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

Boots Of Spanish Leather Nanci Griffith

you can send me, my own true love There's nothing I'm wishing to be owning Just carry yourself back to me unspoiled From across that lonesome ocean Oh, but I just thought you might want something fine Maybe

Heaven (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I think I'll go to Heaven There I will lay me down Leave all the pain behind me I'll bury it in the ground Maybe they'll talk about me I pray it won't be lies I think I'll go to heaven Heaven is in your

Tumble And Fall (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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 a tumble and fall Or maybe

Lone Star State Of Mind Nanci Griffith

the Late, Late Show Save the girl and ride away And I was hoping as the credits rolled He'd make it back to her someday [Chorus] It's a thousand miles or more From here to your front door I'd be there tomorrow

These Days In An Open Book Nanci Griffith

still find me if I leave you here beside this road Cuz' I need someone who can touch me Who'll put no one above me Someone who needs me Like the air he breathes I can't remember where this toll road goes Maybe

I Would Change My Life (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

spent my memories on old embittered wine [Chorus] I wish that I could find the words to make you come back home I wish that I could say the things you needed for so long I wish that you could see me now, maybe

Wooden Heart (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Can't you see I love you Please don't break my heart in two That's not hard to do 'Cause I don't have a wooden heart And if you say goodbye Then I know that I would cry Maybe I would die 'Cause

Anyone Can Be Somebody's Fool (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

So we can stop and have another round for the true love that you've lost It's gonna take a little time before your emptiness grows old And underneath that silver frost you've still got a heart of gold Maybe

Late Night Grande Hotel (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

way you say you hear my heart when the music ends I am just learning how to fly away again It's not the way you say you hear my heart when the music ends I am just learning how to fly away again And maybe

Money Changes Everything Nanci Griffith

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 And the vicious circle tightens But compromise comes with a cost Maybe

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

morning here (it's morning) And it's a miracle that it comes around Every day of the year The neighbors scream and their baby cries I'm hiding in the corner I won't be them, pray I won't be them one day Maybe

Wall Of Death Nanci Griffith

let me take my chances on the wall of death On the wall of death All the world is far from me On the wall of death It`s the nearest to being free You`re going nowhere when you ride on the carousel And maybe

Late Night Grande Hotel Nanci Griffith

I am just learning how to fly away again It's not the way you say you'll hear my heart when the music ends I am just learning how to fly away again And maybe you were thinking that you thought you knew

From Clare To Here Nanci Griffith

thinking 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 gets further by the day It`s a long, long way from Clare to here I sometimes hear the fiddles play, maybe

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

Across The Great Divide Nanci Griffith

I've been walkin' in my sleepCountin' troubles 'stead of countin' sheepWhere the years went I can't sayI just turned around and they've gone awayI've been siftin' through the layersOf dusty books a...

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...

Two For The Road Nanci Griffith

Out of the blue horizonStretched a band of goldFrom the straits of Juan de FucaTo the east of Portland, MaineYou held my handAs we raced along the buffalo bayouChasing the tail of this globeYou say...

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 ...

Not My Way Home Nanci Griffith

I know you believe in miraclesThat this love will come back aroundI know you believe the grass is growingAcross this winterTo the south of this townI know your kiss is sweeterThan the dust that thi...

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...

Who Knows Where The Time Goes Nanci Griffith

Across the evening skyAll the birds are leavingBut how can they knowIt`s time for them to goBefore the winter fireI will still be dreamingI have no thought of timeFor who knows where the time goesW...

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 ...

Hard Times Come Again No More Nanci Griffith

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

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...