Country music mavens Dolly Parton and Alison Krauss‘ cover of country icon Roger Miller’s 1965 tune “The Last Word in Lonesome is Me” is featured on the upcoming double album, King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller. Listen to Parton take the vocal lead as Krauss provides the harmonies on the ballad about heartbreak below!
What a beautiful cover. King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller will be released on August 31st. The project also includes the artistry of Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, Kacey Musgraves, Loretta Lynn, Jamey Johnson, Emmylou Harris, Huey Lewis, Rodney Crowell, Lyle Lovett, Eric Church, Asleep at the Wheel, and Ringo Starr.
King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. Greatest Songwriter (Banter)
2. Chug-a-Lug (feat. Huey Lewis)
3. Dang Me
4. Leavin’s Not the Only Way to Go
5. Kansas City Star
6. World So Full of Love
7. Old Friends (Banter)
8. Old Friends
9. Lock Stock and Teardrops
10. You Oughta Be Here With Me/I’ve Been A Long Time Leaving (feat. The Cox Family)
11. The Crossing (feat. The Blind Boys Of Alabama)
12. In The Summertime (feat. Shawn Camp)
13. Fiddle (Banter)
14. England Swings
15. You Can’t Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd
16. Half a Mind
17. Invitation to the Blues
18. It Only Hurts Me When I Cry (Live)
Disc: 2
1. Mouth Noises (Banter)
2. Oo De Lally
3. Engine, Engine #9 (feat. Jon Randall)
4. When Two Worlds Collide
5. Reincarnation
6. You Can’t Do Me This Way (feat. The McCrary Sisters)
7. Chicken S#$! (Banter)
8. Nothing Can Stop My Love
9. Husbands and Wives (feat. Emmylou Harris)
10. I’ll Pick Up My Heart and Go Home
11. I Believe in the Sunshine
12. Guv’ment
13. Old Songwriters Never Die (Banter)
14. Hey, Would You Hold it Down?
15. The Last Word in Lonesome is Me (feat. Alison Krauss)
16. I’d Come Back to Me (feat. Tawnya Reynolds)
17. One Dying and a Burying
18. Do Wacka Do
19. King of the Road
Be sure to check out the lyrics penned by Miller himself and his original version of “The Last Word in Lonesome is Me” below!
“The Last Word in Lonesome is Me” Lyrics
The last word in lonesome is me
The last word in lonesome is me
My heart is as lonely as a heart can be lonely
The last word in lonesome is me
Too bad what’s happened to our good love
Too bad what’s happened to our good love
Sometimes our best isn’t quite good enough
And the last word in lonesome is me
Life is a desert and love quenches thirst
Life is a desert and love quenches thirst
We all have to hurt sometime this is my first time
The last word in lonesome is me
The last word in lonesome is me
The last word in lonesome is me
My heart is as lonely as a heart can be lonely
The last word in lonesome is me
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