Artist: Utah Phillips Album: The Telling Takes Me Home Originally released: 21-OCT-1997 one cold autumn morning leaves had turned brown an old b** come trampin through a small western town he walked through the church yard to the preacher's back door where he knew there was refuge and room for the poor he knocked and then waitind for the precher to come with just a kind word for a broken down b** the preacher arrived and looked out in dismay with a few angry words he drove him away oh if you won't offer me something to eat may i sit here a moment and rest my poor feet i've travelled so far i'm weary and sore and say up in heaven is there room for the poor is there room for the poor across the divide where b**s don't go hungry and freeze up outside or will they be driven from the saviour's back door oh say up in heaven is there room for the poor?
Songbook IntroductionUtah on "The Telling Takes Me Home"The Telling Takes Me HomeUtah on "Yuba City"Yuba CityUtah on "All Used Up"All Used UpUtah on "Frisco Road"Frisco RoadUtah on "Queen of the Rails"Queen of the RailsUtah on "Wabash Cannonball / Tolono"Wabash Cannonball / TolonoUtah on "Weepy Doesn't Know"Weepy Doesn't KnowUtah on "Funeral Train"Funeral TrainUtah on "Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia"Green Rolling Hills of West VirginiaUtah on "Phoebe Snow"Phoebe SnowUtah on "He Comes Like Rain"He Comes Like RainUtah on "The Soldier's Return"The Soldier's ReturnUtah on "Touch Me"Touch MeUtah on "If I Could Be the Rain"If I Could Be the RainUtah on "Starlight on the Rails"Starlight on the RailsUtah on "Talking N.P.R. Blues"Talking N.P.R. BluesUtah on "John D. Lee"John D. LeeUtah on "Dancers"DancersUtah on "Dog Canyon"Dog CanyonUtah on "Look for Me in Butte"Look for Me in ButteUtah on "Goodnight Loving Trail"Goodnight Loving TrailUtah on "Daddy, What's a Train?"Daddy, What's a Train?Utah on "Fly Away"Fly AwayUtah on "Kid's Liberation"Kid's LiberationUtah on "Sing in the Spring"Sing in the SpringUtah on "Eddie's Song"Eddie's SongUtah on "Shadow Maker"Shadow MakerUtah on "She'll Never Be Mine"She'll Never Be MineUtah on "Hood River, Roll On"Hood River, Roll OnUtah on "Stupid's Song"Stupid's SongUtah on "Nevada Jane"Nevada JaneDisc 3 IntroUtah on "Collie Wilkins"Collie WilkinsUtah on "Golden Mansions"Golden MansionsUtah on "A Ragged Old Man"A Ragged Old ManUtah on "Orphan Train"Orphan TrainUtah on "The Miner's Lullaby"The Miner's LullabyUtah on "Wolverine 14 Talking Blues"Wolverine 14 Talking BluesUtah on "I Think of You"I Think of YouUtah on "A Clearing in the Forest"A Clearing in the ForestUtah on "Rock Salt & Nails"Rock Salt & NailsUtah on "Twist and a Pound"Twist and a PoundUtah on "Scott's Creek Bluff"Scott's Creek BluffUtah on "Ashes on the Sea"Ashes on the SeaUtah on "The Faded Roses of December"The Faded Roses of DecemberUtah on "Aces, Straights, & Flushes"Aces, Straights, & FlushesUtah on "Going Away"Going AwayUtah on "Old Buddy, Goodnight"Old Buddy, GoodnightUtah on "Jesse's Corrido"Jesse's CorridoUtah on "Pig Hollow"Pig HollowUtah on "Enola Gay"Enola GayUtah on "Larimer Street"Larimer StreetUtah on "Walking Through Your Town in the Snow"Walking Through Your Town in the SnowUtah on "Room for the Poor"Room for the PoorUtah on "Trooper's Lament"Trooper's LamentUtah on "I Will Not Obey"I Will Not ObeyUtah on "Ain't It Fine"Ain't It FineUtah on "Killing Ground"Killing GroundUtah on "Judas Ram"Judas RamUtah on "Yellow Ribbon"Yellow RibbonUtah on "Rice & Beans"Rice & BeansUtah on "Hymn Song"Hymn Song