Across America Nanci Griffith

speak I tell you know I'd rather talk to the people in the street 'Cause you don't know someone Until you've looked them in the eye And that gave me a purpose And every reason why I drove myself across

Down 'N' Outer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I once was a lot like you We share a dream I couldn't make come true I was a child who wrote my name Across a frosted window pane And there are jobs that I might hold If they'd just let me through the

Across The Great Divide Nanci Griffith

dusty books and d papers They tell a story I used to know And it was one that happened so long ago : It's gone away in yesterday Now I find myself on the moutainside Where the rivers change direction Across

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

I am a backseat driver from America They drive to the left on Falls Road The man at the wheel's name is Seamus We pass a child on the corner he knows And Seamus says, "Now, what chance has that Kid got

Do Re Mi Nanci Griffith

well thousands of folks back east they say are leaving home most everyday they're beatin the hot old dusty way to the california line across the desert sands they roll gettin' outta that old dust bowl

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

Last Train Home Nanci Griffith

By the Time I Get to Phoenix Was the last song on your mind the day you left You woke up in Nogales With Tequila with her name across your chest You've stumbled through the morning In these border tourists

Goin' Back To Georgia Nanci Griffith

been troubled by a love untrue He's a fool who'll drown in his fountain of youth I can see that now as I'm walkin' and talkin' with you Well, I been blinded by the sun, washed in the rain Scattered in America

Two For The Road Nanci Griffith

Voices never raised Two of a kind heart Two for the road We have been blessed with dreaming You had Georgia`s New Mexico And while your hands worked in China It was from Ireland I wrote Moving out from America

Boots Of Spanish Leather Nanci Griffith

Oh I'm sailing away, my own true love I'm sailing away in the morning Is there something I can send you from across the sea? From the place where I'll be landing?

Not My Way Home Nanci Griffith

I know you believe in miracles That this love will come back around I know you believe the grass is growing Across this winter To the south of this town I know your kiss is sweeter Than the dust that this

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

Who Knows Where The Time Goes Nanci Griffith

Across the evening sky All the birds are leaving But how can they know It`s time for them to go Before the winter fire I will still be dreaming I have no thought of time For who knows where the time goes

Listen To The Radio (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

sofa, lookin' for his supper, Wonderin' what's become of me I've got a double-o-eighteen Martin guitar in the Back seat of the car Hey, I'm leaving Mississippi, With the radio on [Chorus] There's a moon across

Tecumseh Valley Nanci Griffith

The name she gave was Caroline Daughter of a miner And her ways were free It seemed to me The sunshine walked beside her She came to Spencer Across the hill She said he Pa had sent her 'Cause the coal

Back When Ted Loved Sylvia Nanci Griffith

They both wrote poetry In fact, that was how they met He was a Yorkshire man in Cambridge She was from Massachusetts They spoke and they fell in love They kissed and picked daffodils She came across the

Fields Of Summer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

When the night has come and I would race the moon Across the sky, Would you chase me through Those open fields of summer [Chorus] Can you hold me? Hold me? Hold me?

Shaking Out The Snow Nanci Griffith

life Is still snowing down on me I'd prefer Antarctica Perhaps the land of Enderby Where the weather is my heart and I'm closer to the sea Since I cannot ever seem to shake the snow Out of me And all across

Hard Times Come Again No More Nanci Griffith

again no more `Tis the song, the sigh of the weary Hard times, hard times come again no more Many days you have lingered Around my cabin door Oh hard times come again no more `Tis a sigh that is wafted across

The Loving Kind Nanci Griffith

They were the loving kind She was black and he was white In Virginia, nineteen fifty eight They found love amongst the hate Well, the law said they could not wed They married anyway The sheriff put...

Money Changes Everything Nanci Griffith

In the rush of the river and the roar of the crowd You can't hear the silence calling When it's merely a whisper of a cloud In a crazy storm that pulls you on Take a pill or you might take a loss A...

One Of These Days Nanci Griffith

We walk along the Hudson when it snows here in Manhattan seems we've lived our lives so out of place You touch my cheek and I do wonder how this happened that two young lovers could pack their drea...

Cotton Nanci Griffith

If I came back to the land of cotton, Would you love just me? Old loves lost are ne'er forgotten: That's the way it's supposed to be. Are you short or are you long? Are you easy to see? Are you we...

Not Innocent Enough Nanci Griffith

What the hell was I doing there in that fast food parking lot? 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...

Tequila After Midnight Nanci Griffith

Tequila after midnight drives loneliness away Makes strangers all around you look familiar And tequila after midnight makes you feel so warm Makes you think you feel good when you don't It's the sa...

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 in ...

Everything's Comin' Up Roses Nanci Griffith

This life is filled with wonderThis life is full of days not spentOh I cannot help but ponderWhat relevance that lendsOh but everything is comin` up rosesAnd when I`m pushing daisiesThey`ll want ro...

Wouldn't That Be Fine Nanci Griffith

If you could stand behind my eyes for just one dayCould you see my heart beside you?If you knew my love had never flown awayWould I be missing you wouldn`t that be rosesWouldn`t that be fineIf I co...

I Live On A Battlefield Nanci Griffith

"I live on a battlefieldSurrounded by the ruins of a love we builtAnd then destroyed between us, the smoke has clearedAs I stumble through the rubble, I'm dazed and seein' double And I'm truly myst...

Saint Teresa Of Avila Nanci Griffith

Saint Teresa, your patron child`s come homeWere you there to greet her?Did your angels know her songsAnd all her sorrowsDid you lift them from her browDid you kiss her hand that took her soulBack u...

Gulf Coast Highway Nanci Griffith

"Gulf Coast HighwayHe worked the railsHe worked the rice fieldsWith their cool dark wellsHe worked the oil rigs in theGulf of MexicoThe only thing we've ever ownedIs this old house here by the road...

I Fought The Law Nanci Griffith

Breakin` rocks in the hot sunI fought the law and the law wonI fought the law and the law wonI needed money and I had noneI fought the law and the law wonI fought the law and the lawn wonI left my ...

Maybe Tomorrow Nanci Griffith

I will find somebody newMaybe tomorrowI will stop this missing youMaybe tomorrowTime`s the healer time`s the keySo all the wise folks sayOh, maybe tomorrowBut not todayLife will once again make sen...

Waiting For Love Nanci Griffith

Life is full of finer thingsThey`re lost and found in the darkIt`s the dog by the highwayWho said,"Goin` my way?"Now, he lives in your own backyardHe was waiting for loveYou came along and fit the ...

I'll Move Along Nanci Griffith

This flesh and bone ain`t much protectionFor an honest heart like mineA broken home for good intentionsDamaged inventions of my designI`ll move along time to move alongI`ll move along time to move ...

Morning Train Nanci Griffith

There`s a morning trainHeaded for New OrleansCarrying bussiness men and week day shoppersI have sixteen bucks and a dollar in changeThat`s not bad price for a one way rideOn a morning trainI give y...

Wall Of Death Nanci Griffith

Let me ride on the wall of death one more timeLet me ride on the wall of death one more timeYou can waste your time on the other ridesBut this is the nearest to being aliveOh let me take my chances...

You Were On My Mind Nanci Griffith

When I got up this morningYou were on my mindYou were on my mindI got some aches andI got some pains andI got some wounds to bindSo I went to the cornerJust to ease my painJust to ease my painI got...

Walk Right Back Nanci Griffith

I want you to tell meWhy you walked out on meI`m so lonesome everydayI want you to knowThat since you walked out on meNothing seems to be the same ole wayThink about the love that burnsWithin my he...

Canadian Whiskey Nanci Griffith

In the hills of MontanaThere`s a timber wolf howlin`The rangers are prowlin`For a woman aloneShe`d run away from an Indian loverHe`ll never recoverShe turned him to stoneShe drank Canadian whiskeyP...

Desperadoes Waiting For A Train Nanci Griffith

(Guy Clark)And I'd play the red river valleyAnd he'd sit in the kitchen and he'd cryAnd run his fingersThrough seventy years of livingAnd wonder, Lord, has every well I've drilled gone dryWe were f...

Wings Of A Dove Nanci Griffith

chorus-On the wings of a snow white doveHe sends his pure sweet loveA sign from abouve- a sign from aboveOn the wings of a dove.When trouble surrounds usWhen evil's comeThe body grows weakThe spiri...

Dress Of Laces Nanci Griffith

And she has a dress of lacesIt`s worn in many placesThe shoulder hangs upon her by a threadAnd she has a need for ahrin`For someone warm and carin`And no one sees a heart that`s underfedYoung girl ...

Summer Wages Nanci Griffith

Never hit seventeenWhen you play against the dealerYou know that the oddsWon`t ride with youAnd never leave your woman aloneWith your friends around to steal herShe`ll be gambled and goneLike summe...

He Was A Friend Of Mine Nanci Griffith

He was a friend of mineHe was a friend of mineNever had no moneyTo pay for his fineHe was a friend of mineHe never done no wrongHe never done no wrongThousand miles from homeHe never hurt no oneHe ...

Wasn't That A Mighty Storm Nanci Griffith

Wasn`t that a mighty stormWasn`t that a mighty storm in the morning, wellWasn`t that a mighty stormThat blew all the people awayYou know the year of 1900Children, many years agoDeath cakme howling ...

Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos) Nanci Griffith

The crops are all inAnd the peaches are rottingThe oranges are stackedIn their Creosote dumpsThey`re flying them backTo that Mexico borderTo pay all their wagesTo wade back againGoodbye to you Juan...

Yarrington Town Nanci Griffith

I packed up my suitcasePulled down my old bedrollAnd I started to wanderFar from my homeAnd the time it passed quicklyAnd the days seemed to be hoursFar from your cityAnd Yarrington TownWell, I wan...

I Still Miss Someone Nanci Griffith

At my door the leaves are fallingThe cold wild wind will comeSweethearts walk by togetherAnd I still miss someoneI go out on a partyTo look for a little funBut I find a darkened cornerBecause I sti...

Try The Love Nanci Griffith

Before you marry, before you mendOr have someone`s children, long before thenYou could find something with somebody newTry the love I`m offering in my open armsBefore you doWe should have quarreled...