Waiting For Love Nanci Griffith

Tripping over your own feet He claims you still anyway Waiting for love God forgives your lack of grace Everyone I know From my dust bowl to the city Is waiting for love (love) To start another day They

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?

Try The Love Nanci Griffith

, it`s so unwise To cut yourself loose 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

Desperadoes Waiting For A Train Nanci Griffith

for a train Like desperadoes waiting for a train Well he's a drifter and a driller of oil wells And an old school man of the world He taught me how to drive his car When he's too drunk to And he'd wink

Brave Companion Of The Road (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

lonelier Than I've ever seen you be Oh, it's plain to see That you've gone crazier Than you ever thought you'd be When the lights go down And the dance floor is empty And the crowd is going home I will be waiting

Summer Wages Nanci Griffith

ride with you And never leave your woman alone With your friends around to steal her She`ll be gambled and gone Like summer wages And we`ll keep rollin` on `Til we get to Vancouver And the woman that I love

Tell Me How Nanci Griffith

"[Chorus:] Tell me how to keep your love You know how I need your love Tell me how you keep the love Within your heart from me Don't you know that I love you Let me show why; I'm true blue When I know

Maybe Tomorrow Nanci Griffith

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 sense Maybe tomorrow I`ll regain my confidence Maybe tomorrow True love

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

Morning Song for Sally Nanci Griffith

As the morning light stretched in across my bed I thought of you Remembering 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

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

The Ghost Inside Of Me Nanci Griffith

All the papers lie tonight But falling over you Is the news of the day Angels fall like rain And love, is all of heaven way Inside you the time moves and she don fade The ghost in you she don fade away

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

I Wish It Would Rain (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Oh I wish it would rain and wash my face clean I want to find some dark cloud to hide in here Oh love and a memory sparkle like diamonds When the diamonds fall they burn like tears When the diamonds fall

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

Wings Of A Dove Nanci Griffith

chorus- On the wings of a snow white dove He sends his pure sweet love A sign from abouve- a sign from above On the wings of a dove.

Dress Of Laces Nanci Griffith

And she has a dress of laces It`s worn in many places The shoulder hangs upon her by a thread And she has a need for ahrin` For someone warm and carin` And no one sees a heart that`s underfed Young girl

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

You can cuss the daylights out of this pale winter moon And we can ponder every reason why your true love was untrue You can cry your eyes out, I've got a shoulder here for you And every day your broken

Rise To The Occasion Nanci Griffith

I'll never fall in love again It's such a contradiction To lose all control and common sense And even intuition You came along, with a strange new song And the sweetest innovation And you said, "One should

Hometown Streets (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Everybody packs their goals And sails away for better shores I have seen times My sails have held a brilliant shine I hear tell that dreams come true Along these crowded avenues But, my peace of mind Is

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

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

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

This Old Town Nanci Griffith

This old town should`ve burned down in 1929 That`s when we stood in line Waiting for our soup Swallowing our pride This old town should`ve burned down in 1931 When the rain refused to come Air filled up

I Live On A Battlefield Nanci Griffith

"I live on a battlefield Surrounded by the ruins of a love we built And then destroyed between us, the smoke has cleared As I stumble through the rubble, I'm dazed and seein' double And I'm truly mystified

Not My Way Home Nanci Griffith

I know you believe in miracles That this love will come back around I know you believe the grass is growing Across this winter To the south of this town I know your kiss is sweeter Than the dust that this

I Love This Town Nanci Griffith

I love this town like an unmade bed I love this town of the living dead I love this town gonna paint it red If I can spare a minute I love this town where curtains twitch Where this door scratches next

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

say she ran them clean Those porcelain hands keep a ledger even in her sleeves While he worked the See-Bees in the Philippines They say she made more money than you and I will ever see [Chorus:] Cause love

Last Song For Mother Nanci Griffith

What a mother's love has lent, To all that is me. And will you sing this song again? Let us sing it hand in hand, While the band is still playing.

If Wishes Were Changes (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I wish that you loved me The way that I love you I wish I had Angels Who sang in my dreams If wishes were changes We'd all live in roses And there wouldn't be children Who cried in their sleep He wishes

Roses On The 4th Of July Nanci Griffith

Love is a mystery, from birth 'til we die. It's cross words of a morning, by evening entwined. It's all that we dream of, sometimes it's not right. Love is white roses, And you never ask why.

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

Wouldn't That Be Fine Nanci Griffith

If you could stand behind my eyes for just one day Could you see my heart beside you?

Walk Right Back Nanci Griffith

I want you to tell me Why you walked out on me I`m so lonesome everyday I want you to know That since you walked out on me Nothing seems to be the same ole way Think about the love that burns Within my

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

Nobody's Angel Nanci Griffith

And I'd shout an earful But nothing comes out When I open my mouth [Chorus:] I'm nobody's angel now (she's out of the country now) Nobody's angel now (she's out of the country now) And if I can't give love

I'll Move Along Nanci Griffith

This flesh and bone ain`t much protection For an honest heart like mine A broken home for good intentions Damaged inventions of my design I`ll move along time to move along I`ll move along time to move

From A Distance Nanci Griffith

man God is watching us, God is watching us God is watching us from a distance From a distance you look like my friend Even though we are at war From a distance I can't comprehend What all this war is for

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

Lost Him In The Sun Nanci Griffith

day 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

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

got it made Think you got it made Think you got it made When you're one blade shy of a sharp edge Republican is the way you vote You've got a sticker on your bumper that's how I know And you think true love

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

Boots Of Spanish Leather Nanci Griffith

Oh I'm sailing away, my own true love I'm sailing away in the morning Is there something I can send you from across the sea? From the place where I'll be landing?

Love Conquers All Nanci Griffith

She's a brown skin girl from El Paso City He's a sweet tempered soldier from Fort Bliss They ran off one July evening All concerned said this one is anyone's guess Love conquers all Love conquers all And

Never Mind (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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 is through I better say I love

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

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

They both wrote poetry In fact, that was how they met He was a Yorkshire man in Cambridge She was from Massachusetts They spoke and they fell in love They kissed and picked daffodils She came across the

Leaving The Harbor (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

When you sing the lullaby Do you sing it for the song? Or do you love the way it slides Like velvet 'cross your tongue? And as you sing the lullaby Do you savor every line?

It's Too Late (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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 don't like to be held I will always love