Still Life Nanci Griffith

You walked the line All your life You never thought you'd have to change it You're always there to give advice You never thought you'd have to take it It's still life, but it's broken It's still life,

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

Roses On The 4th Of July Nanci Griffith

"He still sends her roses on the 4th of July. They're always white roses, she's never asked why. She still doesn't know where he goes, Thursday nights.

Sing Nanci Griffith

the Rio Grande, straight into my soul Trying to find a reason, trying to find that rhyme Rolling with the river trying to keep time And in the end I wouldn't change a thing, I'd sing Music is the life

I Knew Love (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I knew love When it still meant forever When a feeling shared didn't always have to hurt And a promise that was made would go unbroken I knew love When it was more than just a word I knew a time When hope

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

These Days In An Open Book Nanci Griffith

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 coming up beside me Whether it's day or night These days my life

Simple Life Nanci Griffith

[Chorus:] I want a simple life Like my mother One true love for my older years I don't want your wars To take my children I want a simple life... while I'm here The sun and moon walk hand in hand together

Things I Don't Need Nanci Griffith

t mine Pieces I thought I would clear out over time Life takes over, I get ahead of myself, and I turn around And I?ve filled up the shelf With things I don?t need that wear me down Things I don?

Waiting For Love Nanci Griffith

Life is full of finer things They`re lost and found in the dark It`s the dog by the highway Who said,"Goin` my way?"

I Still Miss Someone Nanci Griffith

At my door the leaves are falling The cold wild wind will come Sweethearts walk by together And I still miss someone I go out on a party To look for a little fun But I find a darkened corner Because I

Shaking Out The Snow Nanci Griffith

me locked the doors A four year old in a swim suit and brand new plastic skates Out into the snow to catch this cold I cannot shake Snowing - yeah, it snows in Tennessee The place where I now make my life

I Love This Town Nanci Griffith

paint it red If I can spare a minute I love this town where curtains twitch Where this door scratches next door's itch It's a pantomime at fever pitch And we can all be in it People here are large as life

Always Will Nanci Griffith

"I saw you on 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

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

[Chorus:] It's a hard life It's a hard life It's a very hard life It's a hard life wherever you go If we poison our children with hatred Then, the hard life is all that they'll know And there ain't

This Old Town Nanci Griffith

bellies Dust filled up our lungs And we thought our time had come This old town was built by hand In the dust bowl of the Mother land There must be rock beneath this sand Oh, I`ll be damned This town still

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

Tequila After Midnight Nanci Griffith

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 a thing about it is new Just about someone who loved and lost And it's still

Listen To The Radio (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

[Chorus:] When you can't find a friend You've still got the radio When you can't find a friend You've still got the radio Radio, listen to the radio Radio, listen to the radio I left a handsome two

Love At The Five And Dime Nanci Griffith

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 at night Soon they married up in Abelene Lost a child in Tennessee But still

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

Are You Tired Of Me Darling Nanci Griffith

Are you tired of me my darling Did you mean those words you said That have made me yours forever Since the day when we were wed Tell me, would you live life over Could you make another wife Are you tired

Trouble In The Fields Nanci Griffith

They'll never take our native soil But if we sell that new John Deere And then we'll work these crops with sweat and tears You'll be the mule I'll be the plow Come harvest time we'll work it out There's still

Ford Econoline (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Along the back roads of our nation, she's become a living legend, She drives a Coupe De Ville but her heart rides still in that Ford Econoline.

Trouble In The Fields (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

They'll never take our native soil But if we sell that new John Deere And then we'll work these crops with sweat and tears You'll be the mule I'll be the plow Come harvest time we'll work it out There's still

Traveling Through This Part Of You Nanci Griffith

(Nanci Griffith) Nothing that I've ever seen Now means much of anything In traveling through this part of you And the Vietnam that I had dreamed The place you wore your life "fatigued" I'm traveling through

Not My Way Home Nanci Griffith

it`s not my way home You know, this love has left us Don`t count the years, it took a long time to kill I know you will find a place for memories And you`ll be out there runnin`, I will be here to be still

Love In A Memory (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

knows Love in a memory never grows old Now he works the toll booth on the New Jersey Turnpike The ring on his finger grows cold to the bone His sons were all dreamers who cheat on their own wives He still

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

there's a lovely silver frost 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

Hard Times Come Again No More Nanci Griffith

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

Up Against the Rain Nanci Griffith

You ran up against the rain everyday of your short life Suffered for your muse without complaining Never heard you swear life isn't fair but it doesn't make it right You left the world knowing all too

Last Song For Mother Nanci Griffith

Let us sing it hand in hand, While the band is still playing. Before the light can loose your hand, Before I lose my voice again, Let us sing it while it's playing.

Hometown Streets (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

shine I hear tell that dreams come true Along these crowded avenues But, my peace of mind Is a place I go when I close my eyes [Chorus:] I need a hometown street where the boys are pretty And a friend is still

Outbound Plane (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Free will It's gonna catch that outbound plane The old folks say That love's not forever anymore Because these young people walk Away from love alone To pace the floor Young or old I say that love is still

It's Too Late (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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 good at being needed This season will be leaving us But we will still

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

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

Party Girl Nanci Griffith

she's barefoot and having babies She was a party girl Now the party's over She can't cry to mama She can't go home to daddy any more They both tried to warn her she was throwing away her sweet young life

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

One Of These Days Nanci Griffith

and around we could talk about leavin' this town some other day And I suppose we look like natives here... this middle aged couple with silver hair and on cold winter nights this love we share is still

Nobody's Angel Nanci Griffith

now (she's out of the country now) And if I can't give love I can't rise above the clouds Nobody's angel now I was the forest for love songs The one who can't love wrong The one who won't fall But will still

Old Hanoi Nanci Griffith

grew wings and they've flown away And in the words of Graham Greene Like the Quiet American Who's searching these sacred streets For old Hanoi And in all of these sacred things That I've been blessed in life

The Loving Kind Nanci Griffith

in the land Their union would lawfully stand Simply Mildred and Richard That's how they'll be remembered They proved that love is truly blind They were the loving kind The Loving's lived a quiet life

Money Changes Everything Nanci Griffith

heavens smile upon you Make a bundle and you're blown away To a different game and the rules all change Leave a husband or trade a wife You're in the bigger picture now Take a country or take a life

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

Love Conquers All Nanci Griffith

white though she's wheel chair bound Love conquers all Love conquers all And to all concerned you'll survive that fall 'Cause love conquers all Whether you're young or old Near or far, down the road of life

Heart Of Indochine Nanci Griffith

on the Saigon River Where the music's too loud While I try to have my dinner Stories I've been told of 1954 When the bodies washed ashore from that distant war My friend Michael came in '68 The bodies still

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

But we'll still be the best of friends, The three of us, Margaret, John, and I. Let's go to New York City, Margaret!

Back When Ted Loved Sylvia Nanci Griffith

goddess They were glorious to see Back when Ted loved Sylvia Close friends disapproved Said they ought to wait They did not care with all that said And married none the less They traveled and they taught A life

So Long Ago (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

you And you were running from me in the rain down on Congress Avenue Now I saw you once in a crowded bar and it was Christmas time I was frightened by the thunder of our hearts in '69 Because I live my life