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

These Days In An Open Book Nanci Griffith

silence in my 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

Brave Companion Of The Road (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

My brave companion of the road [Chorus:] It seems to me that you are 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

Trouble In The Fields Nanci Griffith

"Baby I know that we've got trouble in the fields When the bankers swarm like locust out there turning away our yield The trains roll by our silos, silver in the rain They leave our pockets full of nothing

Trouble In The Fields (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Baby I know that we've got trouble in the fields When the bankers swarm like locust out there turning away our yield The trains roll by our silos, silver in the rain They leave our pockets full of nothing

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.

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?

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

The telephone is ringin' in the middle of the night And I pull the bed clothes higher Will it stop calling out if I turn on the light?

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?"

Two For The Road Nanci Griffith

Out of the blue 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

Yarrington Town Nanci Griffith

I packed up my suitcase Pulled down my old bedroll And I started to wander Far from my home And the time it passed quickly And the days seemed to be hours Far from your city And Yarrington Town Well, I

Things I Don't Need Nanci Griffith

This house is full of memories that aren?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?

Not Innocent Enough Nanci Griffith

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

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

Hard Times Come Again No More Nanci Griffith

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 sigh of

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

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

Old Hanoi Nanci Griffith

Books to read in English, books of light and sorrows Of this foreign land and they are gone and they've flown away Where are all the cyclos With their drivers pedaling grace?

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

Beautiful Nanci Griffith

Here's a photograph of you in Woody Hermann's band It was 1952, you were such a handsome man One of you at a memorial with all of Hoagy's clan And then you and my mother, walking hand in hand And she was

Leaving The Harbor (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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? When you feel your bough is breaking Do you call that harbor home?

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

Sing One For Sister (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Well, I would play my guitar and sister sang along Sister's smile would always light up my Daddy's face And when they'd get to dancing, well they'd dance all night till dawn [Chorus:] And I would sing one

Heart Of Indochine Nanci Griffith

in '68 The bodies still floating with the dinner boats sailing Beside all those souls of the American war Oh, deliver me to the river of souls In the heart of Indochina Deliver me to a River at Peace

Listen To The Radio (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I am leaving Mississippi in the evening rain These Delta towns wear satin gowns In a high beamed frame Loretta Lynn guides my hands through the radio Where would I be in times like these Without the songs

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

He says, "There's barbed wire at all of these exits And there ain't no place in Belfast for that kid To go."

Turn Around Nanci Griffith

Where are you goin` my little one, little one? Where are you goin` my baby my own?

Mountain Of Sorrow Nanci Griffith

짝though You were here, now you're gone That's the only thing I know And it's just one more sorrow To throw upon the heap Mountain of sorrow창?

Wall Of Death Nanci Griffith

Let me ride on the wall of death one more time Let me ride on the wall of death one more time You can waste your time on the other rides But this is the nearest to being alive Oh let me take my chances

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

Nobody's Angel Nanci Griffith

"Something's disturbed me I'm out of your company I'm Out of the country With another man's heart I'm angered and doubtful And I'd shout an earful But nothing comes out When I open my mouth [Chorus:] I'm

I Live On A Battlefield Nanci Griffith

[Chorus:] My new home is a shell-hole Filled with tears and muddy 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

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

There's a light beyond these woods, Mary Margaret. Do you think that we will go there, And see what makes it shine, Mary Margaret?

If Wishes Were Changes (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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 long to the blue days

Darcy Farrow Nanci Griffith

Where the Walker runs down into the Carson Valley plain There lived a young maiden Darcy Farrow was her name The daughter of old Dundee and a fair one was she The sweetest flower that bloomed o`er the

Try The Love Nanci Griffith

quarreled, 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

Walk Right Back Nanci Griffith

Think about the love that burns Within my heart for you The good times we had Before you went away, oh me Walk right back to me this minute Bring your love to me Don`t send it I`m so lonesome everyday These

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

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 Think you got it made Think you got it made When you're one

Across The Great Divide Nanci Griffith

I've been walkin' in my sleep Countin' troubles 'stead of countin' sheep 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

Big Blue Ball Of War Nanci Griffith

In 1914, this ball was at war It went from Belgium on through Ireland The Congo, then back home This big blue ball of war spun on it's own Spinning history in lines of blood When many souls fell off And

It's Too Late (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

:] 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 you In spite of

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

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

He Was A Friend Of Mine Nanci Griffith

He was a friend of mine He was a friend of mine Never had no money To pay for his fine He was a friend of mine He never done no wrong He never done no wrong Thousand miles from home He never hurt no one

I Wish It Would Rain (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

memory sparkle like diamonds When the diamonds fall they burn like tears When the diamonds fall they burn like tears Once I had a love from the Georgia Pans who only cared for me I want to find that love of

Desperadoes Waiting For A Train Nanci Griffith

(Guy Clark) And I'd play the red river valley And he'd sit in the kitchen and he'd cry And run his fingers Through seventy years of living And wonder, Lord, has every well I've drilled gone dry We were

Gulf Coast Highway Nanci Griffith

"Gulf Coast Highway He worked the rails He worked the rice fields With their cool dark wells He worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico The only thing we've ever owned Is this old house here by the road

From A Distance Nanci Griffith

blue and green And the snow-capped mountains white From a distance the ocean meets the stream And the eagle takes to flight From a distance there is harmony And it echoes through the land It's the voice of

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

The Streets Of Baltimore Nanci Griffith

I sold the farm to take me woman Where she longed to be We left our kin and all our friends Back there in Tennessee I bought the one way tickets She had often begged me for And they took us to the streets