Do Re Mi Nanci Griffith

well thousands of folks back east they sayare leaving home most everydaythey're beatin the hot old dusty wayto the california lineacross the desert sands they rollgettin' outta that old dust bowlth...

Night Rider's Lament Nanci Griffith

Why do you rope for short pay?

Turn Around Nanci Griffith

Turn around and you`re two Turn around and you`re four Turn around and you`re a young girl Going out the door Turn around Turn around Turn around and you`re a young girl Going out of the door (Turn around

Two For The Road Nanci Griffith

horizon Stretched a band of gold From the straits of Juan de Fuca To the east of Portland, Maine You held my hand As we raced along the buffalo bayou Chasing the tail of this globe You say one day, babe we`re

Speed of the Sound of Loneliness Nanci Griffith

You come home late And you come home early You come on big When you`re feelin` small You come home straight And you home curly Sometimes you just don`t come home at all So what in the world`s come over

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'll Move Along Nanci Griffith

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 along I`m slow to move these feet of clay You passed me by now you`re

Wall Of Death Nanci Griffith

might amuse you And Noah`s Ark might confuse you But 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

Not My Way Home Nanci Griffith

dust that this love has 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

Walk Right Back Nanci Griffith

me Don`t send it I`m so lonesome everyday These eyes of mine That gave you loving glances once before Changed to shades of cloudy gray I want so very much to see you Just like before I gotta know you`re

Things I Don't Need Nanci Griffith

re wondering why did I take all of this? These things I don?t need, weigh me down I woke up today and I made up my mind From now on I?ll Leave all those things I don?t need behind

Leaving The Harbor (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

When you are leaving the harbor Do you cry out to the shore? Do you bless the wave of the ocean Do you call your vessel home? As you leave the safest harbor Do you wonder where you'll go?

Ten Degrees and Getting Colder Nanci Griffith

off his Martin Though his troubles ain`t over His feet are almost frozen and the sun is sinking low Won`t you listen to me brother, if you ever loved your mother Please pull off on the shoulder, if you`re

Are You Tired Of Me Darling Nanci Griffith

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 of me my darling Answer only with your eyes Do

From Clare To Here Nanci Griffith

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 gets further by the day It`s a long, long way from Clare to here When Friday comes around we`re

Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos) Nanci Griffith

The crops are all in And the peaches are rotting The oranges are stacked In their Creosote dumps They`re flying them back To that Mexico border To pay all their wages To wade back again Goodbye to you

It's Too Late (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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 be here [Chorus] Do

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 dreams

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

Three Flights Up Nanci Griffith

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 freeze Was the only thing to do

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?

Down 'N' Outer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I'm down 'n' out And I am lonely Do you ever think of me on Sunday? No.

Summer Wages Nanci Griffith

All the big stands of timber Just waiting for the falling And the hookers stand watchfully Waiting by the door So I`ll work on the towboats With my slippery city shoes Which lord I swore I would never do

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

Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound Nanci Griffith

And I can`t help but wonder where I`m bound Where I`m bound I can`t help but wonder where I`m bound I`ve been wandering through this land Just doin` the best I can Tryin` to find what I was meant to do

The Power Lines (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

haven't been And no place that you call your home There's no place that you cannot go With the gift within your hands And the tools to build another's dream That connects them to the power lines You do

This Old Town Nanci Griffith

called it quits 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 stands Somewhere in the distance The city lights do

Heart Of Indochine Nanci Griffith

Later I walked all the way from Tu Do Street To the banks of the river with the dinner boats sailing Beside all of the souls, of a River in Peace Oh, deliver me to the river of souls In the heart of Indochina

I Love This Town Nanci Griffith

town the dirty streets It's a merry-go-round with broken seats Where silk and lace and satin sheets Are only dirty washing I love this town down on its knees It's going under by degrees Still we can do

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

Do you think that we will go there, And see what makes it shine, Mary Margaret? It's almost morning, and we've talked all night, You know we've made big plans for ten-year-olds, You and I.

Not Innocent Enough Nanci Griffith

I'm not innocent enough I had no money for a lawyer to fight the system from within There's no justice for the poor from the witness they brought in Circumstance and random chance, I never meant to do

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...

Money Changes Everything Nanci Griffith

In the rush of the river and the roar of the crowd You can't hear 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 A...

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...

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...

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 ...

Maybe Tomorrow Nanci Griffith

I will find somebody newMaybe tomorrowI will stop this missing youMaybe tomorrowTime`s the healer time`s the keySo all the wise folks sayOh, maybe tomorrowBut not todayLife will once again make sen...

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...

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...