Cowboy Junkies Complete Song Listing:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Solo

A list of all known songs the Cowboy Junkies have performed, with links to lyrics and the albums the songs appear on.

Song & link to Lyrics

LP/CD & link to Discography
(release date)

Additional Information

Played
Live?

200 More Miles

The Trinity Session (1988)
200 more miles (1995)

Journeys (2000)
In The Time Before Llamas (2003)
Long Journey Home DVD (2005)
Trinity Revisited CD/DVD (2007)

  Yes
32-20 Blues Long Journey Home DVD (2005) A Robert Johnson song Yes

A

A Common Disaster Lay It Down (1996)
Live at the World Cafe Volume 4 (1996)
Studio (1996)
BBC Radio One Sessions (2002)
  Yes
A Few Simple Words Rarities, B-Sides & Slow, Sad Waltzes (1999) Written during Lay It Down Yes
A Horse in the Country Black Eyed Man (1992)
A Horse In the Country CD Single (1992)
Studio (1996)
Best of Cowboy Junkies (UK Only) (2003)
Platinum & Gold (2003)
Long Journey Home DVD (2005)  
  Yes
Angel Mine Lay It Down (1996)
Music for Lawn (1996)
broadcasts vol. 4 KGSR 107.1 (1996)
Live from the Music Hall Vol Three (1996)
Soundtrack Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)
Written for Lay It Down, it's the continuation of Misguided Angel Yes

Angels In The Wilderness

Not released

First played live April 25, 2008 in Sparks, Nevada Yes
Anniversary Song Pale Sun, Crescent Moon (1993)
Pale Sun Single (1993)
Anniversary Song Single (1993)

The Post CD Single (1994)
Essential Junk (1994)
Live from the Archives 1 KFOG (1994)
Live at the World Cafe Vol One (1995)
Studio (1996)
Kink Live (1998)
Live in Toronto 10 17 2000 VHS (2001)
Best of Cowboy Junkies (2001)
Open Road CD and DVD (2002)
Platinum & Gold (2003)
  Yes
At the end of the Rainbow Miles From Our Home (hidden track) (1998)
Songs From Maiden's Mill Promo CD (1998)
First performed live Feb 6, 2003 in Ottawa, ON   Yes

B

Baby Please Don't Go Whites Off Earth Now !! (1986)   Yes

Bad Boy

200 more miles (unlisted Disc 2, trk 10) (1995) Recorded at their first show Nov 7, 1985 at the Beverley Tavern in Toronto. Yes
Bea's Song (River Song Trilogy Part 2) Lay It Down (1996)
E-Town Live Volume 1 (1997)

Waltz Across America (2000)
Open Road DVD (2002)
  Yes

beneath the gate

Open (2001)
Coast to Coast (2002)

First performed live Nov 26, 1999 in Brampton, ON Yes
Black Eyed Man

Black Eyed Man (1992)
BBC Radio One Sessions (2002)
In The Time Before Llamas (2003)
Long Journey Home DVD (2005)

  Yes
Blue Eyed Saviour

At The End of Paths Taken (2007)

First performed live April 7, 2006 in Toronto, ON. Partially inspired by Joan Didion's book The Years of Magical Thinking (Hope - the belief that loved ones will never die) Yes

Blue Guitar

Miles From Our Home (1998)
Waltz Across America (2000)
Live in Toronto 10 17 2000 VHS (2001)
Open (Japan Only) (2001)

Part of the lyrics are from an unfinished Townes Van Zandt song. Yes

Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis)

It Came From Canada 4 (1988)
The Trinity Session (1988)
Soundtrack - Flesh and Bone (1993)
Essential Junk (1994)
200 more miles (1995)
Blue Moon Revisited Single (1995)
Studio (1996)
Soundtrack - Hotel de Love (1997)
Best of Cowboy Junkies (2001)
Open Road DVD (2002)
Platinum & Gold (2003)
In The Time Before Llamas (2003)
Trinity Revisited CD/DVD (2007) 
This song was not on the original vinyl Latent version of The Trinity Session. It was first released on It Came From Canada 4 and then it was added to the RCA/BMG reissue of The Trinity Session. Yes
Brand New World At The End of Paths Taken (2007)
Uncut Magazine May 2007 (2007)
Brand New World Single (2007)
First performed live April 21, 2006 in Montclair, NJ Yes
bread and wine Open (2001)
In The Open (2001)

Rounder New Release Sampler (2001)
Open Road CD and DVD (2002)
First performed live Nov 26, 1999 in Brampton, ON Yes

Brothers Under The Bridge

Early 21st Century Blues (2005)
Delicatessen 7 (2006)

A cover of a Bruce Springsteen song, first performed live on June 2, 2005. Yes

C

Captain Kidd Cause Cheap is How I feel CD Single (1990)
Sun Comes Up 10" Vinyl (1990)
They Came, They Played, They Blocked the Driveway (1993)
Sharon (2007)
A traditional song arranged by Margo & Michael Yes
Carmelita Angel Mine CD Single (1996)
Maple Music One (2002)

A Fred Eaglesmith song about migrant workers on Southern Ontario farms Yes
Cause Cheap Is How I Feel The Caution Horses (1990)
Essential Junk (1994)
200 more miles (1995)
Studio (1996) 
Best of Cowboy Junkies (2001)
Live in Toronto 10 17 2000 VHS (2001)
BBC Radio One Sessions (2002)
In The Time Before Llamas (2003)
Long Journey Home DVD (2005)
Sharon (2007)
  Yes
Close My Eyes Open (2001)
In The Open (2001)

Live in Toronto 10 17 2000 VHS (2001)
 
  Yes

Coast of Peru (listed as Whalers on In the Time Before Llamas)

In The Time Before Llamas (2003) Performed as an introduction to Mariner's Song Yes

Cold Evening Wind

In Concert Only - Never Released

First performed live Feb 6, 2003 in Ottawa, ON Yes

Cold Tea Blues

Pale Sun, Crescent Moon (1993)
Best of Cowboy Junkies (2001)

There is no indication this song had been performed live before May 27, 2004. Yes

Come Calling (her song)

Lay It Down (1996)

  Yes

Come Calling (his song)

Lay It Down (1996)
Live from the Archives 3 KFOG (1996)
Live from the River Music Hall Vol. 1 (1998)
Live in Toronto 10 17 2000 VHS (2001)

  Yes

Cortez The Killer

Latent Recordings (2007)

Written by Neil Young and performed live only once, on June 2, 2005 (early show). Yes

Cowboy Junkies Lament

Black Eyed Man (1992)
Best of Cowboy Junkies (2001)

Written by Townes Van Zandt. Yes

Crescent Moon

Pale Sun, Crescent Moon (1993)
Anniversary Song Single (1993)

Live in Toronto 10 17 2000 VHS (2001)

  Yes

Crossroads

Whites Off Earth Now !! (1986)

  Unknown
Cutting Board Blues

At The End of Paths Taken (2007)

First performed live April 7, 2006 in Toronto, ON Yes

D

Dark Hole Again

Waltz Across America (2000)
Open (2001)

First performed live Nov 26, 1999 in Brampton, ON Yes

Darkness, Darkness

'neath your covers, part 1 (2004)

Cover of the 1969 song by The Youngbloods on Elephant Mountain. First performed live Nov 11, 2006 on the Junkies Train in Ontario Yes

Darkling Days

Miles From Our Home (1998)

  Yes

Dead Flowers

Cause Cheap is How I feel CD Single (1990)
Sun Comes Up Cassette Single (1990)
Uncut Vol 2. Gimme Shelter (2001)
Sharon (2007)

Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards Yes

December Skies

Early 21st Century Blues (2005)
Rounder New Music Sampler (2005)

Inspired by the news of the day and the Timothy Finley novel "The Wars". First performed Nov 8, 2002 in Austin, TX Yes

Decoration Day

Whites Off Earth Now !! (1986)
The Cities Sampler Volume 2 (1990)

  Yes

Don't Need You

POR VIDA: A Tribute to Alejandro Escovedo (2004)

Written by Alejandro Escovedo No

dragging hooks (river song trilogy: part 3)

Live in Toronto 10 17 2000 VHS (2001)
Open (2001)
Open Road CD and DVD (2002)
Soundtrack: Suspicious River DVD/VHS (2002)

The River Song Trilogy was originally written for Lay It Down. Yes

Dreaming My Dreams with You

The Trinity Session (1988)
Platinum & Gold (2003)
Trinity Revisited CD/DVD (2007)

  Yes

E

Escape is so Simple

The Caution Horses (1990)
Best of Cowboy Junkies (2001)
Open Road CD (2002)
Sharon (2007)

  Yes

F

Fairy Tale

Not released

First played live April 25, 2008 in Sparks, Nevada Yes

First Recollection

Pale Sun, Crescent Moon (1993)
First Recollection CD Single (1994)

Live in Toronto 10 17 2000 VHS (2001)

  Yes

Five Room Love Story

A Horse In the Country CD Single (1992)
Rarities, B-Sides & Slow, Sad Waltzes (1999)

Waltz Across America (2000)
The Riversound Cafe (2001)
In The Time Before Llamas (2003)

Played live first back in 1990, recorded during Black Eyed Man. Yes

Floorboard Blues

Pale Sun, Crescent Moon (1993)
First Recollection CD Single (1994)
200 more miles (1995)

  Yes
Flyin' Shoes (Townes Van Zandt)

Latent Recordings (2007)

First performed live March 9 or 10, 2007 Yes

Follower 2

At The End of Paths Taken (2007)

First performed live May 20, 2006 (early show) in Kirkland, WA. Inspired by the Seamus Heaney poem "Follower" Yes

Forgive Me

Whites Off Earth Now !! (1986)
200 more miles (1995)

  Yes

From Hunting Ground to City

One Soul Now (2004)

First performed live Feb 28, 2003 in Brampton, ON Yes

G

Girl Behind The Man Behind The Gun, The

Not released

First played live April 28, 2008 in Oakland, CA Yes

Gone Away

In Concert Only - Never Released

  Yes

Good and the Bad, The

In Concert Only - Never Released

Written by Ted Hawkins, this song appeared at a number of live shows in 1996. Yes

Good Friday

Miles From Our Home (1998)
Songs From Maiden's Mill Promo CD (1998)
Waltz Across America (2000)
Live in Toronto 10 17 2000 VHS (2001)
Long Journey Home DVD (2005)
  Yes

H

Handouts In The Rain

Early 21st Century Blues (2005)

A Richie Havens song, first performed live Nov 12, 2006 on the Junkies train near the Ontario/Manitoba border. Yes

Hard to Explain

Pale Sun, Crescent Moon (1993)
Pale Sun Single (1993)
Essential Junk (1994)
Best of Cowboy Junkies (2001)
Open Road DVD (2002)
Written by Ray Agee Yes

Heaven

Latent Recordings (2007) Written by David Byrne, available for download starting April 17, 2007 exclusively at Latent Recordings No

He Will Call You Baby

One Soul Now (2004)
Long Journey Home DVD (2005)

First performed live Mar 1, 2003 in Brantford, ON Yes

Helpless

'neath your covers, part 1 (2004)
Long Journey Home DVD (2005)

Written by Neil Young and first performed live by the full band May 22, 2002 in Northampton, MA Yes

Highway Kind

POET: a tribute to Townes van Zandt (2001)
Open Road DVD (2002)

Performed live back in 1998, the studio version appeared on a Townes Van Zandt tribute CD. Yes

Hold on to Me

Lay It Down (1996)
Soundtrack: Homegrown (1998)

  Yes

Hollow As A Bone

Miles From Our Home (1998)
Waltz Across America (2000)
MapleMusic Collection (2000)

Live in Toronto 10 17 2000 VHS (2001)
Open (Japan Only) (2001)
Open Road DVD (2002)

Although the lyrics are the same, this song has been dramatically slowed down and reworked since MFOH. The subsequent versions are listed as Hollow As A Bone (Revisited) Yes

Hot Burrito #1

Live! (1992)
In The Time Before Llamas (2003)

Written by Gram Parsons & Christopher Ethridge Yes

House in the Forest

From a VH1 Television Special 'At Home with Cowboy Junkies' in 1990

Performed by Michael & Margo Timmins, originally to be included on an album of lullabies, this song has never been released. Unlikely

House on the Horizon

House: Canadian Movie (1995)   Unlikely

Human Heart, The

Latent Recordings (2007) Written, recorded and mixed at Maiden's Mill during the Miles From Our Home sessions. Added to Latent Recordings September 2007 No

Hunted

Pale Sun, Crescent Moon (1993)
200 more mile (1995)
Waltz Across America (2000)
Live in Toronto 10 17 2000 VHS (2001)
  Yes

I

i did it all for you

Open (2001)

  No

I Believe I'll Dust My Broom

In Concert Only - Never Released

  Yes

I Don't Get It

The Trinity Session (1988)
Long Journey Home DVD (2005)

  Yes

I Don't Want To Be a Soldier

Early 21st Century Blues (2005)

A cover of the John Lennon song taken from the classic album Imagine. Yes

I Saw Your Shoes

Rarities, B-Sides & Slow, Sad Waltzes (1999)
Uncut Volume 10 (1999)
Waltz Across America (2000)

Written during Lay It Down, re-recorded and first released on Rarities. Yes

If I Needed You

In Concert Only - Never Released

Written by Townes Van Zandt. Yes

If You Gotta Go, Go Now

Black Eyed Man (Japan Only) (1992)
Southern Rain CD Single (1992)
Rarities, B-Sides & Slow, Sad Waltzes (1999)

In The Time Before Llamas (2003)

A Bob Dylan cover from the Black Eyed Man tour days. Yes

If you were the Woman and I was the Man

Black Eyed Man (1992)
Live! (1992)
Soundtrack: Cadillac Girls VHS (1993)
Essential Junk (1994)
200 more miles (1995)
Featuring vocals by John Prine this has rarely been performed, but the band has done the song in concert with Margo doing all the vocals herself. Yes

IKEA Parking Lot

Latent Recordings (2007)

First performed Feb 6, 2003 in Ottawa, ON. Written and recorded for One Soul Now, released on Latent early September 2007. Yes

I'll Never Get out of These Blues Alive

Whites Off Earth Now !! (1986)

A John Lee Hooker cover Yes

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

The Trinity Session (1988)
Spring Breakers (1989)
200 more miles (1995)
Best of Cowboy Junkies (2001)
Platinum & Gold (2003)
Trinity Revisited CD/DVD (2007) 
A cover of the Hank Williams song. Yes

I'm So Open

Open (2001)
In The Open (2001)
Rounder New Release Sampler (2001)
Live in Toronto 10 17 2000 VHS (2001)
On The Mountain 7 KMTT (2001)
Open Road DVD (2002)
Broadcasts vol. 9 KGSR (2002)
Delicatessen 4 (2002)
  Yes

In My Time Of Need

In Concert Only - Never Released

Written by Ryan Adams, first performed live October 6, 2007 in Edinburgh, Scotland Yes

Isn't It a Pity

Early 21st Century Blues (2005)
Long Journey Home DVD (2005)

Written by George Harrison. First performed live on May 27, 2004 at The Revival in Toronto, ON Yes

It Really Doesn't Matter Anyway

At The End of Paths Taken (2007) Never performed live No

J

Just want to see

Lay It Down (1996)
BBC Radio One Sessions (2002)
  Yes

L

Last Drop, The

Latent Recordings (2007) Added to Latent Recordings September 2007 No

Last Spike. The

Black Eyed Man (1992)
BBC Radio One Sessions (2002)
  Yes

Lay It Down

Lay It Down (1996)
BBC Radio One Sessions (2002)
Open Road CD and DVD (2002)
  Yes

Leaving Normal

Anniversary Song Single (1993)
Rarities, B-Sides & Slow, Sad Waltzes (1999)

The original was written and recorded during Black Eyed Man, the song was re-recorded for Rarities. Yes

Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Soundtrack - The Sadness of Sex (1995)
Latent Recordings (2007)
This was one of the hardest Junkies songs to find, available only a promo soundtrack CD, until it was made available for download in 2007. Unlikely

License to Kill

Early 21st Century Blues (2005)

First performed March 31, 2005 in Toronto, ON. A cover of a Bob Dylan song. Yes

Lonely Sinking Feeling

Lay It Down (1996)
BBC Radio One Sessions (2002)

  Yes

Lost My Driving Wheel

Black Eyed Man (Japan Only) (1992)
Southern Rain CD Single (1992)
Born to Choose (1993)

200 more miles (1995)

Studio (1996)
Latent Recordings (2007)  
Written by David Wiffen, the Junkies version was inspired by the Tom Rush cover. Yes

Love Is All

Latent Recordings (2007) Written by Greg Clarke and Brodie Lodge of The Corndogs, available for download starting April 17, 2007 exclusively at Latent Recordings No

Love's Still There

Pale Sun Single (1993)
Earth Day '96 (1996)

Rarities, B-Sides & Slow, Sad Waltzes (1999)
Written and recorded during Pale Sun, Crescent Moon Unknown

Lungs

First Recollection CD Single (1994)
'neath your covers, part 1 (2004)

Written by Townes Van Zandt

Yes

M

Marie (Townes Van Zandt)

Latent Recordings (2007)

First performed live March 9 or 10, 2007 Yes

Mariner's Song

The Caution Horses (1990)
In The Time Before Llamas (2003)
Sharon (2007)

  Yes

Me and the Devil

Whites Off Earth Now !! (1986)
Soundtrack - Pump Up the Volume (1990)
It's Blues Vol III (1992)
200 more miles (1995)
In The Time Before Llamas (2003)
Pump Up the Volume is a different studio version than from Whites Off Earth Now!! Yes

Miles from Our Home

Miles From Our Home (1998)
Cities 97 Cities Sampler Volume 10 (1998)
Live from the Archives 5 KFOG (1998)
Miles From Our Home Single (1998)
World Cafe Volume 8 WXPN (1999)
Lilith Fair, Volume 2 (1999)
Live in Toronto 10 17 2000 VHS (2001)

  Yes

Mining for Gold

The Trinity Session (1988)
Trinity Revisited CD/DVD (2007)

This is the only song from Trinity not recorded on November 27, 1987. This song was 'forgotten' and Margo Timmins returned to Trinity several days later to record it. Yes

Misguided Angel

The Trinity Session (1988)
Spring Breakers (1989)
The Best of Mountain Stage Volume 3 (1992)
Essential Junk (1994)
Canadians Live from Mountain Stage (1994)
200 more miles (1995)
Oh What A Feeling (1996)
Studio (1996)
Waltz Across America (2000)
Kink Live 3 (2000)
Loose New Sounds Vol 3 (2001)
Best of Cowboy Junkies (2001)
Live in Toronto 10 17 2000 VHS (2001)
Open Road DVD (2002)
Platinum & Gold (2003)
Long Journey Home DVD (2005)
Other Voices 3 (2005)
Trinity Revisited CD/DVD (2007) 
  Yes

Morning Cried

Latent Recordings (2007)

First performed live Oct 5, 2003 in Ferndale, MI. Written and recorded for One Soul Now, released early September 2007 on Latent. Yes

Mountain

At The End of Paths Taken (2007)

First performed live Jan 19, 2007 in Buffalo, NY at The Tralf. The background is the Timmins' father reading from a book he wrote about his life. Yes

Murder, Tonight, In the Trailer Park

Black Eyed Man (1992)
Essential Junk (1994)
200 more miles (1995)
Best of Cowboy Junkies (2001)
Open Road CD and DVD (2002)
Platinum & Gold (2003)
In The Time Before Llamas (2003)
  Yes

Musical Key

Lay It Down (1996)

There is no indication this song had been performed live before Oct 27, 2006 in Newport, KY. Yes

My Father's House

Rarities, B-Sides & Slow, Sad Waltzes (1999)

Written by Bruce Springsteen and recorded at Sharon Temple, 1989 Yes

My Little Basquait

At The End of Paths Taken (2007) First performed live Jan 19, 2007 in Buffalo, NY at The Tralf Yes

My Only Guarantee

At The End of Paths Taken (2007) Partially inspired by the Philip Larkin poem "This Be the Verse" No

My Wild Child

One Soul Now (2004)

First performed live Mar 1, 2003
in Brantford, ON
Yes

N

New Dawn Coming

Miles From Our Home (1998)
American Eagle Outfitters (1998)
Everything is Beautiful (1998)
Songs From Maiden's Mill Promo CD (1998)
  Yes

No Birds Today

Miles From Our Home (1998)

  Yes

No Long Journey Home

One Soul Now (2004)

First performed live May 29, 2003 in Northampton Yes

No More

Early 21st Century Blues (2005)

A cover of a traditional song, performed live by the band first in 1985. Yes

Notes Falling Slow

One Soul Now (2004)
Long Journey Home DVD (2005)

First performed live Feb 28, 2003 in Brampton, ON Yes

Now I Know

Lay It Down (1996)

First performed live June 2, 2005 Yes

O

One

Early 21st Century Blues (2005)

First performed March 31, 2005 in Toronto, ON. A cover of the classic U2 song. Yes

One Soul Now

One Soul Now (2004)

First performed live Mar 5, 2003 in North Bay, ON Yes

Ooh Las Vegas

Return of the Grevious Angel (1999)
Ooh Las Vegas Single (1999)

First performed live Nov 11, 2006 on the Junkies Train in Ontario Yes

Oregon Hill

Black Eyed Man (1992)
A Horse In the Country CD Single (1992)
200 more miles (1995)
Oregon Hill is in Richmond, Virgina Yes

P

Pale Sun

Pale Sun, Crescent Moon (1993)
Pale Sun Single (1993)
200 more miles (1995)
Long Journey Home DVD (2005)
  Yes

Post, The

Pale Sun, Crescent Moon (1993)
Essential Junk (1994)
The Post CD Single (1994)
Platinum & Gold (2003)
Written by J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. Yes
Postcard Blues

The Trinity Session (1988)
Trinity Revisited CD/DVD (2007)

  Yes

Powderfinger

The Caution Horses (1990)
Studio (1996)
Live in Toronto 10 17 2000 VHS (2001)
BBC Radio One Sessions (2002)
Platinum & Gold (2003)
Sharon (2007)  
Written by Neil Young Yes

R

Rake

Latent Recordings (2007)

Written by Townes Van Zandt, first performed live March 9 or 10, 2007 Yes

Ring on the Sill

Pale Sun, Crescent Moon (1993)
Studio (1996)
Best of Cowboy Junkies (2001)
  Yes

Ritual

Theme from TV show "Liberty Street"

There is no known release of this short song. No

River

Latent Recordings (2007)

First performed live on Feb 1, 2006 at Carnegie Hall at a Joni Mitchell Tribute Show, this song appeared on Joni's classic 1971 album Blue. Yes

River Waltz (river song trilogy part 1)

Rarities, B-Sides & Slow, Sad Waltzes (1999)
Open Road DVD (2002)
The River Song Trilogy was originally written for Lay It Down. Yes

Rock and Bird

The Caution Horses (1990)
Rock and Bird Single - remix (1990)
Best of Cowboy Junkies (2001)
The single remix features Bruce Hornsby on Piano. Yes

Run for Your Life

This Bird Has Flown (2005) Released as part of a Beatles 40th Anniversary Tribute to Rubber Soul No

S

Sad To See The Season Go

30 Hour Famine, World Vision(1998)
Rarities, B-Sides & Slow, Sad Waltzes (1999)
These are two slightly different studio versions of the song, written during Miles From Our Home, the Rarities version was recorded at Maiden's Mill. Yes

Seven Years

Pale Sun, Crescent Moon (1993)
Platinum & Gold (2003)

  Yes

Seventeen Seconds

'neath your covers, part 1 (2004)

Cover of The Cure, released originally as a download only in 2003 No

Shining Moon

Whites Off Earth Now !! (1986)
Essential Junk (1994)
Studio (1996)
  Yes
Shrike Latent Recordings (2007) First performed live April 7, 2006 in Toronto, ON. Originally released as a bonus song on U.S. ITunes with At The End of Paths Taken (originally written and recorded for ATEOPT) and then available on Latent early September 2007 Yes

Simon Keeper

One Soul Now (2004)

First performed live Nov 26, 1999 in Brampton, ON Yes

Slide, The

One Soul Now (2004)
Long Journey Home DVD (2005)

First performed Nov 8, 2002 in Austin, TX Yes

small swift birds

Open (2001)
In The Open (2001)

Live in Toronto 10 17 2000 VHS (2001)
Small Swift Birds Single (2001)
Open Road DVD (2002)
The single contains the modified lyrics: "Forgetting how very lucky you are to have found her in such a crowd". First performed live Nov 26, 1999 in Brampton, ON Yes

Someday Soon

At The End of Paths Taken (2007) First performed live in April 2007, Michael sings on the CD but so far not live. Yes

Someone Out There

Miles From Our Home (1998)

  No

Something more besides you

Lay It Down (1996)
Soundtrack - Niagara Niagara (1998)
Open Road CD (2002)
  Yes

Southern Rain

Black Eyed Man (1992)
Southern Rain CD Single (1992)
Essential Junk (1994)
Studio (1996)
Waltz Across America (2000)
Best of Cowboy Junkies (2001)
In The Time Before Llamas (2003)
  Yes

Speaking Confidentially

Lay It Down (1996)
Buy Product 2 - Brief Encounters (1996
)
Huckleberry House 30th Anniversary (1997)
  Unknown
Spiral Down

At The End of Paths Taken (2007)

First performed live April 7, 2006 in Toronto, ON Yes

Stars of Our Stars, The

One Soul Now (2004)
Tracks #4 (2004)

First performed live Feb 28, 2003 in Brampton, ON Yes

State Trooper

Whites Off Earth Now !! (1986)
200 more miles (1995)
Bruce Springsteen Songbook (1996)
Rare on Air Volume 3 (1997)
Written by Bruce Springsteen Yes

Still Lost

At The End of Paths Taken (2007) First performed live March 9 or 10, 2007 Yes

Summer Of Discontent, The

Miles From Our Home (1998)

  Yes

Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning

The Caution Horses (1990)
Sun Comes Up Cassette Single (1990)
The Truth About The Caution Horses (1990)
Essential Junk (1994)
200 more miles (1995)
Studio (1996)
Best of Cowboy Junkies (2001)
BBC Radio One Sessions (2002)
Open Road DVD (2002)
In The Time Before Llamas (2003)
Long Journey Home DVD (2005)
Sharon (2007)
  Yes

Sweet Jane

The Trinity Session (1988)
Live! (1992)
Soundtrack - Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
Soundtrack - Natural Born Killers (1994)
Essential Junk (1994)
200 more miles (1995)
Modern Rock 1988, Hang the DJ (1996)
New Folk Generation (1996)
Studio (1996)
The Tarantino Connection (1996)
Waltz Across America (2000)
Best of Cowboy Junkies (2001)
Platinum & Gold (2003)
In The Time Before Llamas (2003)
Long Journey Home DVD (2005)
Trinity Revisited CD/DVD (2007) 
Written by Lou Reed, the Cowboy Junkies based their version on the Velvet Underground's live version which appeared on the album 1969. They recorded a version for Whites Off Earth Now!! but weren't happy with it so it was never released. Yes

T

Take Me

Whites Off Earth Now !! (1986)

  Yes

Thirty Summers

The Caution Horses (1990)
BBC Radio One Sessions (2002)
In The Time Before Llamas (2003)
Sharon (2007)
  Yes

This Street, That Man, This Life

Black Eyed Man (1992)
Live! (1992)
Studio (1996)
Open Road CD (2002)
Platinum & Gold (2003)
  Yes

This World Dreams Of

Early 21st Century Blues (2005)

The line "more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of" is from a Tennyson poem called "The Passing of Arthur". First performed May 29, 2003 in Northampton Yes

Those Final Feet

Miles From Our Home (1998)

  Yes

thousand year prayer

Open (2001)
In The Open (2001)

Open Road CD and DVD (2001)
Long Journey Home DVD (2005)
First performed live Nov 26, 1999 in Brampton, ON Yes

Three Girls (A Smile to my Eyes)

Latent Recordings (2007)

First performed Mar 4, 2003 in Barrie, ON. Released on Latent in early September 2007 with Michael's vocals, written and recorded for One Soul Now. Yes

Thunder Road

'neath your covers, part 1 (2004)

Written by Bruce Springsteen and first performed live Jun 10, 2001 in Hamilton, ON Yes

Tired Eyes

Out of the Blue:Tribute to Neil Young (1994)
The Post CD Single (1994)
Uncut Magazine December 2007 (2007)

Written by Neil Young Yes

To Lay Me Down

Deadicated: Tribute to the Grateful Dead (1991)
Rarities, B-Sides & Slow, Sad Waltzes (1999)
A Grateful Dead cover, first performed live on May 27, 2004 at The Revival, Toronto, ON Yes

To Live is to Fly

Black Eyed Man (1992)
Best of Cowboy Junkies (2001)

Written by Townes Van Zandt Yes

To Love Is to Bury

The Trinity Session (1988)
In The Time Before Llamas (2003)
Trinity Revisited CD/DVD (2007)

  Yes

Townes' Blues

Black Eyed Man (1992)
Waltz Across America (2000)

BBC Radio One Sessions (2002)
In The Time Before Llamas (2003)

Written by Michael about touring with Townes Van Zandt Yes

Two Soldiers

Early 21st Century Blues (2005)

A traditional song arranged by the band, first performed live in Huntington, NY on November 24, 2007. Yes

U

upon still waters

Open (2001)

  Yes

W

Waitin' Around To Die

In Concert Only - Never Released Written by Townes Van Zandt Yes

Walking After Midnight

The Trinity Session (1988)
200 more miles (1995)
Trinity Revisited CD/DVD (2007) 
  Yes

Water Is Wide, The

Soundtrack: The River Wild (1994)
Water Is Wide Single: The River Wild (1994)
Rarities, B-Sides & Slow, Sad Waltzes (1999)
The Rarities version is different than that of the soundtrack, both versions recorded in 1994. Yes

Way I Feel, The

Beautiful - A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot (2003) Written by Gordon Lightfoot. No

Whalers (also known as Coast of Peru)

In The Time Before Llamas (2003)

Performed as an introduction to
Mariner's Song
Yes

Where are you Tonight?

The Caution Horses (1990)
200 more miles (1995)
Live in Toronto 10 17 2000 VHS (2001)
Sharon (2007)

  Yes

White Sail

Pale Sun, Crescent Moon (1993)
Soundtrack - Over Canada (1999)

  Yes

Why This One

One Soul Now (2004)
Long Journey Home DVD (2005)

First performed March 4, 2003 in Barrie, ON Yes

Winter's Song

Black Eyed Man (1992)

  Unknown

Witches

The Caution Horses (1990)
Sun Comes Up Cassette Single (1990)
Open Road CD (2002)
  Yes

Working on a Building

The Trinity Session (1988)
Come Calling Promo CD (1996)
Trinity Revisited CD/DVD (2007)

This song did not appear on the original vinyl Latent version of The Trinity Session, it first appeared on the reissue by RCA/BMG Yes

Y

You Can Be Loved Too Much

In Concert Only - Never Released

It appears this song was written for Open, was performed several times in October 2000 and hasn't been heard since. Yes

You Took Tomorrow

Latent Recordings (2007)

Written, recorded and mixed at Maiden's Mill during the Miles From Our Home sessions. Featuring Alan Anton on keyboards. Added to Latent Recordings September 2007 No

You Will be Loved Again

The Caution Horses (1990)
BBC Radio One Sessions (2002)
In The Time Before Llamas (2003)

A Mary Margaret O'Hara song, from her CD Miss America. Yes

You're Missing

Early 21st Century Blues (2005)
Thunder Road (2005)

First performed March 31, 2005 in Toronto, ON.Written by Bruce Springsteen Yes



Non Junkies Appearances by Margo Timmins

Song

LP/CD & link to Discography
(release date)

Additional Information

Played
Live?

Angel of Montgomery (John Prine)

Live Only - Never Released

Performed live July 30, 1993 in Toronto at a John Prine Show at Ontario Place. Yes

Blueberry Hill (Lewis, Rose & Stock)

Breakfast in New Orleans (1999)

Made famous by Fats Domino, Margo provides harmony vocals on this cover done by Bruce Cockburn. No

Chain of Flowers (Northern Pikes)

Neptune (1992)

Backup vocals No

Coming Home of the Son and Brother, The (J.D. Hutchison)

Picnic (1997)

Background Vocals, performed live Jan 16, 1997 for Austin City Limits, perhaps other times but unknown Yes

Dance Me To The End of Love (Leonard Cohen)

Live Only - Never Released

Performed live March 24,2006 in Elora, ON with the Potion Kings. Yes

Dog On a Chain (Stephen Fearing)

Industrial Lullaby (1997)

Harmony vocals.