Late Night Grande Hotel Nanci Griffith

heart when the music ends I am just learning how to fly away again And maybe you were thinking that you thought you knew me well But no-one ever knows the heart of anyone else I feel like Garbo in this Late

Late Night Grande Hotel (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

heart when the music ends I am just learning how to fly away again And maybe you were thinkin' that you thought you knew me well But, no one ever knows the heart of anyone else I feel like Garbo in this late

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

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

Love In A Memory (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

She sleeps alone in the warm nights of Memphis Where the Peabody Hotel meets the velveteen sky She sings like the waves in the cool Mississippi That brought her from St.

Love At The Five And Dime Nanci Griffith

little closer to me Hey, it's closing time And love's on sale Tonight at this five and dime verse: Eddie played the steel guitar And his mama cried 'cause he played in the bars And he kept young Rita out late

Lone Star State Of Mind Nanci Griffith

away And I'm not talk'n 'bout the miles And there ain't much I wouldn't give today Just to see one of your smiles [Chorus:] But here I sit alone in Denver Sipp'n the California wine And I've got all night

Radio Fragile (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

We all said you'd never make it Cause you had that fragile heart And you were odd within the ways of the social You through a caution to us all And now when the late night drinkers gather for their falls

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

Love Wore A Halo (Back Before The War) (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

He owned a hotel on Jersey shore She made her living seeing the sailors door to door He was a small Hawaiian with a crooked smile But he made her eyes light up like the heavens on the Fourth of July She

Always Will Nanci Griffith

the avenue You looked so tired and a little blue You were in your Sunday best With your father's tie upon your chest [Chorus:] Hey, you always stood me still Hey, you always will In the corridor of one hotel

Nickel Dreams (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

dreams came alive [Chorus:] Now she wishes she looked like they tell her she looks all the time What she'd give just to feel like she tells them she's feelin' just fine All that money she makes every night

Woman of the Phoenix Nanci Griffith

Well, I've listend tothe words you lovers speak The sound f the lover's song And I've dreamed all the dreams that a wayward girl dreams In a thousand places gone Dallas was my late night out Radcliffe's

It's Too Late (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

You are in the sun And I am always in the shade [Chorus:] It's too late to leave you You know that I will never leave you It's too late to know you You don't like to be known You would never hold me I

Tumble And Fall (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Your late night conversation Telephone call and an inspiration For a heart to recall, had a tumble and fall And my friends all say I'm lazy Clumsy at love and I'm middle age crazy I stumble along with

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

Speed of the Sound of Loneliness Nanci Griffith

You come home late And you come home early You come on big When you`re feelin` small You come home straight And you home curly Sometimes you just don`t come home at all So what in the world`s come over

Last Song For Mother Nanci Griffith

I was your late, your lonely child, I am enhanced by all you've shown me. And in my youth I did defy you to the end, Please forgive my wildness then, Even I can't comprehend.

Hometown Streets (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

streets are paved in gold With faces that you've always known But, you'll never see them Until you pack your dreams and leave them The one I loved has moved away It's hot in this city Hey, it's always late

Across The Great Divide Nanci Griffith

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 the Great Divide Now, I hear the owl a-callin' Softly as the night

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

When you are lonely in the night, how I hope you will recall you made this love a teardrop waiting to fall. No, I will not forgive you betraying trust between us, Though I will always care for you.

San Diego Serenade (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I never saw the morning 'til I stayed up all night I never saw the sunshine 'til you turned out the light I never saw my hometown 'til I'd stayed away too long I never heard the melody until I needed the

The Streets Of Baltimore Nanci Griffith

tickets She had often begged me for And they took us to the streets of Baltimore Well my heart was filled with laughter When I saw those city lights She said the prettiest place on earth Was Baltimore at night

Lost Him In The Sun Nanci Griffith

there's a jet flying somwhere Oh, we bought a ticket and vanished in the sky And how was I to know he was leaving in the morning I never heard him go and then he never said goodbye I've learned to love the night

It's Just Another Morning Here (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

The telephone is ringin' in the middle of the night And I pull the bed clothes higher Will it stop calling out if I turn on the light?

Fields Of Summer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I am fragile in the morning I grow stronger in the day I can sprint like a new spring doe By the fall of the night Love has chased me down Through the cities and the towns Until I stood beside the road

From Clare To Here Nanci Griffith

Four who shared this room and we caught up in the CRAIC Sleeping late on Sundays and we never got to Mass It`s a long way from Clare to here It`s a long way from Clare to here It`s a long, long way It

Roses On The 4th Of July Nanci Griffith

But his wedding band rests, On their bedside that night. He was a soldier in the Vietnam war. He lost half his right leg whilst daydreaming of her. She lit a candle each holy hour he was gone.

There's A Light Beyond These Woods (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

It's almost morning, and we've talked all night, You know we've made big plans for ten-year-olds, You and I. Have you met my new boy friend, Margaret?

Little Love Affairs (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

When I wake in the night and find That I'm dreaming You're the first thought in mind Love's a fair weather friend when You're lonely You are my summer state of mind Does it sing to you nightly?

Heaven (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

who Never needs a disguise Then maybe I'll go to Heaven Heaven is in your eyes People in Heaven never look back Higher and higher The past fades to black I think I'll go to heaven I'll sail on into the night

Party Girl Nanci Griffith

And that's changing too Now she's barefoot and having babies She was a party girl Now the party's over Now her husband watches TV After working hard all day And she's crying into her pillow 'cause it's night

Sing One For Sister (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Sunday evening, around the old home place Well, I would play my guitar and sister sang along Sister's smile would always light up my Daddy's face And when they'd get to dancing, well they'd dance all night

Before Nanci Griffith

I dreamed of Louisiana And a night in Lafayette We had breakfast with Susanna We were young and wild and left What's different here Than in that dream and in reality Is we weren't afraid to fail in love

Never Mind (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

going any way the Wind blows And I thought that me and you But never mind [Chorus:] Never mind, never mind I'm just talkin' through the wine And you know that drinkin' always Makes me sad But before this night

One Blade Shy Of A Sharp Edge (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

you've got it made Think you've got it made When you're one blade shy of a sharp edge Now, I'm a little too old for your toupee curls I'm a full grown woman and you're lookin' for girls Hey, it's Saturday night

So Long Ago (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

innocence as the trains began to roll So long ago You'd gone off to fight the war when I returned from school And I traded in my innocence when the springtime came in bloom And I married for my family; one night

Outbound Plane (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I don't wanna be standing here With this ticket for this outbound plane Oh, I've been here before Somehow this doesn't feel the same Talk is cheap So we could talk all night long And we may never figure

Angels Nanci Griffith

Angels never heard Close enough to heaven Above the rain Darkness cannot reach us Let the angels teach us Only love remains We're lifted up by angels We're lifted up by angels Given wings to fly Leave the night

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

(This world) A cafeteria line in Chicago The fat man in front of me Is calling black people trash to his children He's the only trash here I see And I'm thinking this man wears a white hood In the night

Morning Train Nanci Griffith

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 devotion You left me heartsick Oh, you couldn`t had hurt me more Not workin` with a night

Boots Of Spanish Leather Nanci Griffith

that lonesome ocean Oh, but I just thought you might want something fine Maybe silver or of golden Either from the mountains of Madrid Or from the coast of Barcelona If I had the stars of the darkest night

Ten Degrees and Getting Colder Nanci Griffith

That he heard the lady listening To each word that he was saying To each line that he would write So he sat down at her table And they talked about the weather 98.6 and rising down by Boulder Dam that night

Up Against the Rain Nanci Griffith

pave the road to hell Paid your dues and sang the blues, Lord, you knew them all too well Every word upon the page, you let them sail away The wind would blow and then you'd go up against the rain Last night

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...

Across America Nanci Griffith

I've heard enough from pundits I've heard our leaders 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 ga...