Heart Of Indochine Nanci Griffith

I am on a Riverboat on the Saigon River Where the music's too loud While I try to have my dinner Stories I've been told of 1954 When the bodies washed ashore from that distant war My friend Michael came

Old Hanoi Nanci Griffith

Books to read in English, books of light and sorrows Of this foreign land and they are gone and they've flown away Where are all the cyclos With their drivers pedaling grace?

Two For The Road Nanci Griffith

say one 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

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

In The Wee Small Hours Nanci Griffith

In the wee small hours of the morning While the whole wide world is fast asleep You lie awake and think about the girl And never ever think of counting sheep When your lonely heart has learned its lesson

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?

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

I Live On A Battlefield Nanci Griffith

[Chorus:] My new home is a shell-hole Filled with tears and muddy water And bits of broken heart All around there is desolation And scenes of devastation Of a love being torn apart I live on a battlefield

Tumble And Fall (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Your late night conversation Telephone call and an inspiration For a heart 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

Dress Of Laces Nanci Griffith

And she has a dress of laces It`s worn in many places The shoulder hangs upon her by a thread And she has a need for ahrin` For someone warm and carin` And no one sees a heart that`s underfed Young girl

Waiting For Love Nanci Griffith

grace Everyone I know From my dust bowl to the city Is waiting for love (love) To start another day They may be shy of heart Oh, their pockets may be empty Yet they are waiting for love (love) And that

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

Morning Song for Sally Nanci Griffith

As the morning light stretched in across my bed I thought of you Remembering your laughing eyes and all we said I love you too As all my thoughts of you pass `fore my face a thousand times The way they

Speed of the Sound of Loneliness Nanci Griffith

You`ve broken the speed of the sound of loneliness You`re out there runnin` Just to be on the run Well, I got a heart that burns with a fever And I got a worried and jealous mind Well how can a love That

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

Ford Econoline (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

And she's the salt of the earth, Straight from the bosom of the Mormon church, With a voice like wine, Cruising along in that Ford Econoline.

The Loving Kind Nanci Griffith

nineteen fifty eight They found love amongst the hate Well, the law said they could not wed They married anyway The sheriff put them both in jail Separated till they made their bail They changed the heart

Late Night Grande Hotel (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

is all I've ever known before [Chorus:] It's not the way you hold me when the sun goes down It's not the way you call my name that left me stranded on the ground It's not the way you say you hear my heart

Late Night Grande Hotel Nanci Griffith

leaving is all I've ever known before It's not the way you hold me when the sun goes down It's not the way you call my name that left me stranded on the ground It's not the way you'll say you'll hear my heart

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

From A Distance Nanci Griffith

blue and green And the snow-capped mountains white From a distance the ocean meets the stream And the eagle takes to flight From a distance there is harmony And it echoes through the land It's the voice of

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

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?

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?

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

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

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

The Streets Of Baltimore Nanci Griffith

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 of

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

Fields Of Summer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

And let it pass me by Like a fool I've missed the rain Cause I was crying [Chorus:] Then you are calling Call my heart awake from years of slumber And then I'm falling Like a child head over heel In fields

San Diego Serenade (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

needed the song I never saw the white line until I was leavin' you behind I never knew I needed you until I was caught up in a bind I never spoke "I love you," until I'd cursed you in vain I never felt my heart

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?

Big Blue Ball Of War Nanci Griffith

In 1914, this ball was at war It went from Belgium on through Ireland The Congo, then back home This big blue ball of war spun on it's own Spinning history in lines of blood When many souls fell off And

Wouldn't That Be Fine Nanci Griffith

If you could stand behind my eyes for just one day Could you see my heart beside you?

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

Walk Right Back Nanci Griffith

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 heart

I Wish It Would Rain (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

memory sparkle like diamonds When the diamonds fall they burn like tears When the diamonds fall they burn like tears Once I had a love from the Georgia Pans who only cared for me I want to find that love of

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

If Wishes Were Changes (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

loved him The way that I love you If wishes were changes I'd dry all his tears If wishes were changes I'd make him my anchor He'd be my Angel Who sang through the years [Chorus] So long to the blue days of

This Old Town Nanci Griffith

old town should`ve burned down 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

Hard Times Come Again No More Nanci Griffith

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 sigh of

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

From Clare To Here Nanci Griffith

too tired for writing It`s a long way 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 It almost breaks my heart

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

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

Back When Ted Loved Sylvia Nanci Griffith

fact, that was how they met He was a Yorkshire man in Cambridge She was from Massachusetts They spoke and they fell in love They kissed and picked daffodils She came across the ocean Just to bid her heart

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

Wall Of Death Nanci Griffith

Let me ride on the wall of death one more time Let me ride on the wall of death one more time You can waste your time on the other rides But this is the nearest to being alive Oh let me take my chances

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?

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