Walk Right Back Nanci Griffith

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 for you The good times we had Before you went away, oh me Walk

Outbound Plane (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

And I don't really care who's to blame 'Cause if love won't fly on it's own Free will It's gonna catch that outbound plane The old folks say That love's not forever anymore Because these young people walk

I Wish It Would Rain (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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 22 here at 33 I've got a heart on my right

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

Armstrong Nanci Griffith

(John Stewart) Black boy in Chicago Playing in the street Not near enough to wear Not near enough to eat Don't you know he saw it He saw a man named Armstrong Walk upon the moon Young girl in Calcutta

Still Life Nanci Griffith

change the situation It's still life, but it's broken It's still life, when it's torn It's still life that you're walking On and on and on and on and on It's always someone else's fault You're always right

I Would Change My Life (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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 I would make it right

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

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

If Wishes Were Changes (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

anchor He'd be my Angel Who sang through the years [Chorus] So long to the blue days of wishing If wishes were changes There'd be no goodbyes So long to the heart I have given 'Cause wishing won't bring back

Goin' Back To Georgia Nanci Griffith

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 love won't leave you And if your sorrow has been your share If you are travelling back

You Were On My Mind Nanci Griffith

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 in my shoes Way down in my shoes I got to move on I got to travel I got to walk

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

the true love that you've lost It's gonna take a little time before your emptiness grows old And underneath that silver frost you've still got a heart of gold Maybe when this winter's over You're gonna walk

Saint Teresa Of Avila Nanci Griffith

Did your angels know her songs And all her sorrows Did you lift them from her brow Did you kiss her hand that took her soul Back up to you Our Patron saint of harmony and vow Help me in this stillness

Back When Ted Loved Sylvia Nanci Griffith

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 goodbye The hawk next to his goddess They were glorious to see Back

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

Roses On The 4th Of July Nanci Griffith

He lost half his right leg whilst daydreaming of her. She lit a candle each holy hour he was gone. ""You Were On My Mind"" Was their favorite song. Love is a mystery, from birth 'til we die.

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

songs and Monroe hair She sure could turn the boys heads to stare 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

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

There are those who can't love right. I just can't love wrong. When you are lonely in the night, how I hope you will recall you made this love a teardrop waiting to fall.

Comin' Down In The Rain Nanci Griffith

come down in the rain Comin` down in the rain Washin` outta the sky Loaded down with the pain There just ain`t no way to fly You can read him as clear As the wall where he once wrote his name It was right

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?

Boots Of Spanish Leather Nanci Griffith

There's nothing you can send me, my own true love There's nothing I'm wishing to be owning Just carry yourself back to me unspoiled From across that lonesome ocean Oh, but I just thought you might want

Ten Degrees and Getting Colder Nanci Griffith

in Milwaukee Though he never was that famous He was just a road musician To the taverns he would go Singing songs about the ramblin` The lovin` girls and gamblin` How the world fell on his shoulders Back

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

Where Would I Be Nanci Griffith

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 you Where would I turn To find the truth I need I could never go back

Heart Of Indochine Nanci Griffith

the Saigon River At peace in Indochina I am in a caffe in Ho Chi Minn City My friend Bobby Muller is sitting with me This traffic is maddening In his wheelchair he's napping I wonder at times, does he walk

Love At The Five And Dime Nanci Griffith

they married up in Abelene Lost a child in Tennessee But still that love survived One of the boys in Eddie's band Took a shine to Rita's hand So , Eddie ran off with the bass man's wife Oh, but he was back

So Long Ago (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

My daddy sent me on to Baton Rouge in 1969 He said our love was like a forest fire and he'd end it with a mind So you rode with us to Temple, Texas where I did catch the train And I remember waving back

Tumble And Fall (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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 a tumble and fall Or maybe I'll come to my senses Or come back

1937 Pre-War Kimball Nanci Griffith

(Nanci Griffith) Oh, it sat in this corner for many a year Through fireside parties, of tears and cheers The hands of James Hooker flew over its keys And God know who who else 'fore it came to me When

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

Desperadoes Waiting For A Train Nanci Griffith

drunk to And he'd wink and give me money for the girld And our lives were like some old western movie Like desperadoes waiting for a train Like desperadoes waiting for a train From the time that I could walk

This Old Town Nanci Griffith

In the dust bowl of the Mother land There must be rock beneath this sand Oh, I`ll be damned This town still stands This old town should`ve burned down in 1944 When the last men went to war They came back

Night Rider's Lament Nanci Griffith

While I was out a-ridin` The graveyard shift midnight till dawn The moon was as bright as a reading light For a letter from an old friend back home He asked me Why do you ride for your money?

Mountain Of Sorrow Nanci Griffith

짝steep What you see, the new me Changing right before your eyes Like a leaf on a tree Letting go before she flies And it's just one more sorrow To throw upon the heap Mountain of sorrow창?

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

Nickel Dreams (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

money she makes every night ain't as much as it seems Cause it's a dollar a wrinkle and less than a nickel a dream Well, her heart may be breaking But she keeps on taking what she thought she wanted back

Heaven (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

peaceful there They don't allow your troubles Everyone's had their share And if I can be someone who Never needs a disguise Then maybe I'll go to Heaven Heaven is in your eyes People in Heaven never look back

Down 'N' Outer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I don't live Across the water Hey, I live right here On this corner Just a bank account away from America I won't hurt your family I don't want a house there on your street And I know you think that I'm

Lone Star State Of Mind Nanci Griffith

And I've got all night to remember you I'm in a lone star state of mind I just saw John Wayne on the Late, Late Show Save the girl and ride away And I was hoping as the credits rolled He'd make it back

Hometown Streets (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

mind Is a place I go when I close my eyes [Chorus:] I need a hometown street where the boys are pretty And a friend is still a friend I need a hometown street where the love you're given Surely comes back

Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos) Nanci Griffith

The crops are all in And the peaches are rotting The oranges are stacked In their Creosote dumps They`re flying them back To that Mexico border To pay all their wages To wade back again Goodbye to you

Lost Him In The Sun Nanci Griffith

a ticket and vanished in the sky And how was I to know he was leaving in the morning 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

Yarrington Town Nanci Griffith

as I`d stay And I even saw lightning Touch a stone in the mine field Could not touch the lightning In Yarrington Town So I packed up my suitcase I pulled out my old bedroll And I started to wander On back

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

Listen To The Radio (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

the radio I left a handsome two stepped good ole boy in Tennessee Now, he's sittin' on the sofa, lookin' for his supper, Wonderin' what's become of me I've got a double-o-eighteen Martin guitar in the Back

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

They say she made more money than you and I will ever see [Chorus:] Cause love was a magnet on the Jersey shore If you were looking for love boys, you could have found it in '44 Cause love wore a halo back

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

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

Tecumseh Valley Nanci Griffith

She'd turn those hands to labor But the times were hard Lord The jobs were few All through Tecumseh Valley But she asked around And a job she found Tending bar at Gypsy Sally's She saved enough to get back