like Ryan's vocals too. I hoped Margo would do vocals as this represents more than its 20th anniversary. I've been a fan since I saw them on PBS I believe it was Austin City Limits. Their music has mapped the passage of time in my life & many of their songs are connected to my memories. Experiencing their musical growth with each release in its reflection of that has been indescribably great. Their music grabbed hold of my heart from day one and still does.

[@lgcrooks]

F**K! I love this song!

[@Decoded69]

This was on HDNet on sunday, Great concert, I recorded a bunch of it. Can't seem to find the sweet jane set they did on youtube, That would be my 1st upload!

[@lindaroot1752]

The greyhound bus ride from Georgia to Chicago and out west

[@hotrodskier]

nobody sings better than margo

[@voyagersa22]

fucking awesome!!!!!!!!!

[@dyedanddead5845]

🤗

[@billturner4427]

Religious!

[@direlegion]

I fuckin' love it

[@billturner4427]

I have been watching this video for years even though Ryan is not that nice

[@reginaldosa13]

Caralho! Esta versão é de fuder! As emoções vêm à mente são indescritíveis. Ryam Adams consegue revitalizar um clássico do CJ com maestria.

[@rkirk739]

holy fuck thats a great song

[@ronaldjaybelin520]

thankyou, i like it ,too.I wrote it due the stirrings of seversl nights in a motel proximal the grand ole opry edifice..that neighborhood.....a trip in my 72 MG Midget that began in Orlando with a lady friend Becks and that proceeded on to Denver from Nashville..i left a lighter in a friends' dash space dropped accidently after scoring a pound if panama red in Houston ...humpnargh: couldnt geo that into that 200 miles, but such is song writing....especially after tsking that pound of red across w texas and up to los angeles via san diego( wait it was columbian gold)....any rate ryan got this storyline from my portfolio: and it was a resl zippo i had from seversl jungle years in nam- sentimental

[@ronaldjaybelin520]

i think the composition ryan put into it picked up on that

[@cwebsterk]

Who is this guy??? He sings this as well as Margo!

[@Brian1974ZX]

who's the guy with the harmonica? I think I've seen him on Jimmy Buffett songs.....who's the gal with the black hair? I can't find the Ryan Adams version on itunes anywhere....anybody know where it is?

[@ajdanovs]

@hystericol it's "Asphalt in line" ;)

[@Brian1974ZX]

I've found and bought the Cowboy Junkies version of the song.....but NO Ryan Adams.

[@ronmcbee4743]

Harmonica makes the song

[@bobkat1911]

Are there more videos from this particular show?

[@thomasknowlton9004]

bob kat, Trinity Revisited!

[@rickdonaldson6867]

Sorry but it just ain't Margo.....

[@nicholasautry9507]

whaat?

[@sgarett]

im partially deaf and a lip reader. and according to ryan adams while he is singing it isnt lime... cuz your lips meet when you say the m....im thinking its lines...i learned it as lights, but seeing him singing it, it looks like he is saying line...you can see the tongue flick for an n....but it can also be lies....but then again...it still could be lime, cuz singers dont always sing all the syllables or sounds of a word. my money is on lines or lights. they are on the highway...

[@TMats100]

Natalie Merchant joining Margo in backup vocals

[@rubenTR309]

Anyone else see the title n couldn't help it was a follow up to the proclaimers?

[@pocobuen]

more complex than it needed to be? I dunno

[@MR.B00_]

this is an amazing song covered with an amazing vocalist. but, whoever put down the you tube lyrics needs a hearing test.

[@aburden8580]

Shampoo and a comb..

[@jackstraw6760]

Bubble baths and a joint...

[@markusaxt]

when was this ?

[@mikewillis44]

covering Neil young songs is brave too.

[@hannityforpres]

@cwebsterk Ryan Adams. he sings it BETTER than margo...and i love margo.

[@waterdamnaged]

somehow, I always imagined that church smaller.

[@kevbhoy05]

lines m8 he fuking driving lol

[@css7059]

i think music is dead and we are all doomed

[@Pap1010]

bet that lighter is a zippo and you can't believe anything a zippo sez

[@MR.B00_]

Letter not lighter.

[@sunnygirl87]

Lyrics are not correct. Great version though.

[@filthyraverrabbit]

Nope...I tried, but it's not Margo.

[@Genjo_N_Mojave]

*Ryan became impertinent after leaving Whiskeytown, just ask Phoebe; he can't hold a candle to Margo's vocals either, a VAIN attempt on his pitiful part!*

[@ponybreath12]

Get a grip.

[@Pap1010]

i've got 200 more blah blah blah but i wouldn't trade all your golden tomorrows for one hour of this night This is your brain on drugs