Iris Dement performs in Lancaster, PA -Justice Rolls Like Water- Feb. 6 & 7, 2015 

No one sings like Iris! What a gift. Glad I was in the audience.

My My, to rediscover Iris from nearly 40 years ago...still the honest, sweet soul she ever was.

She is so wonderful...to quote... Let the Mystery Be

This is just the most amazing performance. Wow !! What a voice, what talent. It's Epic!

I always fancied Iris,,so beautiful,when she sung with John Prine..i thought she was magical...luckily she is not just beautiful with great musical talent,she has outstanding morals !

I am loving Iris .First time I have heard her..what a fine.

I love your songs iris love your sweet voice

The wonderful Iris Dement, must see more of her here in the UK, please....... TUKAB

Appreciate the video very much, Tim. How lucky you are to get to hear Iris DeMent in person!

Justice Rolls Like Water - Iris Dement Someone asked a question once, of Martin Luther King How long do you stay the course and dream the dream When it seems evil’s won and greed is on the throne And you feel like a silenced voice in the wilderness all alone Oh, how long, how long? He said, ‘till justice rolls down like water 'Till justice rolls down like water 'Till justice rolls down like water And righteousness starts flowing like a mighty stream A little boy ‘bout ten years old sits watching his TV He’s alone ‘most every night ‘till two or three 'Though his mama works two jobs, she still can’t make ends meet And sees the fat cats lie and steal but they always go scot free He says how long, how long? Till that justice rolls down like water…… Power greed and profit, they won't ever feed the soul These three shovels have dug us a deep dark hole Compassion, understanding, and living one for all And all for one is what it’s gonna take for us to break this fall Oh how long, how long? 'Till that justice rolls down like water……. --------------------------------------- Pretty awsome, yes?

Nice to have kind people who want change in your country and can so well !

Angel right there !

Great stuff

This musically amazing, and spiritually and politically profound, song deserves wide recognition, but there is vertually nothing online about it, other than this and one other video of lesser fidelity. I'm learning to play it (it's quite a challenge to hear it correctly and figure it out, with no help from other's instruction) and will perform it at local open mics.

Iris DeMent: "that can change"

Well, Iris is a new discovery for me, and why it's taken so long is a huge pity! A great musician, singer and composer! And yet here in Australia our radio stations are taken up with something like 90% trash!

Sad! God Bless us all!

Iris I wish this were the campaign song. I just found this. You're so amazing. I sent it to Kamala suggested she get your permission to use this in some ads... (a little late!) LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW - I truely love Iris - I want her for President she speaks for everyone - much better than Trump or Biden..

Ammazing!

Country Music is 'about complaining and critiquing the wrongs' dont forget Woody Guthrie, Waylon Jennings, Lefty, and whole lot more singers.

I always love it when I pay good money to see a singer and end up getting a lecture on politics or economics. But I've been a fan of Iris' music for decades.

How is she doing that on the piano? Sounds like a carnival,. She's reminding me of a John. Elton or Dr. Awesome.

Just treat Iris as a brilliant, unique artist and listen to her soul through the music. Forget the politics. Peter Turner, Old England.

I am glad she made the political/social comment at the beginning of the song. We need more artists speaking out.

Reminds me of Dylan

Just as I was really working on getting a good feel for playing this song, I discovered this slower version that was just posted: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--LOqfZiHg8k.html It's from three years after this 2015 version. It's really interesting that you can see Iris tending to increase the tempo and then forcing herself to slow it down. Just as I have been doing in learning it myself.

The piano is too loud in the mix.

Turn the piano down

Y hrrtyii

Please.. Iris little less of that hippie chatter and more of that fantastic voice. singing..

Please stop the preaching!

not my fault Iris! did not get to the song,dont want lecture from Millionaire.

I guess no need for individual responsibility. That woman obviously had no role in her own circumstances. Don't get me wrong, I have no tolerance for gluttony' of the rich. But Ms. Dement is wrong if she thinks we can hand money out to fix the problem. Side note, how does a 55 year old women look and act 30 years older?

Less philosophizing. Please. I just want to hear her sing, all new to me.

When you pay to see a performer and the politics start - that’s not what you came to hear. We get that daily where ever we turn. Just remember we know what’s going on and we just want to get away from it for a little while. Can you blame us ?

Long live President Donald Trump!

When will these performers learn to keep their political views to their selves.

Iris would do better if she avoided politics.

Leave your politics and moral judgments at home and just Sing to entertain

When musicians become politicians it is sad! I liked her until she gives us this rant! Changes my entire view!

I love Iris , but I go to a concert to be entertained and , for two hours or so , forget about the outside world and it's many problems. The last thing I want to hear is a political speech. This is the way the whole world is, we all know it..

At the 2min 50 sec mark and I'm wondering ...is she ever going to sing instead of mumbling into the mike. I can't stand celebs who virtue signal. Of course she's entitled to her opinion but if I had paid to hear her sing I would not want to listen to her take on social justice. Fact; extreme poverty has been reduced in the world by a factor of three times since year 2000. (It's now 2019)(World Bank statistics) That's not a bad effort. Of course much remains to be done but how about a bit of credit where it's due rather than the endless social justice whinge. Love her voice though.