My Life Grace Griffith

"My life It don't count for nothing When I look at this world I feel so small My life Is only a season A passing September no one will recall But I gave joy to my mother And I made my lovers smile

These Days In An Open Book Nanci Griffith

Shut it down and call this road a day And put this silence in my heart in a better place I have travelled with your ghost now so many years That I see you in the shadows In hotel rooms and headlights You're

Amazing Grace / Grace Greater Than All Our Sin (Medley) Andy Griffith

mazing grace, how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost but now am found Was blind but now I see It was grace that taught my heart to fear And grace my fears relieved How precious

Shape Of My Heart Grace Griffith

probable outcome The numbers lead a dance I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier I know that the clubs are weapons of war I know that diamonds mean money for this art But that's not the shape of my

Bendemere's Stream Grace Griffith

There's a bower of roses by Bendermeer's stream and the nightingale sings round it all the day long in the time of my childhood t'was like a sweet dream to sit in the roses and hear the bird's song that

Calling All Angels Grace Griffith

Santa Maria, Santa Teresa, Santa Anna, Santa Susannah Santa Cecilia, Santa Copelia, Santa Dominica, Mary Angelica Frater Achad, Frater Pietro, Julianus, Petronella Santa, Santos, Miroslaw, Vladimir...

The Cuckoo Grace Griffith

The cuckoo she's a pretty birdShe sings as she fliesShe brings us glad tidingsAnd tells us no liesShe sucks all sweet flowersTo make her voice clearShe never sings cuckooTill summer is nearShe flie...

Waiting For Love Nanci Griffith

Life is full of finer things They`re lost and found in the dark It`s the dog by the highway Who said,"Goin` my way?"

1937 Pre-War Kimball Nanci Griffith

(Nanci Griffith) Oh, it sat in this corner for many a year Through fireside parties, of tears and cheers The hands of James Hooker flew over its keys And God know who who else 'fore it came to me When

Old Hanoi Nanci Griffith

Books to read in English, books of light and sorrows Of this foreign land and they are gone and they've flown away Where are all the cyclos With their drivers pedaling grace?

Last Song For Mother Nanci Griffith

And in my youth I did defy you to the end, Please forgive my wildness then, Even I can't comprehend. What a mother's love has lent, To all that is me. And will you sing this song again?

Simple Life Nanci Griffith

[Chorus:] I want a simple life Like my mother One true love for my older years I don't want your wars To take my children I want a simple life... while I'm here The sun and moon walk hand in hand together

I Would Change My Life (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

You never liked this place where we'd been living all along So, you packed up your things and bought a one-way ticket home Leaving never hurt as much as being left behind [Chorus:] I would change my life

Are You Tired Of Me Darling Nanci Griffith

Are you tired of me my darling Did you mean those words you said That have made me yours forever Since the day when we were wed Tell me, would you live life over Could you make another wife Are you tired

Still Life Nanci Griffith

You walked the line All your life You never thought you'd have to change it You're always there to give advice You never thought you'd have to take it It's still life, but it's broken It's still life,

Traveling Through This Part Of You Nanci Griffith

(Nanci Griffith) Nothing that I've ever seen Now means much of anything In traveling through this part of you And the Vietnam that I had dreamed The place you wore your life "fatigued" I'm traveling through

Hard Times Come Again No More Nanci Griffith

Let us pause in life`s pleasures and count its many tears While we all sup sorrow with the poor There`s a song that will linger forever in our ears; Oh, hard times come again no more `Tis the song, the

Late Night Grande Hotel (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I'm working on a morning flight to anywhere but here I'm watching this evening fire burn away my tears All my life I've left my troubles by the door Leavin' is all I've ever known before [Chorus:] It's

Pour Me A Drink Nanci Griffith

Pour me a drink Light me a cigarette Help me forget The things that I've done Pour me a drink Then pour me another one To keep out this cold wind That blows through my soul Look at my life Here

Unusual Way Griffith Frank

In a very unusual way, one time I needed you In a very unusual way, you were my friend Maybe it lasted a day Maybe it lasted an hour But somehow it will never end In a very unusual way, I think I'm

So Long Ago (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

My daddy sent me on to Baton Rouge in 1969 He said our love was like a forest fire and he'd end it with a mind So you rode with us to Temple, Texas where I did catch the train And I remember waving back

Things I Don't Need Nanci Griffith

t mine Pieces I thought I would clear out over time Life takes over, I get ahead of myself, and I turn around And I?ve filled up the shelf With things I don?t need that wear me down Things I don?

Maybe Tomorrow Nanci Griffith

I will find somebody new Maybe tomorrow I will stop this missing you Maybe tomorrow Time`s the healer time`s the key So all the wise folks say Oh, maybe tomorrow But not today Life will once again make

Big Blue Ball Of War Nanci Griffith

century the blood has flowed We've killed our men of peace around this ball And refused to hear their ghosts We spend our destinies in deeds of hate Humanity upon this ball Is just a bloody fall from grace

Late Night Grande Hotel Nanci Griffith

I'm working on a morning flight to anywhere but here I'm watching this evening fire burn away my tears All my life I've left my troubles by the door 'Cos leaving is all I've ever known before It's not

Everything's Comin' Up Roses Nanci Griffith

This life is filled with wonder This life is full of days not spent Oh I cannot help but ponder What relevance that lends Oh but everything is comin` up roses And when I`m pushing daisies They`ll want

Clock Without Hands Nanci Griffith

(Nanci Griffith) I am a clock without hands I'm walking through the midnights Counting all the moments Of the loves I've left behind Crying on the shoulders of the days I've not forgotten now I am frozen

Not Innocent Enough Nanci Griffith

They say I robbed the restaurant and a Memphis cop got shot I was trying to feed my habit, I was scared and I was high It was never my intention that anyone should die And just how many of us are innocent

Shaking Out The Snow Nanci Griffith

Snowing - through South Dakota I once drove With the wife of my best pal Who cloaks her heart from cold with gold It was well into the winter Of December in the cold Off to see Mount Rushmore staring through

Truly Something Fine Nanci Griffith

(Nanci Griffith - James Hooker) Oh love is a hand you hold When you think you've lost your mind It is bitter as persimmons Yet as sweet of rose on vine It's the thorns upon the vines That sometimes tear

It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

[Chorus:] It's a hard life It's a hard life It's a very hard life It's a hard life wherever you go If we poison our children with hatred Then, the hard life is all that they'll know And there ain't

Up Against the Rain Nanci Griffith

You ran up against the rain everyday of your short life Suffered for your muse without complaining Never heard you swear life isn't fair but it doesn't make it right You left the world knowing all too

Morning Train Nanci Griffith

s a morning train Headed for New Orleans Carrying bussiness men and week day shoppers I have sixteen bucks and a dollar in change That`s not bad price for a one way ride On a morning train I give you my

Grace Erasure

Looking in the papers makes me sorry to be human A little ray of hope won't hurt at all A price on every head and it's cheaper when you're dead Quality of life may have to fall Muffled voices, world in

Sing Nanci Griffith

I heard the music long ago, songs that rent the air Fading in and out at night while I was lying there Voices soft and lonely and later rock and roll Flying across the Rio Grande, straight into my soul

Beautiful Nanci Griffith

Here's a photograph of you in Woody Hermann's band It was 1952, you were such a handsome man One of you at a memorial with all of Hoagy's clan And then you and my mother, walking hand in hand And she was

Night Rider's Lament Nanci Griffith

You ain`t gettin` nowhere And you`re losin` your share You must`ve gone crazy out there He said last night I ran into Jenny They married and have a good life Oh, you sure missed the track when you never

You Made This Love A Teardrop (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I have loved you half my life, and when I give my heart again, I know that I'll remember love is but a fragile flame and trust just fuels the fire.

Roses On The 4th Of July Nanci Griffith

""You Were On My Mind"" Was their favorite song. Love is a mystery, from birth 'til we die. It's cross words of a morning, by evening entwined. It's all that we dream of, sometimes it's not right.

Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos) Nanci Griffith

all their wages To wade back again Goodbye to you Juan, goodbye Rosalita Adios mis amigos, Jesus and Maria You won`t have a name When you ride the big airplane All they will call you Will be deportee My

Grace Nerina Pallot

And I cannot save you Try as I might I\'m wasting myself but I want to take flight Oh kid, if I could, I would try So they gave you the Bible But the good book just lied \'Cause nobody said life

Party Girl Nanci Griffith

she's barefoot and having babies She was a party girl Now the party's over She can't cry to mama She can't go home to daddy any more They both tried to warn her she was throwing away her sweet young life

I Knew Love (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

to hurt And a promise that was made would go unbroken I knew love When it was more than just a word I knew a time When hope was all you needed And if you cared you found a way to make things work When life

When I Can Read My Title Clear Andy Griffith

When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.

The Loving Kind Nanci Griffith

in the land Their union would lawfully stand Simply Mildred and Richard That's how they'll be remembered They proved that love is truly blind They were the loving kind The Loving's lived a quiet life

Money Changes Everything Nanci Griffith

heavens smile upon you Make a bundle and you're blown away To a different game and the rules all change Leave a husband or trade a wife You're in the bigger picture now Take a country or take a life

Love Conquers All Nanci Griffith

white though she's wheel chair bound Love conquers all Love conquers all And to all concerned you'll survive that fall 'Cause love conquers all Whether you're young or old Near or far, down the road of life

You Were On My Mind Nanci Griffith

When I got up this morning You were on my mind You were on my mind I got some aches and I got some pains and I got some wounds to bind So I went to the corner Just to ease my pain Just to ease my pain

Morning Song for Sally Nanci Griffith

As the morning light stretched in across my bed I thought of you Remembering your laughing eyes and all we said I love you too As all my thoughts of you pass `fore my face a thousand times The way they

Back When Ted Loved Sylvia Nanci Griffith

goddess They were glorious to see Back when Ted loved Sylvia Close friends disapproved Said they ought to wait They did not care with all that said And married none the less They traveled and they taught A life