Shawn Colvin - Shotgun Down The Avalanche (with Alison Krauss) video free download


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LYRICS :

I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche

Tumbling and falling down the avalanche

So be quiet tonight the stars

shine bright

On this mountain of new fallen snow

But I will raise up my voice into

the void

You have left me nowhere to go

I love you so much and it's so bizarre

A mystery that goes on and on and on

This is the best thing and the very

most hard

And we don't get along

After countless appeals we keep

spinning our wheels

On this mountain of new fallen snow

So I let go the catch and we are

over the edge

You have left me nowhere to go

I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche

Sometimes you make me lose my will

to live

And just become a beacon for your soul

But the past is stronger than my will

to forgive

Forgive you or myself, I don't know

I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche

Tumbling and falling down the avalanche

So be quiet tonight be sure to

step lightly

On this mountain of new fallen snow

But I will raise up my voice into

the void

You have left me nowhere to go

I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche

Comments

8 years ago

Allison Nisbet

You have left me no where to go... Such a great version. I do love Shawn's lyrics. She is so honest and raw. ❤️❤️

9 years ago

1MSWILLIE

MOST AMAZING VERSION OF THIS SONG!

9 years ago

CAHRLOS PEREZ

This was special song on those cold cold nites #candles,wine,music,love#

9 years ago

wygakyl

Time always runs out too quickly on this one...I must play it again!

9 years ago

CaptAmerica12

Boy is she cute, and a great singer, what a musician! Worth watching a few hundred times.

9 years ago

Anne Mooney

i recall buying the cd, steady on in a recrod store ( remember those?) in 93' or so. i know a bit late. i heard this song and i was floored. absolutely. to this day, this and many of shawn's songs evoke emotions in me that are impossible to articulate. as evryone before me has already said, "simply beautiful, truly sublime." and shawn is sooo very underrated as a guitar player. and then alison....but this would get way too long. tears in my eyes, right now. and i'm not even sure why.

9 years ago

kenny maclean

Absolute perfection ! They compliment each other so well. I've been musician for 55 years, played everything from rock to country, but I would die for just 0.1% of the talent these two wonderful ladies have ! (Note to self - Keep practising !!!)

9 years ago

babydolphine

After all these years I still love this song so very much, the combination of two wonderfull singers and musicans keeps it so special, just wonderful!!!!!

9 years ago

Diana Schaller

I understand the lyrics completely. Being in a tumultuous relationship, after hitting the reset button again and again (after countless appeals), is difficult and it seems that we keep finding ourselves in the same place. Shawn is singing my life ...

9 years ago

Dennis Edwards

*Shawn Colvin, Shotgun down the Avalanche*I'm riding shotgun down the avalancheTumbling and falling down the avalancheSo be quiet tonight the starsshine brightOn this mountain of new fallen snowBut I will raise up my voice intothe voidYou have left me nowhere to goI love you so much and it's so bizarreA mystery that goes on and on and onThis is the best thing and the verymost hardAnd we don't get alongAfter countless appeals we keepspinning our wheelsOn this mountain of new fallen snowSo I let go the catch and we areover the edgeYou have left me nowhere to goI'm riding shotgun down the avalancheSometimes you make me lose my willto liveAnd just become a beacon for your soulBut the past is stronger than my willto forgiveForgive you or myself, I don't knowI'm riding shotgun down the avalancheTumbling and falling down the avalancheSo be quiet tonight be sure tostep lightlyOn this mountain of new fallen snowBut I will raise up my voice intothe voidYou have left me nowhere to goI'm riding shotgun down the avalanche

9 years ago

Dennis Mackey

great cover by shawn colvin of shawn colvin's 'riding shotgun down the avalanche". Although to be fair...I feel That the song was best performed by Shawn Colvin. But I still gotta give props to Shawn Colvin for attempting to pay tribute to the song's best performer......ms. Shawn Colvin!

9 years ago

bob E D

Strong Duo !

9 years ago

Korinne M Jackman

*The past is stronger than my will to forgive...*#throwbackthursday #tbt #butforgivenessisagiftigivemyselfnotyou

9 years ago

Joie Jameson

The day seems to be all about you guys.Such joy to have danced & sang & played my way through it all.Another life ago....C'dale:>)

9 years ago

RICARDO BENAVIDES

000....

9 years ago

Lili D

Soooo good

9 years ago

suecem

"forgive you or myself i don't know...."beautifully done...........

9 years ago

Antitodo S.A.

pulgar abajo

9 years ago

lekkki1

this song and the staggering talent of these two women speaks to my heart in a big way. All of us people who have hearts have ridden shotgun down the avalanche. Train-wreck of a ride, with a disaster waiting at the end. Usually we have no one to blame but ourselves because we ignored the truth. 

9 years ago

unclebobunclebob

Tremendous song, tremendous ladies.

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