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

Fields Of Summer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I am fragile in the morning I grow stronger in the day I can sprint like a new spring doe By the fall of the night Love has chased me down Through the cities and the towns Until I stood beside the road

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

Heaven (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I think I'll go to Heaven There I will lay me down Leave all the pain behind me I'll bury it in the ground Maybe they'll talk about me I pray it won't be lies I think I'll go to heaven Heaven is in your

Ford Econoline (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

And she was singing as sweet as a mockingbird in that Ford Econoline.

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

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

Hometown Streets (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

My sails have held a brilliant 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

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

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

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

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

It's Too Late (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

You pace the pool and talk about it I read my book and think about it You've walked on water As I'm turning the page You say, What's the intrigue here, In reading when the sky is clear?

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?

Little Love Affairs (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

When I wake in the night and find That I'm dreaming You're the first thought in mind Love's a fair weather friend when You're lonely You are my summer state of mind Does it sing to you nightly?

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

The Power Lines (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Nobody seems to care about you With your tool case by the roadside There beneath the power lines Or the pallor of your skin Paled beneath fluorescent lights In a Greyhound station's cruel midnight Where

Tumble And Fall (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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 a tumble and fall Or maybe I'll come to my senses Or come back to you when the

Down 'N' Outer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I once was a lot like you We share a dream I couldn't make come true I was a child who wrote my name Across a frosted window pane And there are jobs that I might hold If they'd just let me through the

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

Love In A Memory (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

She sleeps alone in the warm nights of Memphis Where the Peabody Hotel meets the velveteen sky She sings like the waves in the cool Mississippi That brought her from St.

I Knew Love (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

if you cared you found a way to make things work When life was what two people shared together Oh, I knew love When it was more than just a word [Chorus:] I knew love When I could still believe It was the

Nickel Dreams (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

walked a fine line For fortune and fame have arrived She kept on striving And half-way surviving Till part of those dreams came alive [Chorus:] Now she wishes she looked like they tell her she looks all the

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

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

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?

Brave Companion Of The Road (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

With your suitcase by the back porch stairs With my heart in your hand In this cold December wind again The cafes and bars are closed The Christmas lights are veiled in snow Tell me, where are you going

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

Let It Shine On Me (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

There's a star in Heaven's sky Always shining bright It's just a tear in an Angel's 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

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

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

in school Books were for the other girls And the other girls were fools Texas back in '69 was drive in movies and dashboard lights Father waltzed her down the aisle Cause college didn't suit her style

Sing One For Sister (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Summer Sunday evening, around the old home place 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

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

The truth you tried to keep from me, Well, it nearly drove me crazy, And I have grown weary from sleepless nights of you. Is that a broken heart in the corner of your eye, Something to remind you?

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!

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

I am a backseat driver from America They drive to the left on Falls Road The man at the wheel's name is Seamus We pass a child on the corner he knows And Seamus says, "Now, what chance has that Kid got

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

ran the numbers, they 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

I Would Change My Life (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

change your mind I have spent my hours on some misbegotten dream I have spent my money on some foolish hearted things I have spent my memories on old embittered wine [Chorus] I wish that I could find the

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

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

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.

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

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

It`s a long and dusty road It`s a hot and heavy load And the folks I meet ain`t always kind Some are bad and some are good Some have done the best they could Some have tried to ease my trouble in mind

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

Lost Him In The Sun Nanci Griffith

(John Stewart) Any given 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

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

Old Hanoi Nanci Griffith

Where are all the Satchel Boys Selling books outside the Metripole?

Before Nanci Griffith

I dreamed of Louisiana And a night in Lafayette We had breakfast with Susanna We were young and wild and left What's different here Than in that dream and in reality Is we weren't afraid to fail in love

Dress Of Laces Nanci Griffith

in love Young girl in tears She hasn`t seen the man she loves in years And her mother is a waitress At the harbour bar, good graces Where the seamen come a fishin` with their lines And it was one of them

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

Comin' Down In The Rain Nanci Griffith

`ll only come down in the rain Strung out and hung out to dry Laughin` under the line It`s not such a dignified place But he really don`t mind He says with his feet on the ground He`d have nothin` to say