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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Emmylou Harris
Vocals
Rodney Crowell
Vocals
Jerry Roe
Drums
Steuart Smith
Gut String Guitar
Jedd Hughes
Mandolin
Chris Tuttle
Piano
Byron House
Upright Bass
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Emmylou Harris
Songwriter
Rodney Crowell
Songwriter
Cory Chisel
Songwriter
Lyrics
We don't all die young to save our spark
From the ravages of time
But the first and last to leave their mark
Someday become the traveling kind
In the wind are names of poets past
Some were friends of yours and mine
And to those unsung, we lift our glass
May their songs become the traveling kind
We were born to brave this tilted world
With our hearts laid on the line
Be it way-crossed boy or red dirt girl
The song becomes the traveling kind
There are mountains worth their weight in gold
Mere mortals dare not climb
Come ye tipsy, sainted, sinners both
And claim them for the traveling kind
When the music slowly starts to fade
Into the light's last soft decline
Let us lie down in that evening shade
And rest among the traveling kind
And the song goes on for the traveling kind
Writer(s): Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Cory Chisel
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