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Iris DeMent

Iris DeMent

109 songs
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2023
Single
Feb 2023
Mahalia
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Single
Feb 2023
Mahalia
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2023
Single
Feb 2023
Let Me Be Your Jesus
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Single
Feb 2023
Let Me Be Your Jesus
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2023
Single
Feb 2023
I Won’t Ask You Why
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Single
Feb 2023
I Won’t Ask You Why
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2023
Single
Feb 2023
Nothin’ For The Dead
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Single
Feb 2023
Nothin’ For The Dead
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2023
Album
Feb 2023
Workin’ On A World

13 tracks

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Album
Feb 2023
Workin’ On A World

13 tracks

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2021
Album
Oct 2021
Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine Vol. 2

1 track

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Album
Oct 2021
Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine Vol. 2

1 track

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2019
Album
Nov 2019
Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits

1 track

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Album
Nov 2019
Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits

1 track

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2018
Album
Aug 2018
Come Hell Or High Water

3 tracks

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Album
Aug 2018
Come Hell Or High Water

3 tracks

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2016
Album
Sep 2016
For Better, Or Worse

2 tracks

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Album
Sep 2016
For Better, Or Worse

2 tracks

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2012
Single
Oct 2012
Go On Ahead And Go Home
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Single
Oct 2012
Go On Ahead And Go Home
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2012
Single
Oct 2012
Mama Was Always Tellin’ Her Truth
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Single
Oct 2012
Mama Was Always Tellin’ Her Truth
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2012
Single
Oct 2012
Before The Colors Fade
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Single
Oct 2012
Before The Colors Fade
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2012
Album
Feb 2012
Sing The Delta

12 tracks

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Album
Feb 2012
Sing The Delta

12 tracks

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2006
Album
Dec 2006
Wounded Heart of America (Tom Russell Songs)

1 track

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Album
Dec 2006
Wounded Heart of America (Tom Russell Songs)

1 track

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2004
Album
Feb 2004
Lifeline

13 tracks

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Album
Feb 2004
Lifeline

13 tracks

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2002
Album
Sep 2002
Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III

1 track

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Album
Sep 2002
Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III

1 track

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2002
Album
Jan 2002
Going Driftless: An Artist’s Tribute to Greg Brown

1 track

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Album
Jan 2002
Going Driftless: An Artist’s Tribute to Greg Brown

1 track

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2001
Album
Jan 2001
Songcatcher (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture)

1 track

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Album
Jan 2001
Songcatcher (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture)

1 track

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1999
Album
Sep 1999
In Spite of Ourselves

3 tracks

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Album
Sep 1999
In Spite of Ourselves

3 tracks

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1999
Album
May 1999
Bleecker Street: Greenwich Village in the 60's

1 track

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Album
May 1999
Bleecker Street: Greenwich Village in the 60's

1 track

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1999
Album
Feb 1999
The Mountain

1 track

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Album
Feb 1999
The Mountain

1 track

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1998
Album
Dec 1998
Real: The Tom T. Hall Project

1 track

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Album
Dec 1998
Real: The Tom T. Hall Project

1 track

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1998
Album
Apr 1998
The Horse Whisperer (Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture)

1 track

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Album
Apr 1998
The Horse Whisperer (Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture)

1 track

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1997
Album
Dec 1997
Crown of Jewels

1 track

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Album
Dec 1997
Crown of Jewels

1 track

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1997
Album
Jan 1997
The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers (A Tribute)

1 track

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Album
Jan 1997
The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers (A Tribute)

1 track

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1996
Album
Feb 1996
The Way I Should

12 tracks

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Album
Feb 1996
The Way I Should

12 tracks

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1994
Album
Jan 1994
My Life

10 tracks

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Album
Jan 1994
My Life

10 tracks

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1994
Album
Jan 1994
Tulare Dust: A Songwriters’ Tribute To Merle Haggard

1 track

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Album
Jan 1994
Tulare Dust: A Songwriters’ Tribute To Merle Haggard

1 track

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1992
Album
Feb 1992
Infamous Angel

11 tracks

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Album
Feb 1992
Infamous Angel

11 tracks

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Top Songs

#1
Mahalia
#2
No Time to Cry
#3
I Don’t Want to Get Adjusted
#4
Let Me Be Your Jesus
#5
I Won’t Ask You Why
#6
Hobo Bill’s Last Ride
#7
Mom and Dad’s Waltz
#8
Fifty Miles of Elbow Room

About Iris DeMent

Discography

Workin’ On A World
13 tracks · 2023
Lifeline
13 tracks · 2004
Sing The Delta
12 tracks · 2012
The Way I Should
12 tracks · 1996
Infamous Angel
11 tracks · 1992
My Life
10 tracks · 1994
Come Hell Or High Water
3 tracks · 2018
In Spite of Ourselves
3 tracks · 1999
For Better, Or Worse
2 tracks · 2016
Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine Vol. 2
1 track · 2021
Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits
1 track · 2019
Wounded Heart of America (Tom Russell Songs)
1 track · 2006
Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III
1 track · 2002
Going Driftless: An Artist’s Tribute to Greg Brown
1 track · 2002
Songcatcher (Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture)
1 track · 2001
Bleecker Street: Greenwich Village in the 60's
1 track · 1999
The Mountain
1 track · 1999
Real: The Tom T. Hall Project
1 track · 1998
The Horse Whisperer (Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture)
1 track · 1998
Crown of Jewels
1 track · 1997
The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers (A Tribute)
1 track · 1997
Tulare Dust: A Songwriters’ Tribute To Merle Haggard
1 track · 1994

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Popular lyrics by Iris DeMent

Mahalia

[Verse 1] A hard rain is falling Trouble is clouding my mind No one's at home waiting for me And I can't find the reason or rhyme [Verse 2] …

No Time to Cry

[Verse 1] My father died a year ago today The rooster started crowin' when they carried Dad away There beside my mother, in the living room,…

I Don’t Want to Get Adjusted

[Intro] (To This World) [Verse 1] In this world we have our trials Sometimes lonesome, sometimes blue But the hope of life eternal Makes all…

Let Me Be Your Jesus

[Verse 1] Let me be your Jesus I'll lift you out of hell Protect you from the heathen press And the infidel I'll lead you to the Promised La…

I Won’t Ask You Why

[Verse 1] Your mama's tender hands Held the needle and the thread That stitched that pretty bonnet You used to wear upon your head Nobody ev…

Hobo Bill’s Last Ride

Riding east-bound freight train, stealing through the night He was just a lonesome hobo who was fighting for his life The sadness in his eye…

Mom and Dad’s Waltz

[Verse] I'd walk for miles, cry and smile for my Mama and Daddy I want them, I want them to know How I feel my love is real for my Mama and …

Fifty Miles of Elbow Room

[Verse 1] Twelve-hundred miles, it's length and breadth That four-square city stands It's gem-set walls of jasper shine They're not made by …

I Miss a Lot of Trains

When the train pulls in the station You'll be waiting at the track You're having troubles sleeping nights And you want me to come back That …

Go On Ahead And Go Home

[Verse] Go on ahead and go home Go on ahead and go home Boy, you've done your best Time you took your rest in the sheltering loam Go on ahea…

Discography at a glance

109

Songs on Lyrks

22

Albums

17

Singles

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Iris DeMent is a music artist with 109 songs on Lyrks.

Popular tracks by Iris DeMent include Mahalia, No Time to Cry, I Don’t Want to Get Adjusted, Let Me Be Your Jesus, I Won’t Ask You Why. Browse full lyrics on Lyrks.

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