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

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

Yarrington Town Nanci Griffith

I packed up my suitcase Pulled down my old bedroll And I started to wander Far from my home And the time it passed quickly And the days seemed to be hours Far from your city And Yarrington Town Well, I

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

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

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

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

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

You made this love a teardrop waiting to fall. There are those who can't love right. I just can't love wrong.

If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song) Nanci Griffith

If I had a hammer I`d hammer in the morning I`d hammer in the evening all over this land I`d hammer out danger I`d hammer out a warning I`d hammer out the love between my brothers and my sisters All over

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

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

Try The Love Nanci Griffith

Before you marry, before you mend Or have someone`s children, long 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

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

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

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 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

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

Rise To The Occasion Nanci Griffith

I'll never fall in love again It's such a contradiction To lose all control and common sense And even intuition You came along, with a strange new song And the sweetest innovation And you said, "One should

Maybe Tomorrow Nanci Griffith

I will find somebody new Maybe tomorrow I will stop this missing you Maybe tomorrow Time`s the healer time`s the key So all the wise folks say Oh, maybe tomorrow But not today Life will once again make

Wasn't That A Mighty Storm Nanci Griffith

1900 Children, many years ago Death cakme howling on the ocean Death calls, you got to go Now Galveston had a seawall To keep the water down, and a High tide from the coean Spread the water over the town

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

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?

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

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

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

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

Last Song For Mother Nanci Griffith

"If I promise not to cry, Will you look me in the eye, And tell me that you've known me. I was your late, your lonely child, I am enhanced by all you've shown me.

Never Mind (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

You say 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

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

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

Love Conquers All Nanci Griffith

She's a brown skin girl from El Paso City He's a sweet tempered soldier from Fort Bliss They ran off one July evening All concerned said this one is anyone's guess Love conquers all Love conquers all And

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

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?

From A Distance Nanci Griffith

songs of peace They're the songs of every man God is watching us, God is watching us God is watching us from a distance From a distance you look like my friend Even though we are at war From a distance I

You Were On My Mind Nanci Griffith

When I got up this morning You were on my mind You were on my mind I got some aches and I got some pains and I got some wounds to bind So I went to the corner Just to ease my pain Just to ease my pain

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

loud But you think you got it made Think you got it made Think you got it made When you're one blade shy of a sharp edge Republican is the way you vote You've got a sticker on your bumper that's how I

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

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

Waiting For Love Nanci Griffith

Tripping over your own feet He claims you still anyway Waiting for love God forgives your lack of grace Everyone I know From my dust bowl to the city Is waiting for love (love) To start another day They

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

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

Goin' Back To Georgia Nanci Griffith

real hard to find a reason to cry New York, New York is a friend of the travelling kind And I'm coming around from years of hard times He's chased me down through the towns and the miles Once stilled by love

Pour Me A Drink Nanci Griffith

Pour me a drink Light me a cigarette Help me forget The things that I've done Pour me a drink Then pour me another one To keep out this cold wind That blows through my soul Look at my life Here

The Ghost Inside Of Me Nanci Griffith

All the papers lie tonight But falling over you Is the news of the day Angels fall like rain And love, is all of heaven way Inside you the time moves and she don fade The ghost in you she don fade away

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

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

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

I Live On A Battlefield Nanci Griffith

"I live on a battlefield Surrounded by the ruins of a love we built And then destroyed between us, the smoke has cleared As I stumble through the rubble, I'm dazed and seein' double And I'm truly mystified

I Still Miss Someone Nanci Griffith

At my door the leaves are falling The cold wild wind will come Sweethearts walk by together And I still miss someone I go out on a party To look for a little fun But I find a darkened corner Because I