Simple Life Nanci Griffith

[Chorus:] I want a simple life Like my mother One true love for my older years I don't want your wars To take my children I want a simple life... while I'm here The sun and moon walk hand in hand together

Little Love Affairs (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

It's simple, it comes, and it grows on It's own Does it sing to you nightly? Does it lay down beside you? Does it make you hear songs On the radio?

Heaven (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

in Heaven never look back Higher and higher The past fades to black I think I'll go to heaven I'll sail on into the night I'll watch as I set my soul free Watch as my heart takes flight Maybe I am too simple

Still Life Nanci Griffith

You walked the line All your life You never thought you'd have to change it You're always there to give advice You never thought you'd have to take it It's still life, but it's broken It's still life,

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

[Chorus:] It's a hard life It's a hard life It's a very hard life It's a hard life wherever you go If we poison our children with hatred Then, the hard life is all that they'll know And there ain't

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

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

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

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?"

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

These Days In An Open Book Nanci Griffith

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 coming up beside me Whether it's day or night These days my life

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

Up Against the Rain Nanci Griffith

You ran up against the rain everyday of your short life Suffered for your muse without complaining Never heard you swear life isn't fair but it doesn't make it right You left the world knowing all too

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 Nanci Griffith

the Rio Grande, straight into my soul Trying to find a reason, trying to find that rhyme Rolling with the river trying to keep time And in the end I wouldn't change a thing, I'd sing Music is the life

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

Party Girl Nanci Griffith

she's barefoot and having babies She was a party girl Now the party's over She can't cry to mama She can't go home to daddy any more They both tried to warn her she was throwing away her sweet young life

I Knew Love (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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 was all you needed And if you cared you found a way to make things work When life

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

Old Hanoi Nanci Griffith

grew wings and they've flown away And in the words of Graham Greene Like the Quiet American Who's searching these sacred streets For old Hanoi And in all of these sacred things That I've been blessed in life

Things I Don't Need Nanci Griffith

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?ve filled up the shelf With things I don?t need that wear me down Things I don?

The Loving Kind Nanci Griffith

in the land Their union would lawfully stand Simply Mildred and Richard That's how they'll be remembered They proved that love is truly blind They were the loving kind The Loving's lived a quiet life

Money Changes Everything Nanci Griffith

heavens smile upon you Make a bundle and you're blown away To a different game and the rules all change Leave a husband or trade a wife You're in the bigger picture now Take a country or take a life

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

Love Conquers All Nanci Griffith

white though she's wheel chair bound Love conquers all Love conquers all And to all concerned you'll survive that fall 'Cause love conquers all Whether you're young or old Near or far, down the road of life

Back When Ted Loved Sylvia Nanci Griffith

goddess They were glorious to see Back when Ted loved Sylvia Close friends disapproved Said they ought to wait They did not care with all that said And married none the less They traveled and they taught A life

So Long Ago (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

you And you were running from me in the rain down on Congress Avenue Now I saw you once in a crowded bar and it was Christmas time I was frightened by the thunder of our hearts in '69 Because I live my life

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

Beautiful Nanci Griffith

me You were a father to this lonely child though we are not related You taught me how to write these notes upon a page You were a soldier for your country in two of our wars You played piano all your life

Roses On The 4th Of July Nanci Griffith

He's the hands of a draughtsman, he's built a good life, She works for a season during IRS time. Two children they've had though their boy has now died.

Shaking Out The Snow Nanci Griffith

me locked the doors A four year old in a swim suit and brand new plastic skates Out into the snow to catch this cold I cannot shake Snowing - yeah, it snows in Tennessee The place where I now make my life

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

I Love This Town Nanci Griffith

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 in it People here are large as life

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

I have loved you half my life, and when I give my heart again, I know that I'll remember love is but a fragile flame and trust just fuels the fire.

Morning Train Nanci Griffith

thing The whistles blowin` clear and loud When I hit the station I`ll take a taxi to the corner I`m gonna meet him by a street car Name of what-cha-ma-call-it My imagination Won`t let us miss a thing Life

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

Not Innocent Enough Nanci Griffith

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 is praying for me and the family left behind They say my bullet took his life

Dress Of Laces Nanci Griffith

the mother comes home a drinkin` With a sailor who`s a tinkin` out loud That he might stay with them awhile So she loads her mother`s pistol And she shoots him as he whistles A song about a sailor`s life

Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos) Nanci Griffith

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 father`s own father He waded that river They took all the money He made in his life

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 drea...

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? Are you we...

Across America Nanci Griffith

I've heard enough from pundits I've heard our leaders speak I tell you know I'd rather talk to the people in the street 'Cause you don't know someone Until you've looked them in the eye And that ga...

Tequila After Midnight Nanci Griffith

Tequila after midnight drives loneliness away Makes strangers all around you look familiar And tequila after midnight makes you feel so warm Makes you think you feel good when you don't It's the sa...

Across The Great Divide Nanci Griffith

I've been walkin' in my sleepCountin' troubles 'stead of countin' sheepWhere the years went I can't sayI just turned around and they've gone awayI've been siftin' through the layersOf dusty books a...

Two For The Road Nanci Griffith

Out of the blue horizonStretched a band of goldFrom the straits of Juan de FucaTo the east of Portland, MaineYou held my handAs we raced along the buffalo bayouChasing the tail of this globeYou say...

Wouldn't That Be Fine Nanci Griffith

If you could stand behind my eyes for just one dayCould you see my heart beside you?If you knew my love had never flown awayWould I be missing you wouldn`t that be rosesWouldn`t that be fineIf I co...

I Live On A Battlefield Nanci Griffith

"I live on a battlefieldSurrounded by the ruins of a love we builtAnd then destroyed between us, the smoke has clearedAs I stumble through the rubble, I'm dazed and seein' double And I'm truly myst...

Saint Teresa Of Avila Nanci Griffith

Saint Teresa, your patron child`s come homeWere you there to greet her?Did your angels know her songsAnd all her sorrowsDid you lift them from her browDid you kiss her hand that took her soulBack u...

Gulf Coast Highway Nanci Griffith

"Gulf Coast HighwayHe worked the railsHe worked the rice fieldsWith their cool dark wellsHe worked the oil rigs in theGulf of MexicoThe only thing we've ever ownedIs this old house here by the road...

I Fought The Law Nanci Griffith

Breakin` rocks in the hot sunI fought the law and the law wonI fought the law and the law wonI needed money and I had noneI fought the law and the law wonI fought the law and the lawn wonI left my ...