Not Innocent Enough Nanci Griffith

Just how many of us are innocent enough? Just how many of us are innocent enough?

Angels Nanci Griffith

The touch of your hand will let me know You take me in and let me go If not for love why would we meet How is it done two into one so easily We're lifted up by angels Higher than the world Strong enough

Tequila After Midnight Nanci Griffith

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 same sad familiar story Not

Armstrong Nanci Griffith

(John Stewart) Black boy in Chicago Playing in the street Not near enough to wear Not near enough to eat Don't you know he saw it He saw a man named Armstrong Walk upon the moon Young girl in Calcutta

Tecumseh Valley Nanci Griffith

walked beside her She came to Spencer Across the hill She said he Pa had sent her 'Cause the coal was low And soon the snow Would turn the skies to winter She said she's come To look for work She was not

Waiting For Love Nanci Griffith

grace Everyone I know From my dust bowl to the city Is waiting for love (love) To start another day They may be shy of heart Oh, their pockets may be empty Yet they are waiting for love (love) And that`s enough

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

The Wing And The Wheel Nanci Griffith

and the wheel now they carry things away Whether it's me that does the leavin' or that love that flies away Moon outside my window looks so lonely tonight There's a chunk out of it's middle It's big enough

Midnight In Missoula Nanci Griffith

(Nanci Griffith) Are you sleeping now? It's midnight in Missoula Where the Black Hills know your name Is the snow piled high around your window frame?

Not My Way Home Nanci Griffith

become Yet, I know your path is clearer Shed of me, out there on your own I don`t intend to sound ungrateful You`ve given love when I had none My feet had tread upon the road you`re on And I know it`s not

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

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

From A Distance Nanci Griffith

stream And the eagle takes to flight From a distance there is harmony And it echoes through the land It's the voice of hope, it's the voice of peace It's the voice of every man From a distance we all have enough

Last Song For Mother Nanci Griffith

"If I promise not to cry, Will you look me in the eye, And tell me that you've known me. I was your late, your lonely child, I am enhanced by all you've shown me.

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 not

Try The Love Nanci Griffith

with only some lies Wasn`t my first time, it won`t be my last Try the love that took only a minute to grow It won`t die that fast Try the love that the keeper of the keys Told me one time was clearly not

The Power Lines (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

midnight Where you can't afford the ride Oh, the power lines They go from sea to sea They carry voices Love from him to me The power lines you fall beneath Are the rainbows you can't climb And you will not

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

Who Knows Where The Time Goes Nanci Griffith

thought of time For who knows where the time goes Who knows where the time goes Sad deserted shore Your fickle friends are leaving Ah, but then you know It`s time for them to go I will still be here I have not

Lone Star State Of Mind Nanci Griffith

Your phone call took my by surprise Gee, it's been a long, long time Since those hot and humid Texas nights When we went swimm'n in the tide Corpus Christi seems so far away And I'm not talk'n 'bout the

The Ghost Inside Of Me Nanci Griffith

away Inside you the time moves and she don fade away The ghost in you she don fade A man in my shoes runs a light But all the papers lie tonight Falling over you is the news of the day And love will not

Roses On The 4th Of July Nanci Griffith

It's all that we dream of, sometimes it's not right. Love is white roses, And you never ask why. He's the hands of a draughtsman, he's built a good life, She works for a season during IRS time.

Morning Train Nanci Griffith

There`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

Rise To The Occasion Nanci Griffith

along, with a strange new song And the sweetest innovation And you said, "One should never fall in love But rise to the occasion" To have loved and lost, I know the cost I fell and almost drowned If not

Three Flights Up Nanci Griffith

in the wind Stories from the heat pipes We were told But now they only leave me With a half-enchanted grin Chorus Bridge: Bicycles squeezed down alley ways into view And towels warmed on oven doors To not

Love In A Memory (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Paul in '75 And men come to court her with roses and sweet wine Where hands cross the ivories from six until nine She sings away sorrow each night when she leaves him She goes home alone, She's not the

I'll Move Along Nanci Griffith

along one day I`ll move along time to move along come on let`s go I`ll move along time to move along come on let`s go I don`t say much I was born to listen Tell me now, did I hear you wrong This was love not

Yarrington Town Nanci Griffith

One to remind me of Yarrington Town Well, I followed a miner To his home in the North woods And he promised to love me As long as I`d stay And I even saw lightning Touch a stone in the mine field Could not

Things I Don't Need Nanci Griffith

s not on the shelf Is my heart since it fell Picking it up is a thing that I never have done well True love always seems to fly by me. I wonder if it?s one of those things I don?

Down 'N' Outer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

account away from America I won't hurt your family I don't want a house there on your street And I know you think that I'm As lazy as a hobo's sigh Now, you call me down 'n' outer If there's a way out I've not

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

Lost Him In The Sun Nanci Griffith

I never heard him go and then he never said goodbye I've learned to love the night cause the light's gonna get ya Right between the eyes in the morning like a gun And reaching out your hand and he's not

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

Back When Ted Loved Sylvia Nanci Griffith

daffodils She came across the ocean Just to bid her heart goodbye The hawk next to his goddess They were glorious to see Back when Ted loved Sylvia Close friends disapproved Said they ought to wait They did not

Still Life Nanci Griffith

on It's always someone else's fault You're always right, you're never wrong You think that life's a game But this is real You think you can just walk away And leave destruction in your wake But you're not

Outbound Plane (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

wanna be standin' here Don't wanna be talkin' here And I don't really care who's to blame 'Cause if love won't fly on it's own Free will It's gonna catch that outbound plane The old folks say That love's not

It's Too Late (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

held I will always love you In spite of myself I can feel the weather changing The leaves are tired and turned with anger They fall around us like a veil Of golden tears You have never needed me And I'm 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

Beautiful Nanci Griffith

she was beautiful and you played the piano You were beautiful upon the keys The world was beautiful when the two of you were dancing Beautiful to me You were a father to this lonely child though we are not

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

No, I will not forgive you betraying trust between us, Though I will always care for you.

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

Chorus] I was a child in the sixties Dreams could be held through TV With Disney, and Cronkite, and Martin Luther Oh, I believed, I believed, I believed Now, I am the backseat driver from America I am not

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

Boots Of Spanish Leather Nanci Griffith

from his ship a-sailing Saying, I don't know when I'll be coming back again It depends on how I'm feeling If you, my love, must think that away I'm sure your mind is a-roaming I'm sure your thoughts are not

Beacon Street (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

have is the cry of the trains as they bid farewell on Beacon Street [Chorus:] And here I am again I'm in the company of strangers It's a cold winter wind that sings a song You say your love is lost I'm not

Comin' Down In The Rain Nanci Griffith

As he tried to forget He lost all his heat And his heart never will be the same He got lighter than air But he`ll only come down in the rain Strung out and hung out to dry Laughin` under the line It`s not

Big Blue Ball Of War Nanci Griffith

blue ball of war A reformation just might save us all A voice of harmony and open heart Where the women teach the song These men of evil deed can be proven wrong If we join hand to hand with Abraham So not

I Live On A Battlefield Nanci Griffith

water And bits of broken heart All around there is desolation And scenes of devastation Of a love being torn apart I live on a battlefield I live on a battlefield I live on a battlefield The one where not

Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos) Nanci Griffith

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 Somos ilegales (Well some are illegal) Y mal recibidos (And some are not

Wasn't That A Mighty Storm Nanci Griffith

That blew all the people away Hey, now trees fell on the island And the houses give way Some they strained and drowned Some died in most every way And the sea began to rolling And the ships they could not