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

Morning Train Nanci Griffith

There`s a morning train Headed for New Orleans Carrying bussiness men and week day shoppers I have sixteen bucks and a dollar in change That`s not bad price for a one way ride On a morning train I give

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

Try The Love Nanci Griffith

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, it`s so unwise To cut yourself loose with only some lies Wasn`t

Truly Something Fine Nanci Griffith

(Nanci Griffith - James Hooker) Oh love is a hand you hold When you think you've lost your mind It is bitter as persimmons Yet as sweet of rose on vine It's the thorns upon the vines That sometimes tear

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

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

Wasn't That A Mighty Storm Nanci Griffith

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 You know the year of 1900 Children, many years ago Death cakme howling

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

Nickel Dreams (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

A little girl dreamer Ribbons and long curls Reflections of yesterdays past Headlines and footlights Wee hours and long nights Keep everything moving so fast It's taken a long time And she's walked a fine

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

Walk Right Back Nanci Griffith

I want you to tell me Why you walked out on me I`m so lonesome everyday I want you to know That since you walked out on me Nothing seems to be the same ole way Think about the love that burns Within my

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?

Boots Of Spanish Leather Nanci Griffith

From the place where I'll be landing?

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

Ten Degrees and Getting Colder Nanci Griffith

or colder Down by Boulder Dam that day He was raised up in Milwaukee Though he never was that famous He was just a road musician To the taverns he would go Singing songs about the ramblin` The lovin`

This Old Town Nanci Griffith

This old town should`ve burned down in 1929 That`s when we stood in line Waiting for our soup Swallowing our pride This old town should`ve burned down in 1931 When the rain refused to come Air filled up

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

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

Canadian Whiskey Nanci Griffith

He`ll never recover She turned him to stone She drank Canadian whiskey Pure blended whiskey She drank it like wine Her eyes were the color of Canadian whiskey Pure blended whiskey So light brown and fine

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

Mountain Of Sorrow Nanci Griffith

짝steep Mountain of sorrow How high the top Must I climb, must I climb Ever blue Mountain of sorrow When I can I stop And be fine Knowing I'm over you? Easy come, easy go Anything but easy창?

Two For The Road Nanci Griffith

day, babe we`re bound to `cause it takes two for the road We`re two of a kind heart Closing in the distances Now here comes our twilight part And we`ve had the best light of our days We`re two rails that

Maybe Tomorrow Nanci Griffith

key So all the wise folks say Oh, maybe tomorrow But not today Life will once again make sense Maybe tomorrow I`ll regain my confidence Maybe tomorrow True love is just around the bend But I really don`t

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

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

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

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

Night Rider's Lament Nanci Griffith

You ain`t gettin` nowhere And you`re losin` your share You must`ve gone crazy out there He said last night I ran into Jenny They married and have a good life Oh, you sure missed the track when you never

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

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

The Loving Kind Nanci Griffith

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 lawfully stand Simply Mildred and Richard That's how they'll be

Anyone Can Be Somebody's Fool (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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 heart's gonna turn a lighter shade of blue [Chorus:] Cause anyone can be

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

Never Mind (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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 a man down at Genesco He said they might be

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

It's Too Late (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

You are in the sun And I am always in the shade [Chorus:] 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

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

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.

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

Hard Times Come Again No More Nanci Griffith

Let us 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

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

warmth in the down Of a feathered heart in flight [Chorus:] It's just another morning here (it's morning) It's just another morning here It's just another morning here (it's morning) And it's a miracle that

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

Morning Song for Sally Nanci Griffith

race my heart I cannot say it all in lines How the short time together 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

Three Flights Up Nanci Griffith

We returned to that five room flat Now it was empty and this the last time Ther were blinking pictures Of how we'd sit and chat Some of them are scattered Others shattered in my mind Chorus: It was always

Woman of the Phoenix Nanci Griffith

Well, I've listend tothe words you lovers speak The sound f the lover's song And I've dreamed all the dreams that a wayward girl dreams In a thousand places gone Dallas was my late night out Radcliffe's

Lone Star State Of Mind Nanci Griffith

Wayne on the Late, Late Show Save the girl and ride away And I was hoping as the credits rolled He'd make it back to her someday [Chorus] It's a thousand miles or more From here to your front door I'd be

I Love This Town Nanci Griffith

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 door's itch It's a pantomime at fever pitch And we can all be

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