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

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?

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

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?

I Would Change My Life (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

You never liked this place where we'd been living all along So, you packed up your things and bought a one-way ticket home Leaving never hurt as much as being left behind [Chorus:] I would change my life

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

Summer Wages Nanci Griffith

Never hit seventeen When you play against the dealer You know that the odds Won`t ride with you And never leave your woman alone With your friends around to steal her She`ll be gambled and gone Like summer

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

Wouldn't That Be Fine Nanci Griffith

If you knew my love had never flown away Would I be missing you wouldn`t that be roses Wouldn`t that be fine If I could wash away all these years with language Could this naked love survive the light of

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

Ten Degrees and Getting Colder Nanci Griffith

He was standing by the highway With a sign that just said Mother When he heard a driver coming About a half a mile away So he held the sign up higher Where no decent soul could miss it It was ten degrees

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

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

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

Up Against the Rain Nanci Griffith

all too well what pain is You took it on yourself to pave the road to hell Paid your dues and sang the blues, Lord, you knew them all too well Every word upon the page, you let them sail away The wind would

Brave Companion Of The Road (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Where are you going there?

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?

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?

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

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

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

The Loving Kind Nanci Griffith

They married anyway The sheriff put them both in jail Separated till they made their bail They changed the heart of a nation With their wedding vows From the highest court in the land Their union would

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

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

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

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

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

Are You Tired Of Me Darling Nanci Griffith

Are you tired of me my darling Did you mean 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

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?

Traveling Through This Part Of You Nanci Griffith

(Nanci Griffith) Nothing that I've ever seen Now means much of anything In traveling through this part of you And the Vietnam that I had dreamed The place you wore your life "fatigued" I'm traveling through

Tequila After Midnight Nanci Griffith

good when you don't It's the same sad familiar story Not a thing about it is new Just about someone who loved and lost And it's still hurting through and through They say it drives you crazy, well I

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

sad truth was she could barely read But if you told dear father, well he wouldn't believe you The telephone rang and drove mother insane From all the hearts left on the shelf Sisters gone and she won't be

From Clare To Here Nanci Griffith

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 only into fighting My Ma would

These Days In An Open Book Nanci Griffith

Shut it down and call this road a day And put this 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

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

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

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

Roses On The 4th Of July Nanci Griffith

She still doesn't know where he goes, Thursday nights. But his wedding band rests, On their bedside that night. He was a soldier in the Vietnam war.

Things I Don't Need Nanci Griffith

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?ve filled up the shelf With things I don?t need that wear me down Things I don?

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

Shaking Out The Snow Nanci Griffith

Snowing - through South Dakota I once drove With the wife of my best pal Who cloaks her heart from cold with gold It was well into the winter Of December in the cold Off to see Mount Rushmore staring through

Comin' Down In The Rain Nanci Griffith

Flipped into the wind Like the ashes of her cigarette He got scattered thrown on the breeze As he tried to forget He lost all his heat And his heart never will be the same He got lighter than air But he

Turn Around Nanci Griffith

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

The Wing And The Wheel Nanci Griffith

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 big enough for an old fool to hide Now, where

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

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

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

This Old Town Nanci Griffith

in 1931 When the rain refused to come Air filled up our bellies Dust filled up our lungs And we thought our time had come This old town was built by hand In the dust bowl of the Mother land There must be

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