Not My Way Home Nanci Griffith

know your kiss is sweeter Than the dust that this love has become Yet, I know your path is clearer Shed of me, out there on your own I don`t intend to sound ungrateful You`ve given love when I had none My

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

Late Night Grande Hotel Nanci Griffith

I'm working on a morning flight to 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

From Clare To Here Nanci Griffith

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 like a letter home but I`m too tired for writing It`s a long way from Clare

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

Late Night Grande Hotel (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I'm working on a morning flight to anywhere 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

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

Let It Shine On Me (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

There's a star in Heaven's sky Always shining bright It's just a tear in an Angel's eye A gentle guiding light Let it shine on me Let it show the way Let it always be Let it always stay Let it flood my

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

I Live On A Battlefield Nanci Griffith

on a battlefield I live on a battlefield The one where not one single drop of blood has spilled Is no less horrifying, sweet memories Of a bygone situation Now shattered, Lord and battered Lies scattered

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

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

Leaving The Harbor (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Do you bless the wave of the ocean Do you call your vessel home? As you leave the safest harbor Do you wonder where you'll go? When you feel your bough is breaking Do you call that harbor home?

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

Do Re Mi Nanci Griffith

well thousands of folks back east they say are leaving home most everyday they're beatin the hot old dusty way to the california line across the desert sands they roll gettin' outta that old dust bowl

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

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

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

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

The Power Lines (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

midnight Where you can't afford the ride Oh, the power lines They go from sea to sea They carry voices Love from him to me The power lines you fall beneath Are the rainbows you can't climb And you will not

Not Innocent Enough Nanci Griffith

My name is Philip Workman and I'm not innocent enough It's not a long walk from a trailer park to a Tennessee cell block But I got saved behind these bars, soon I'll give my soul to God Reverend Joe

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

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

Last Train Home Nanci Griffith

[Chorus] You missed the last train home The whistle blew and now she's gone West Texas dust beneath your nails You're hammered down the heartbreak trail And you've missed the last train home That whistle

Down 'N' Outer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I once was a lot like you We share a dream I couldn't make come true I was a child who wrote my name Across a frosted window pane And there are jobs that I might hold If they'd just let me through the

Goin' Back To Georgia Nanci Griffith

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 he was bound to roll on by (chorus) And if you feel my

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?

Waiting For Love Nanci Griffith

Life is full of finer things They`re lost and found in the dark It`s the dog by the highway Who said,"Goin` my way?"

Love In A Memory (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Paul in '75 And men come to court her with roses and sweet wine Where hands cross the ivories from six until nine She sings away sorrow each night when she leaves him She goes home alone, She's not the

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

Wasn't That A Mighty Storm Nanci Griffith

trumpets gave them waring You`d better leave this place Now, no one thoght of leaving `Til death stared them in the face And the trains they all were loaded The people were all leaving town The trestle gave way

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.

Little Love Affairs (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

When I wake in the night and find That I'm dreaming You're the first thought in mind Love's a fair weather friend when You're lonely You are my summer state of mind Does it sing to you nightly?

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

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

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

Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos) Nanci Griffith

all their wages To wade back again Goodbye to you Juan, goodbye Rosalita Adios mis amigos, Jesus and Maria You won`t have a name When you ride the big airplane All they will call you Will be deportee My

Lost Him In The Sun Nanci Griffith

I never heard him go and then he never said goodbye I've learned to love the night cause the light's gonna get ya Right between the eyes in the morning like a gun And reaching out your hand and he's not

Tecumseh Valley Nanci Griffith

walked beside her She came to Spencer Across the hill She said he Pa had sent her 'Cause the coal was low And soon the snow Would turn the skies to winter She said she's come To look for work She was not

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

Tell Me How Nanci Griffith

from me Don't you know that I love you Let me show why; I'm true blue When I know a love is true Don't keep your love for me If you would say to me today The time for love is now Could I sway your love my

Back When Ted Loved Sylvia Nanci Griffith

daffodils She came across the ocean Just to bid her heart goodbye The hawk next to his goddess They were glorious to see Back when Ted loved Sylvia Close friends disapproved Said they ought to wait They did not

Cotton Nanci Griffith

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? Are you weak or are you strong? Makes no never to me.

Who Knows Where The Time Goes Nanci Griffith

thought of time For who knows where the time goes Who knows where the time goes Sad deserted shore Your fickle friends are leaving Ah, but then you know It`s time for them to go I will still be here I have not

Lone Star State Of Mind Nanci Griffith

Your phone call took my by surprise Gee, it's been a long, long time Since those hot and humid Texas nights When we went swimm'n in the tide Corpus Christi seems so far away And I'm not talk'n 'bout the

Fields Of Summer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

night Love has chased me down Through the cities and the towns Until I stood beside the road 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

There's A Light Beyond These Woods (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Have you met my new boy friend, Margaret? His name is John, and he rides my bus to school, And he holds my hand. He's fourteen, he's my older man.

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

Comin' Down In The Rain Nanci Griffith

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 in the rain Strung out and hung out to dry Laughin` under the line It`s not

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