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

Nickel Dreams (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

A little girl dreamer Ribbons and long curls Reflections of yesterdays past Headlines and footlights Wee hours and long nights Keep everything moving so fast It's taken a long time And she's walked a fine

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

If Wishes Were Changes (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

their sleep He wishes I loved him The way that I love you If wishes were changes I'd dry all his tears If wishes were changes I'd make him my anchor He'd be my Angel Who sang through the years [Chorus] So

Beacon Street (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Gonna wake up crazy to the cry of the trains on Beacon Street So far from home, so far from love, so far from a friend in need And all I need is a heart to hold and a good night's sleep And all I have

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

Never Mind (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

You say you're heading out to California You've heard the grapes are falling From the vine I was hoping you might have the Urge to write me But, I don't believe you will So never mind I was talking to

Heaven (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I think I'll go to HeavenThere I will lay me downLeave all the pain behind meI'll bury it in the groundMaybe they'll talk about meI pray it won't be liesI think I'll go to heavenHeaven is in your e...

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

Trouble In The Fields (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

our dreams and the golden grain Have you seen the folks in line downtown at the station They're all buying their ticket out and talking the great depression Our parents had their hard times fifty years ago

Ford Econoline (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

So many nights he left her crying with his cheating and his lying, But his big mistake was in buying her that Ford Econoline.

I Knew Love (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

it was more than just a word [Chorus:] I knew love When I could still believe It was the greatest power in the world I knew love When it was more than just a word I knew hearts When they made it all so

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 I ...

Radio Fragile (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

We all said you'd never make itCause you had that fragile heartAnd you were odd within the ways of the socialYou through a caution to us allAnd now when the late night drinkers gather for their fal...

Hometown Streets (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Everybody packs their goalsAnd sails away for better shoresI have seen timesMy sails have held a brilliant shineI hear tell that dreams come trueAlong these crowded avenuesBut, my peace of mindIs a...

Tumble And Fall (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

open window And a beat of of your heart to a tumble and fall You see I'm a little something you always needed Your tried and true and I should believe in the strength of your arms When I tumble and fall So

Sing One For Sister (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Mama liked the slow ones and she'd shuffle 'cross the floor Sister liked the fast ones, Lord she could step so high And I'd see my Daddy dancing, till he could dance no more And when I'd play a sad song

Little Love Affairs (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

When I wake in the night and findThat I'm dreamingYou're the first thought in mindLove's a fair weather friend whenYou're lonelyYou are my summer state of mindDoes it sing to you nightly?Does it la...

Leaving The Harbor (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

When you are leaving the harborDo you cry out to the shore?Do you bless the wave of the oceanDo you call your vessel home?As you leave the safest harborDo you wonder where you'll go?When you feel y...

It's Too Late (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

You pace the pool and talk about itI read my book and think about itYou've walked on waterAs I'm turning the pageYou say, What's the intrigue here,In reading when the sky is clear?You are in the su...

Fields Of Summer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I am fragile in the morningI grow stronger in the dayI can sprint like a new spring doeBy the fall of the nightLove has chased me downThrough the cities and the townsUntil I stood beside the roadAn...

The Power Lines (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Nobody seems to care about youWith your tool case by the roadsideThere beneath the power linesOr the pallor of your skinPaled beneath fluorescent lightsIn a Greyhound station's cruel midnightWhere ...

Down 'N' Outer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I once was a lot like youWe share a dream I couldn't make come trueI was a child who wrote my nameAcross a frosted window paneAnd there are jobs that I might holdIf they'd just let me through the d...

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

eyes out, I've got a shoulder here for you And every day your broken heart's gonna turn a lighter shade of blue [Chorus:] Cause anyone can be somebody's fool Oh look at me, I once was a fool for you So

Let It Shine On Me (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

eye A gentle guiding light Let it shine on me Let it show the way Let it always be Let it always stay Let it flood my soul Let it hold the key Let it all unfold Let it shine on me When the way seems so

Brave Companion Of The Road (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

When the lights go down And the dance floor is empty And the crowd is going home I will be waiting For my brave companion of the road Some days come up roses Some days just come and go Some nights are so

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

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 it's just the breath of August So

Love In A Memory (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

She sleeps alone in the warm nights of MemphisWhere the Peabody Hotel meets the velveteen skyShe sings like the waves in the cool MississippiThat brought her from St. Paul in '75And men come to cou...

Listen To The Radio (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I am leaving Mississippi in the evening rainThese Delta towns wear satin gownsIn a high beamed frameLoretta Lynn guides my hands through the radioWhere would I be in times like theseWithout the son...

Late Night Grande Hotel (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I'm working on a morning flight to anywhere but hereI'm watching this evening fire burn away my tearsAll my life I've left my troubles by the doorLeavin' is all I've ever known before[Chorus:]It's ...

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

We'll hide out in the subways And drink the poets' wine, oh, But I had John, so you went and I stayed behind. But you were home in time for the senior prom, When we lost John.

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

You honk the horn on your Mercedes Benz I've rolled up my window so you're honkin' again Your stereo could drive the devil out Hey, you drink too much and you talk too loud But you think you got it made

I Wish It Would Rain (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Oh I wish it would rain and wash my face cleanI want to find some dark cloud to hide in hereOh love and a memory sparkle like diamondsWhen the diamonds fall they burn like tearsWhen the diamonds fa...

Saint Teresa Of Avila Nanci Griffith

from her brow Did you kiss her hand that took her soul Back up to you Our Patron saint of harmony and vow Help me in this stillness Tell me things I need to know How we loved your patron child We say, so

Across The Great Divide Nanci Griffith

Where the years went I can't say I just turned around and they've gone away I've been siftin' through the layers Of dusty books and d papers They tell a story I used to know And it was one that happened so

Drive-In Movies And Dashboard Lights (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Sister had a crystal voiceShe played a Silverstone from Montgomery WardBaez songs and Monroe hairShe sure could turn the boys heads to stareSwimwear saunter, tan and haunt themWas all she learned i...

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

What've you got to say for yourself now, baby, now that I am leaving you, What have you got to lose?The truth you tried to keep from me, Well, it nearly drove me crazy, And I have grown weary from ...

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

wore a halo back before the war When the men loved the women And the women knew what men were for It was in the winter when he came home And he had to hold those porcelain hands just to keep her warm So

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

I am a backseat driver from AmericaThey drive to the left on Falls RoadThe man at the wheel's name is SeamusWe pass a child on the corner he knowsAnd Seamus says, "Now, what chance has thatKid got?...

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

Armstrong Nanci Griffith

watch it On that July afternoon To watch a man named Armstrong Walk upon the moon To watch a man named Armstrong Walk upon the moon To watch a man named Armstrong Walk upon the moon And I wonder if a long

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

The Wing And The Wheel Nanci Griffith

The wing 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

Where Would I Be Nanci Griffith

(Paul Carrack) Tell me where Would I be now without you Without an angel Watching out for me Took a long, long time For me to realize All my faith in you Was so justified Tell me where Would I be without

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 same

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

Morning Song for Sally Nanci Griffith

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 race my heart I cannot say it all in lines How the short time together lasts so

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

Shaking Out The Snow Nanci Griffith

Rushmore staring through the snow And to gamble with the boys of Deadwood As we drove Snowing - I am shaking out the snow Oh, the cold that is within my heart I'm gonna shake out all that snow Riding years ago

Try The Love Nanci Griffith

Before you marry, before you mend Or have someone`s children, long before then You could find something with somebody new Try the love I`m offering in my open arms Before you do We should have quarreled