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

I Love This Town Nanci Griffith

Her rent's arrears his heart attack Now isn't that a shame Everyone's friendly to your face And everybody knows their place As long as you respect their space You won't have to worry The town hall clock

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

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

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

sailors door to door He was a small Hawaiian with a crooked smile But he made her eyes light up like the heavens on the Fourth of July She ran the numbers, they say she ran them clean Those porcelain hands

Morning Song for Sally Nanci Griffith

lasts so long Makes me strong As two weeks came and went then you and I were gone Living on For it seems our love was destined to be caught in other nets But the love we held so brief I`d chance again without

1937 Pre-War Kimball Nanci Griffith

(Nanci Griffith) Oh, it sat in this corner for many a year Through fireside parties, of tears and cheers The hands of James Hooker flew over its keys And God know who who else 'fore it came to me When

Simple Life Nanci Griffith

children I want a simple life... while I'm here The sun and moon walk hand in hand together Trading places shining on the truth The moon moves the bottoms of the oceans So, the sun can bring a farmer's hands

Love In A Memory (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Paul in '75 And men come to court her with roses and sweet wine Where hands cross the ivories from six until nine She sings away sorrow each night when she leaves him She goes home alone, She's not the

Cotton Nanci Griffith

I'm standing at your door with my heart in your hands. Ain't you gonna ask me in? If you say: No, I'll understand, dear, And never come south again.

Pour Me A Drink Nanci Griffith

I've done Pour me a drink Then pour me another one To keep out this cold wind That blows through my soul So many promises So many daydreams and plans So many chances That I let slip through my hands

Across America Nanci Griffith

To the mighty redwood trees From the plains of North Dakota to the Gulf of Mexico It's good to know That hope's alive again Across America I spoke to folks in New Orleans With hammers in their hands

Tecumseh Valley Nanci Griffith

her 'Cause the coal was low And soon the snow Would turn the skies to winter She said she's come To look for work She was not seeking favors And for a dime a day And a place to stay She'd turn those hands

Down 'N' Outer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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 door Without

Love At The Five And Dime Nanci Griffith

Rita's hand So , Eddie ran off with the bass man's wife Oh, but he was back by June Singin' a different tune Sporting Miss Rita back by his side Eddie played in the barroom band 'Til arthritis took his hands

The Power Lines (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

climb the power lines 'Cause you are lost beneath the power lines There's no place that you 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

Two For The Road Nanci Griffith

best light of our days We`re two rails that never crossed in anger Voices never raised Two of a kind heart Two for the road We have been blessed with dreaming You had Georgia`s New Mexico And while your hands

Roses On The 4th Of July Nanci Griffith

He's the hands of a draughtsman, he's built a good life, She works for a season during IRS time. Two children they've had though their boy has now died.

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

Waiting For Love Nanci Griffith

Now, he lives in your own backyard He was waiting for love You came along and fit the part It`s the whistle from the man With the kindest hands And a Norwegian name you can`t say You meet him in the street

Wasn't That A Mighty Storm Nanci Griffith

stand And I heard a captain crying "God save a drowning man" Wasn`t that a mighty storm Wasn`t that a mighty storm in the morning, well Wasn`t that a mighty storm That blew all the people away Death your hands

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...

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 drea...

Not Innocent Enough Nanci Griffith

What the hell was I doing there in that fast food parking lot? They say I robbed the restaurant and a Memphis cop got shot I was trying to feed my habit, I was scared and I was high It was never my...

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...

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 ...

Not My Way Home Nanci Griffith

I know you believe in miraclesThat this love will come back aroundI know you believe the grass is growingAcross this winterTo the south of this townI know your kiss is sweeterThan the dust that thi...

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...

I'll Move Along Nanci Griffith

This flesh and bone ain`t much protectionFor an honest heart like mineA broken home for good intentionsDamaged inventions of my designI`ll move along time to move alongI`ll move along time to move ...

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...

Wall Of Death Nanci Griffith

Let me ride on the wall of death one more timeLet me ride on the wall of death one more timeYou can waste your time on the other ridesBut this is the nearest to being aliveOh let me take my chances...

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...

Walk Right Back Nanci Griffith

I want you to tell meWhy you walked out on meI`m so lonesome everydayI want you to knowThat since you walked out on meNothing seems to be the same ole wayThink about the love that burnsWithin my he...

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...

Desperadoes Waiting For A Train Nanci Griffith

(Guy Clark)And I'd play the red river valleyAnd he'd sit in the kitchen and he'd cryAnd run his fingersThrough seventy years of livingAnd wonder, Lord, has every well I've drilled gone dryWe were f...

Wings Of A Dove Nanci Griffith

chorus-On the wings of a snow white doveHe sends his pure sweet loveA sign from abouve- a sign from aboveOn the wings of a dove.When trouble surrounds usWhen evil's comeThe body grows weakThe spiri...

Dress Of Laces Nanci Griffith

And she has a dress of lacesIt`s worn in many placesThe shoulder hangs upon her by a threadAnd she has a need for ahrin`For someone warm and carin`And no one sees a heart that`s underfedYoung girl ...

Summer Wages Nanci Griffith

Never hit seventeenWhen you play against the dealerYou know that the oddsWon`t ride with youAnd never leave your woman aloneWith your friends around to steal herShe`ll be gambled and goneLike summe...

He Was A Friend Of Mine Nanci Griffith

He was a friend of mineHe was a friend of mineNever had no moneyTo pay for his fineHe was a friend of mineHe never done no wrongHe never done no wrongThousand miles from homeHe never hurt no oneHe ...

Hard Times Come Again No More Nanci Griffith

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

Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos) Nanci Griffith

The crops are all inAnd the peaches are rottingThe oranges are stackedIn their Creosote dumpsThey`re flying them backTo that Mexico borderTo pay all their wagesTo wade back againGoodbye to you Juan...