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Julie Miller — All My Tears
Album: Broken Things
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Released: 1999
Length: 3:26
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When I go don't cry for me
In my father's arms I'll be
The wounds this world left on my soul
Will all be healed and I'll be whole
Sun and moon will be replaced
With the light of Jesus' face
And I will not be ashamed
For my savior knows my name
It don't matter where you bury me
I'll be home and I'll be free
It don't matter where I lay
All my tears be washed away
Gold and silver blind the eye
Temporary riches lie
Come and eat from heaven's store
Come and drink and thirst no more
So weep not for me my friend
When my time below does end
For my life belongs to him
Who will raise the dead again
It don't matter where you bury me
I'll be home and I'll be free
It don't matter where I lay
All my tears be washed away
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check out the Jars of Clay version too
I love the way Buddy Miller rocks out on this one.
Live Well, Die Well...Live Again in Valhalla.
Had to stop what I was doing to come check this out and see who it was. I'm giving it an 8
 SmackDaddy wrote:

Yes they are. However, there is ZERO evidence of any type of afterlife and all that humans have seen indicates that where there is a beginning there is an end. The idea that your life and soul started at conception and then lives on forever is not only illogical, it's laughable. So either start believing in reincarnation or accept that when you die, that's it.
 
There are far more possibilities than this binary (close-minded) conclusion. 
 SmackDaddy wrote:

Yes they are. However, there is ZERO evidence of any type of afterlife and all that humans have seen indicates that where there is a beginning there is an end. The idea that your life and soul started at conception and then lives on forever is not only illogical, it's laughable. So either start believing in reincarnation or accept that when you die, that's it.
 

And the earth used to be flat and the sun revolved around the earth etc.
I get your point, there is no proof, but we humans are far from knowing everything. I expect we never will.
People have striven to understand the world from the time we were able ponder such things. It used to be mainly expressed through religion and now, for many, it is through science and logic. Both have been used to justify terrible acts committed against other people and the whole world.
I suspect both are insufficient to explain the world. So what is next?
 jelgator wrote:

Isn't reincarnation an afterlife?  
 

Actually no, it's another life. And doesn't exist.
If you like this, listen to 'The Lowlands of Holland', Steeleye Span. I wondered if it was a cover from the intro. This has more grunt though when it gets going...
 SmackDaddy wrote:

Yes they are. However, there is ZERO evidence of any type of afterlife and all that humans have seen indicates that where there is a beginning there is an end. The idea that your life and soul started at conception and then lives on forever is not only illogical, it's laughable. So either start believing in reincarnation or accept that when you die, that's it.
 

Captain Agnosticism here. The afterlife is the carrot, hell is the stick. Neither exist except in the minds of believers. Moving on...
 SmackDaddy wrote:

Yes they are. However, there is ZERO evidence of any type of afterlife and all that humans have seen indicates that where there is a beginning there is an end. The idea that your life and soul started at conception and then lives on forever is not only illogical, it's laughable. So either start believing in reincarnation or accept that when you die, that's it.
 
Isn't reincarnation an afterlife?  
That voice stops me in my tracks!  What a lovely song.  You don't need to believe in any god to appreciate the beauty of a work of art.  Plenty of atheists love marveling the ancient cathedrals of Europe. Why not love a song sung by a woman who might be a believer?
You don’t have to be a person of faith to appreciate the qualities and virtues of faith, the best of which inform the bones of this song: grace, mercy, and forgiveness. You don’t have to have a wounded soul to understand why those virtues might resonate with someone, but it helps. 

"It don't matter where you bury me
I'll be home and I'll be free
It don't matter where I lay
All my tears be washed away"

— Julie Miller, All My Tears
 bobcouch wrote:

You're entitled to your opinion.
 
Yes they are. However, there is ZERO evidence of any type of afterlife and all that humans have seen indicates that where there is a beginning there is an end. The idea that your life and soul started at conception and then lives on forever is not only illogical, it's laughable. So either start believing in reincarnation or accept that when you die, that's it.
I've been listening to Buddy and Julie Miller for almost two decades. I love their unique voices and country-rock vibe.
An incredible achievement in songwriting and performing. 
Jesus Smile reflects in the moon and in the sun
Take already these energies
Don't wait the death to know if paradise or not
Sun is your real father
And Moon your real mother
You can decide just now to live among milk and honey
 reindeer wrote:
A pleasant melody, but the lyrics are frightening and represent the worst of cult thinking.  There is nothing after this life, so don't squander it, and please, don't celebrate death like it's something to look forward to.  It's an ending, not a beginning, and telling people that it's gonna be great is just bullshit.  Instead, concentrate on making this life better if you can.  Stop telling people that death is this great thing, prettied up in a nice melody like sugar to make the death more acceptable.  One should strive for something better, not accept this big lie that there is something waiting after we die, because there is not.
 
You're entitled to your opinion.
 fredriley wrote:

I have a deep, instinctive for evulsion towards country (and/or western), but this song doesn't raise my gorge so I'll concur with your definition. 9 from the Nottingham jury.
 

Splitting hairs over country/western/American roots music must stem from overidentification with what passes for "Country" these days.
Awesome song/artist. Emmy Lou does it justice. Thanks RP!
 lattalo wrote:

Emmylou stole it from her, Miller wrote.  Emmylou has written very little of her material.
 
Doing a cover version of someone else's song is not "stealing".  Isn't there enough noxious hyperbole and exaggeration these days?
 jackie0 wrote:
A solid 9. It's not country, it's american roots music, and she wrote the song.  She is, along with Buddy, at the epicenter of american roots music excellence!  

 
I have a deep, instinctive for evulsion towards country (and/or western), but this song doesn't raise my gorge so I'll concur with your definition. 9 from the Nottingham jury.
Respect for these musicians, but SO twangy.
 icuski2 wrote:
No country zone please!

 
X2......
 coloradojohn wrote:
Got a twangy ol' Neil & Crazy Horse thang all over it, and it sure does sound familiar, but that ain't a bad thing.  Snarly.  Mean.  Angry!

 

Buddy Miller is a really good guitarist 
A pleasant melody, but the lyrics are frightening and represent the worst of cult thinking.  There is nothing after this life, so don't squander it, and please, don't celebrate death like it's something to look forward to.  It's an ending, not a beginning, and telling people that it's gonna be great is just bullshit.  Instead, concentrate on making this life better if you can.  Stop telling people that death is this great thing, prettied up in a nice melody like sugar to make the death more acceptable.  One should strive for something better, not accept this big lie that there is something waiting after we die, because there is not.
Me likey! {#Motor}   
yummy!
 dwhayslett wrote:

I have several rooms.  I've never found an invisible sky magician in any of them.

 
To be fair, finding an invisible entity of any sort (even an Earth-bound, non-magician), is pretty challenging - believe me.  I mean: they're invisible, dude.  You'd have to use a spray bottle filled with glycerin or throw a bunch of talcum powder all over the place.  Whether or not you locate them you still have to mop up and/or vacuum the room.
Great sound on this one!
 ShamanManu wrote:
 TheBorgBuilder wrote:
prefer EmmyLou Harris' version but this is good {#Music}

  
Peter_Bradshaw wrote:

........ totally agree
 
me too {#Good-vibes}

 
{#Yes}

It's a movement! 
nice

It's downright gospelly, in a hip kinda way !!


Got a twangy ol' Neil & Crazy Horse thang all over it, and it sure does sound familiar, but that ain't a bad thing.  Snarly.  Mean.  Angry!
A solid 9. It's not country, it's american roots music, and she wrote the song.  She is, along with Buddy, at the epicenter of american roots music excellence!  
No country zone please!
 TheBorgBuilder wrote:
prefer EmmyLou Harris' version but this is good {#Music}

  
Peter_Bradshaw wrote:

........ totally agree
 
me too {#Good-vibes}
This is one of the best songs RP repeats.
I m not a believer but the drive in this song gets me off my ass and loving music whatever it s about!
 peregrin wrote:
Gack. Country music and medieval hocus pocus. Two strikes against this.

 
right on.
 
Gack. Country music and medieval hocus pocus. Two strikes against this.
Anyone know if this is Julie Miller of Buddy & Julie Miller? I randomly caught their act in a little bar in Avalon (Santa Catalina Island), California, way back in 2001, and I was hooked, but have not heard anything from them since. Brought back a nice memory.
Cool guitar sound, and singin' too! {#Clap}
This girl has an incredible story of abuse and survival.  Her song is a testimony to her strength and faith.  Haunting. 
 midget wrote:

Oh, please!
Get a room.

 
I have several rooms.  I've never found an invisible sky magician in any of them.

What are you trying to say? 
 dwhayslett wrote:

You could clear this up by revealing where, specifically, your invisible sky magician actually is.

 
Oh, please!
Get a room.
 flyboy wrote:

On what evidence do you state this as fact?

 
You could clear this up by revealing where, specifically, your invisible sky magician actually is.
Wow where have I been since 1999. She is awesome. 
Really like this song will buy

jjtwister 
Touched by his noodley appendage.  Ramen!
Great song! Thanks RP
 flyboy wrote:

On what evidence do you state this as fact?

 
On what evidence do you base your belief that the Flying Spaghetti Monster does not exist?
 donnski wrote:
 No such thing

 
On what evidence do you state this as fact?
I think I like this better than the ELH version.
 zepher wrote:
When I go don't cry for me
In my fathers arms I'll be
The wounds this world left on my soul
Will all be healed and I'll be whole Sun and moon will be replaced
With the light of Jesus' face
And I will not be ashamed
For my savior knows my name It don't matter where you bury me
I'll be home and I'll be free
It don't matter where I lay
All my tears be washed away Gold and silver blind the eye
Temporary riches lie
Come and eat from heaven's store
Come and drink and thirst no more So weep not for me my friend
When my time below does end
For my life belongs to him
Who will raise the dead again
—-> Heaven is a better place, lovely song.

“But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has prepared for those who love him”" 1 Corinthians 2:9


  No such thing


 BobLoblaw wrote:
Not what I would normally listen to but this is good.

 
Agreed! 

Cheers RP! 
I didn't know she wrote this.
Not what I would normally listen to but this is good.
 BBoyes wrote:
Check out Emmylou's version of this on Spy Boy.

 
Buddy Miller plays guitar on that one, too.  Very, very well.
 ladybinnath wrote:
I like the Millers, but the Emmylou version is a killer.

 
Emmylou stole it from her, Miller wrote.  Emmylou has written very little of her material.
Starts off with little promise, but by golly this turns into something powerful.
Don't like country but do like this...
 TheBorgBuilder wrote:
prefer EmmyLou Harris' version but this is good {#Music}

 
........ totally agree
I like the Millers, but the Emmylou version is a killer.
 Wizzo_oz wrote:
very cool...

 

Ditto {#Jump}
 zepher wrote:
...“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined..."
 
Hmm - well, it looks like the some man went ahead and imagined it. No dogs, too many kids, everybody looks like they just came from the (somewhat segregated) country club. Funny how heaven for some is eternal eeeuww for others. Hey, I like my neighborhood, too - not throwing rocks. Pax vobiscum.
When I go don't cry for me
In my fathers arms I'll be
The wounds this world left on my soul
Will all be healed and I'll be whole

Sun and moon will be replaced
With the light of Jesus' face
And I will not be ashamed
For my savior knows my name

It don't matter where you bury me
I'll be home and I'll be free
It don't matter where I lay
All my tears be washed away

Gold and silver blind the eye
Temporary riches lie
Come and eat from heaven's store
Come and drink and thirst no more

So weep not for me my friend
When my time below does end
For my life belongs to him
Who will raise the dead again


---> Heaven is a better place, lovely song.

“But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has prepared for those who love him”" 1 Corinthians 2:9

prefer EmmyLou Harris' version but this is good {#Music}
very cool...
 Patrick wrote:
Singin' through they's noses and twangin' they's geetars.

 
Dern good twangin' if I do say so myself tho... and I means it.
Singin' through they's noses and twangin' they's geetars.
I like this very much. Julie + Buddy = {#Heartkiss}
Great message in this song.  God is good.
Bring back EmmyLou Harris!.....{#No}

All the folks down at the doobie house love Emmylou! 
I'm a born and born-again, dyed-in-the-wool, turtles-all-the-way-down atheist and I approve of this song.  It raises the hair on the back of my neck.
Damn fine music.
 fredriley wrote:

Uh-huh. And where in my post does the word "boycott" appear? Go on, make a wild guess. And the old public v private divide-and-rule Right tactic is just soooooooooo old, even if it's being wielded repeatedly by the rich posh boys who currently rule the UK. A worker would have to be a lobotomised cretin not to see through it.

 
Rich posh boys dont run my country. I work.  I am not on the right.  You sed u would not shop at that store.  U know something...i have held at least one job since i was seven...i have worked with them all in all types of jobs...everyone here knows you dont work you dont eat...u get back what you put in...u seem to think everyone just has the wool pulled over their eyes and they just need professor to explain it to them...but that is not the case..people understand profs arguments here better than profs do and they reject it...story over.
Can't get enough of her. Her and Buddy together are fickin' amazing.
 BBoyes wrote:
Check out Emmylou's version of this on Spy Boy.
 
I thought this WAS Emmylou....just for a minute.
Happily this is a music station and not a political forum!
(Though there is another place for that on RP....)
I really like this woman's voice and her husband's playing.
Check out Emmylou's version of this on Spy Boy.
 fredriley wrote:

Uh-huh. And where in my post does the word "boycott" appear? Go on, make a wild guess. And the old public v private divide-and-rule Right tactic is just soooooooooo old, even if it's being wielded repeatedly by the rich posh boys who currently rule the UK. A worker would have to be a lobotomised cretin not to see through it.
 
actually, the biggest issue is the class warfare stance of the left here in the Colonies (wait! your lot lost that argument too)...

my bad.
 agnes wrote:
I'd love to like this song more, as it is a great SONG, but Julie Miller has the singing voice of an 8-year-old girl, and I just can't abide.
 
 
I usually hate those little girl voices (for some reason played with great regularity here on RP) but this song is so good, that her voice doesn't bother me....and there seems to be some grit behind her (not to mention talent) which redeems it.
 rdo wrote:

With 8.2% unemployment in the USA as I write this, your approach will only make that atrocious number higher, and make things worse.  The people who support your approach in this country were the ones behind the brain-dead Wisconsin recall.  That would be the recall against the governor who tried, effectively, to cut wages for public workers who made five to ten times as much as Wal-Mart employees, the same public workers who are driving the whole economy into a ditch (yes, along with Wal-Street bankers).  These (failed) Wisconsin-recall jobs are not "McJobs", and this is why our country is going bankrupt (i.e. misguided, brain-dead, support for unions).  Wal-Mart employees should organize.  That is true.  They are getting screwed.  Boycotting Wal-Mart does not help anyone though.

 
 
Uh-huh. And where in my post does the word "boycott" appear? Go on, make a wild guess. And the old public v private divide-and-rule Right tactic is just soooooooooo old, even if it's being wielded repeatedly by the rich posh boys who currently rule the UK. A worker would have to be a lobotomised cretin not to see through it.
 fredriley wrote:

Yep, that sounds like a seriously crappy place to work. Wal-Mart have a deservedly bad rep for working conditions and pay. Consumers need to realise that cheap goods likely derive from screwed workers in McJobs on minimum wage. I'd no more buy from Asda (UK offshoot of Walmart) than I'd saw my knackers off with a rusty knife.
 
With 8.2% unemployment in the USA as I write this, your approach will only make that atrocious number higher, and make things worse.  The people who support your approach in this country were the ones behind the brain-dead Wisconsin recall.  That would be the recall against the governor who tried, effectively, to cut wages for public workers who made five to ten times as much as Wal-Mart employees, the same public workers who are driving the whole economy into a ditch (yes, along with Wal-Street bankers).  These (failed) Wisconsin-recall jobs are not "McJobs", and this is why our country is going bankrupt (i.e. misguided, brain-dead, support for unions).  Wal-Mart employees should organize.  That is true.  They are getting screwed.  Boycotting Wal-Mart does not help anyone though.

 
 Byronape wrote:

I used to work for Wal-Marx many years ago.  They constantly screwed me out of hours by shorting my check 15 minutes here and 30 minutes there, clocking me out without my knowledge, and requiring that I get about 50 hours work done in about 40, and I'm in HUGE trouble if I go into overtime.  I got paid 90 cents more as a department manager than the cashiers did.  Also, that whole "needs to be 8 hours between shifts" thing?  Nope.  There were many days where I worked 7am to 4pm, and had to come back in at 8pm and work until midnight or 1am, go home to sleep, and come back in at 7am.  Oh, and I still had to get the same 50 hours worth of work done.

This was more the rule than exception.  I have talked to many former employees over the years from all over this part of the US and what I went through was pretty much par for the course. 

Eff that effing place.
 
I bought from Walmart recently but your post reminded me why I shouldn't and won't again. The low prices are amazing, but many times if the product's quality can be lowered—say, socks or shirts—Walmart will do it. And the horror stories I hear about working at that place are unending. 

As for the song, I really prefer Emmylou Harris's version...
hearing this song, all my tears washed away.

Brilliant guitarist.

Should come to NL again soon!!!
 Kokoloco53 wrote:
Nice
 
Very
Hey, I'd never heard of her, or Buddy Miller, before a few days ago when RP played "Strange Lover" by her. Now I've got new good music to listen to. Thanks.
Nice
saw them with Steve Earle many mooning years ago
 Byronape wrote:

I used to work for Wal-Marx many years ago.  They constantly screwed me out of hours by shorting my check 15 minutes here and 30 minutes there, clocking me out without my knowledge, and requiring that I get about 50 hours work done in about 40, and I'm in HUGE trouble if I go into overtime.  I got paid 90 cents more as a department manager than the cashiers did.  Also, that whole "needs to be 8 hours between shifts" thing?  Nope.  There were many days where I worked 7am to 4pm, and had to come back in at 8pm and work until midnight or 1am, go home to sleep, and come back in at 7am.  Oh, and I still had to get the same 50 hours worth of work done.

This was more the rule than exception.  I have talked to many former employees over the years from all over this part of the US and what I went through was pretty much par for the course. 

Eff that effing place.
 
Yep, that sounds like a seriously crappy place to work. Wal-Mart have a deservedly bad rep for working conditions and pay. Consumers need to realise that cheap goods likely derive from screwed workers in McJobs on minimum wage. I'd no more buy from Asda (UK offshoot of Walmart) than I'd saw my knackers off with a rusty knife.

I just LOVE their stuff!!   Thank you RP  Kiss    (what happened to the dancing banana??)


Good song, ghastly album cover.
 Mandible wrote:

You should NEVER shop at Walmart {#Whisper}.  WALMART = {#Evil}
 
I used to work for Wal-Marx many years ago.  They constantly screwed me out of hours by shorting my check 15 minutes here and 30 minutes there, clocking me out without my knowledge, and requiring that I get about 50 hours work done in about 40, and I'm in HUGE trouble if I go into overtime.  I got paid 90 cents more as a department manager than the cashiers did.  Also, that whole "needs to be 8 hours between shifts" thing?  Nope.  There were many days where I worked 7am to 4pm, and had to come back in at 8pm and work until midnight or 1am, go home to sleep, and come back in at 7am.  Oh, and I still had to get the same 50 hours worth of work done.

This was more the rule than exception.  I have talked to many former employees over the years from all over this part of the US and what I went through was pretty much par for the course. 

Eff that effing place.


I like this - without Ms. Miller twang, the arrangement and instrumentation could easily be mistaken for a Fairport Convention track.
It don't matter where you bury me
I'll be home and I'll be free
It don't matter where I lay
All my tears be washed away

Steve Earle influence? I like this.
This song is purt' near horrible, y'all.
I'd love to like this song more, as it is a great SONG, but Julie Miller has the singing voice of an 8-year-old girl, and I just can't abide.
 
Another awesome artist I would not have discovered without RP!
VERY-VERY GOOD!
8-9
 vandal wrote:

7 {#Arrow} 8
 
yeah at least -   love this—  can't imagine why I ever thought it was less than a 8

Caught Buddy Miller backing Robert Plant (with vocals help from Patti Griffin) at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Buddy was great, couldn't really hear Patty, Robert was having a very off day, but enjoying himself immensely.

Buddy and Julie's work is among the best of the Americana genre. Depths there not immediately apparent, making it an art form that will endure.

You are correct..I cannot understand this theory..I'm not putting it down either..but celebrating it.. marvel at it..? naaah bam23 wrote:

Sorry, neither the original post to which you are responding nor your silly assumptions about the entire Universe, which appear to be based on a series of texts that you were taught to believe by people who were themselves taught, ad infinitum (or at least for a couple thousand years) the same things, have any bearing on the musical qualities of this piece. And descended from dinosaur poop? I suggest that we carry within ourselves carbon and some other elements that were once in the form of dinosaur poop, but why is this not something to celebrate and marvel at, instead of another weak effort to put down a theory that you do not appear to actually understand?
 



"All My Tears"  ........Julie Miller with Emmylou Harris........


Also decidedly not a C&W fan, but this one had a good feel to it.  Voice and guitars went together perfectly.
Don't much like C & W but this is nice...almost as nice as the Chris Isaak that followed it!

As per the "law of gravity doesn't work" comment below, it actually does, as long as you're on planet earth!


Love it!
Compelling snare so hard it makes you sit up and take notice,  classic vocals, and gurgling low register country guitar.
Classic American music.
 RParadise wrote:

No, gravity is a law, as in Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation.  Evolution is a theory, but one that keeps being confirmed and strengthened by each successive generation's body of evidence and experimentation.  If the creation of drug-resistant bacteria isn't enough to convince you of the efficacy of Darwin's theories, then perhaps you just don't understand the science.

 

Well I was checking the comments to see if it was Buddy Miller singing with her.  Great song, by the way.  Saw her and Buddy many years ago when they opened for Steve Earle and they were awesome.

Not sure how this got so far off topic, but  thought I'd mention that Newton's Law of Gravity disagrees with Einstein's Theory of Relativity in some cases.   They've been able to test some of these disagreements, and guess which what - the Theory was right and the Law was wrong (one case is the details of Mercury's orbit)


7 {#Arrow} 8


8  →  9
Is that the guy from Union Station that she is singing with?
 
My first thought when I heard her voice was Casey Chambers.{#Yes}
She is amazing solo but I love her collaborations w/Buddy too.

 xkolibuul wrote:
Emmylou's cover was a pale imitation compared to Julie.
 

This is my first time hearing this version. It's good, but I couldn't disagree more.
Sounds like she swallowed a Wiffle ball halfway down but is still trying to sing through it.
Emmylou's cover was a pale imitation compared to Julie.
stescott100 wrote:
boot scootin' rootin' tootin' wife beatin' burger eatin' horribleness
and what's with the bleached out album cover photograph? has she got a massive nose or something?
Racial/Geographic stereotypes born from rank ignorance and provincial tunnelvision, a classic malady. Please buy a few plane tickets and read some books, you'll be amazed at the depths you've not explored.

 fluffybum wrote:

music to shop at walmart by...suckin.


 
You should NEVER shop at Walmart {#Whisper}.  WALMART = {#Evil}
Thought it was Suzanne Vega until the guitars kicked in.
 kazoo wrote:

Evolution is just a theory .... kind of like gravity.
 
No, gravity is a law, as in Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation.  Evolution is a theory, but one that keeps being confirmed and strengthened by each successive generation's body of evidence and experimentation.  If the creation of drug-resistant bacteria isn't enough to convince you of the efficacy of Darwin's theories, then perhaps you just don't understand the science.