Rodney J. Crowell (born August 7, 1950) is a American country music singer/songwriter who is considered to be part of both the alternative country and the mainstream country music camps. For three years he was part of Emmylou Harris' "Hot Band"; later he gained mainstream popularity as a solo performer with a series of critcally-claimed albums released during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Crowell was born in Houston, Texas to James Walter Crowell and Addie Cauzette Willoughby.
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EA We moved into a house in Tennessee EB From the California desert where we did not wanna be EA Where the grass was high and the rivers green the sky was always blue C#mB It was 1982 the world was still brand new
EA Oh the front door to that house was very strong EB As long as we were living there I knew nothing could go wrong EA So we had our kids we made our lives work out the best we could C#mB Behind that ol' piece of wood in a world we understood
Amaj7 That ol' door was always open, that ol' door was never closed B That ol' door was our protection when the need arose Amj7 That ol' door was ever faithful, that ol' door was ever strong B That ol' door was there to open up and welcome me back home E Welcome me back home
We never knew how good we get it there So we went right on living like we didn't have a care And when the only thing that mattered didn't matter after all And the writin' on the wall said we're headed for a fall
That ol' door was always open that ol' door was standing guard That ol' door was there to witness when the times were hard That ol' door was ever faithul that ol' door was in our bones That ol' door was there to open up and welcome me back home
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Sometimes when the leaves blow down the track Something deep inside of me bring all those mem'ries back And that door comes round to haunt me with those chiseled marks that show Just how much a kid can grow in a world still moving slow