Down 'N' Outer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I'm down 'n' out And I am lonely Do you ever think of me on Sunday? No.

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

Never Mind (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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 a man down

Outbound Plane (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

airport Knowing Neither cares where that other Heart is going But, if love won't fly on it's own Free will, it's gonna catch that Outbound plane That frown you're wearing's Just you're halo turned upside down

Radio Fragile (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

The midnight boy from Minnesota shut you down and stole the show They say that you bitter in your anguish Cause it was you they ought to hold You wore your causes on your sleeve like a beacon wears the

Little Love Affairs (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Does it lay down beside you? Does it make you hear songs On the radio? It once was my shadow, grown Weary of travel Till you gave it home What makes the love grow, when The seasons change?

San Diego Serenade (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

east coast until I'd moved to the west I never saw the moonlight until it shone off of your breast I never saw your heart until someone tried to steal it away I never saw your tears 'til they rolled down

So Long Ago (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

fight the war when I returned from school And I traded in my innocence when the springtime came in bloom And I married for my family; one night I dreamed of you And you were running from me in the rain down

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

Beacon Street (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Gonna wake up crazy to the cry of the trains on Beacon StreetSo far from home, so far from love, so far from a friend in needAnd all I need is a heart to hold and a good night's sleepAnd all I have...

Nickel Dreams (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

A little girl dreamerRibbons and long curlsReflections of yesterdays pastHeadlines and footlightsWee hours and long nightsKeep everything moving so fastIt's taken a long timeAnd she's walked a fine...

Ford Econoline (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

She drove west from Salt Lake City to the California coastline.She hit the San Diego Freeway doing sixty miles an hour.She had a husband on her bumper, she had five restless children.And she was si...

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 I ...

Hometown Streets (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Everybody packs their goalsAnd sails away for better shoresI have seen timesMy sails have held a brilliant shineI hear tell that dreams come trueAlong these crowded avenuesBut, my peace of mindIs a...

Sing One For Sister (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

dance no more And when I'd play a sad song, well he would start to cry [Chorus] Now it's just me and this old guitar I've no place to call my own Mamma and Papa have passed away and sister has settled down

Late Night Grande Hotel (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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 not the way you hold me when the sun goes down

Listen To The Radio (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

He'll say, "Down the road with the radio on."

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

I'm afraid of these shadows here Cause my past is truly frightening And I'm afraid of the warmth in the down Of a feathered heart in flight [Chorus:] It's just another morning here (it's morning) It's

Tumble And Fall (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Your late night conversationTelephone call and an inspirationFor a heart to recall, had a tumble and fallAnd my friends all say I'm lazyClumsy at love and I'm middle age crazyI stumble along with a...

I Knew Love (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I knew loveWhen it still meant foreverWhen a feeling shared didn't always have to hurtAnd a promise that was made would go unbrokenI knew loveWhen it was more than just a wordI knew a timeWhen hope...

Leaving The Harbor (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

When you are leaving the harborDo you cry out to the shore?Do you bless the wave of the oceanDo you call your vessel home?As you leave the safest harborDo you wonder where you'll go?When you feel y...

It's Too Late (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

You pace the pool and talk about itI read my book and think about itYou've walked on waterAs I'm turning the pageYou say, What's the intrigue here,In reading when the sky is clear?You are in the su...

The Power Lines (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Nobody seems to care about youWith your tool case by the roadsideThere beneath the power linesOr the pallor of your skinPaled beneath fluorescent lightsIn a Greyhound station's cruel midnightWhere ...

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

every day your broken heart's gonna turn a lighter shade of blue [Chorus:] Cause anyone can be somebody's fool Oh look at me, I once was a fool for you So you know it's true Anyone can be somebody's fool Down

I Wish It Would Rain (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

west and he never will need me I'm gonna pack up my two-step shoes and head for the Gulf Coast plains I want to walk the streets of my own home town where everybody knows my name I want to ride a ways down

Brave Companion Of The Road (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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 down

Trouble In The Fields (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Baby I know that we've got trouble in the fieldsWhen the bankers swarm like locust out there turning away our yieldThe trains roll by our silos, silver in the rainThey leave our pockets full of not...

Love In A Memory (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

She sleeps alone in the warm nights of MemphisWhere the Peabody Hotel meets the velveteen skyShe sings like the waves in the cool MississippiThat brought her from St. Paul in '75And men come to cou...

If Wishes Were Changes (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I wish that you loved meThe way that I love youI wish I had AngelsWho sang in my dreamsIf wishes were changesWe'd all live in rosesAnd there wouldn't be childrenWho cried in their sleepHe wishes I ...

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

Swimwear saunter, tan and haunt them Was all she learned 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

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

Think you've got it made When you're one blade shy of a sharp edge Now, I'm a little too old for your toupee curls I'm a full grown woman and you're lookin' for girls Hey, it's Saturday night so go on down

Let It Shine On Me (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

There's a star in Heaven's skyAlways shining brightIt's just a tear in an Angel's eyeA gentle guiding lightLet it shine on meLet it show the wayLet it always beLet it always stayLet it flood my sou...

I Would Change My Life (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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

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?It's almost morning, and we've talked all night,You know we've made b...

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

What've you got to say for yourself now, baby, now that I am leaving you, What have you got to lose?The truth you tried to keep from me, Well, it nearly drove me crazy, And I have grown weary from ...

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

I am a backseat driver from AmericaThey drive to the left on Falls RoadThe man at the wheel's name is SeamusWe pass a child on the corner he knowsAnd Seamus says, "Now, what chance has thatKid got?...

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

He owned a hotel on Jersey shoreShe made her living seeing the sailors door to doorHe was a small Hawaiian with a crooked smileBut he made her eyes light up like the heavens on the Fourth of JulySh...

Woman of the Phoenix Nanci Griffith

huddled in a winter freeze And I've run cross paths of a thousand lives Among the cactus and the white birch trees Avloc ran a waterfront bar Vito, he was the king of theives And Michael was a rock 'n

Comin' Down In The Rain Nanci Griffith

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`ll only come down

Wings Of A Dove Nanci Griffith

When trouble surrounds us When evil's come The body grows weak The spirit grows strong When these things beset us He doesn't forget us He sends down his love - sends down his love On the wings of a dove

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

Ten Degrees and Getting Colder Nanci Griffith

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 or colder Down

Nobody's Angel Nanci Griffith

the country now) And if I can't give love I can't rise above the clouds Nobody's angel now I was the forest for love songs The one who can't love wrong The one who won't fall But will still write it down

You Were On My Mind Nanci Griffith

ease my pain I got drunk and I got sick and I came home again Well I woke up this morning You were on my mind And you were on my mind I got troubles I got worries I got wounds to bind I got a feeling down

Late Night Grande Hotel Nanci Griffith

anywhere but here I'm watching this evening fire burn away my tears All my life I've left my troubles by the door 'Cos leaving is all I've ever known before It's not the way you hold me when the sun goes down

Things I Don't Need Nanci Griffith

t need that wear me down Things I don?t want but still keep around. I woke up today and I made up my mind From now on I?ll Leave all those things I don?t need behind The one thing that?

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

Tecumseh Valley Nanci Griffith

Valley But she asked around And a job she found Tending bar at Gypsy Sally's She saved enough to get back home When spring replaced the winter But her dreams were denied Her Pa had died The word come down

Love Conquers All Nanci Griffith

said this one is anyone's guess Love conquers all Love conquers all And to all concerned you'll survive that fall 'Cause love conquers all She's a rest home bride up in New Jersey It's her first trip down

Summer Wages Nanci Griffith

`Til we get to Vancouver And the woman that I love She`s living there It`s been six long months And more since I`ve seen her Years have gambled and gone Like summer wages In all the beer parlors All down