Three Flights Up Nanci Griffith

returned to that five room flat Now it was empty and this the last time Ther were blinking pictures Of how we'd sit and chat Some of them are scattered Others shattered in my mind Chorus: It was always three

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

The Loving Kind Nanci Griffith

remembered They proved that love is truly blind They were the loving kind The Loving's lived a quiet life In their Virginia home And while the case worked its way through the courts They brought three

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

But we'll still be the best of friends, The three of us, Margaret, John, and I. Let's go to New York City, Margaret!

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

Angels Nanci Griffith

The touch of your hand will let me know You take me in and let me go If not for love why would we meet How is it done two into one so easily We're lifted up by angels Higher than the world Strong enough

Things I Don't Need Nanci Griffith

ve filled up the shelf With things I don?t need that wear me down Things I don?t want but still keep around. I woke up today and I made up my mind From now on I?ll Leave all those things I don?

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

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

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

San Diego Serenade (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I never saw the morning 'til I stayed up all night I never saw the sunshine 'til you turned out the light I never saw my hometown 'til I'd stayed away too long I never heard the melody until I needed the

Last Train Home Nanci Griffith

By the Time I Get to Phoenix Was the last song on your mind the day you left You woke up in Nogales With Tequila with her name across your chest You've stumbled through the morning In these border tourists

Desperadoes Waiting For A Train Nanci Griffith

guts and dominoes Lying about their lives while they played And I was just a kid They all called me sidekick Like desperadoes waiting for a train Like desperadoes waiting for a train One day I looked up

Comin' Down In The Rain Nanci Griffith

the rain Strung out and hung out to dry Laughin` under the line It`s not such a dignified place But he really don`t mind He says with his feet on the ground He`d have nothin` to say Claims he likes it 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

Try The Love Nanci Griffith

last Try the love that took only a minute to grow It won`t die that fast Try the love that the keeper of the keys Told me one time was clearly not for me He`s not keepin` no more It`s the kind when held up

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

Night Rider's Lament Nanci Griffith

share You must`ve gone crazy out there They`ve never seen the northern lights Never seen a hawk on the wing Never seen the spring hit the Great Divide Oh, they never heard old Camp Cookie sing I read up

Ten Degrees and Getting Colder Nanci Griffith

He was standing by the highway With a sign that just said Mother When he heard a driver coming About a half a mile away So he held the sign up higher Where no decent soul could miss it It was ten degrees

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 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

Canadian Whiskey Nanci Griffith

Canadian whiskey Pure blended whiskey She drank it like wine Her eyes were the color of Canadian whiskey Pure blended whiskey So light brown and fine Twenty years later I heard of a woman She`s living alone Up

Lone Star State Of Mind Nanci Griffith

away And I was hoping as the credits rolled He'd make it back to her someday [Chorus] It's a thousand miles or more From here to your front door I'd be there tomorrow if I left today And I'd just pack up

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

I Wish It Would Rain (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

for me I want to find that love of 22 here at 33 I've got a heart on my right and one on my left And neither suits my needs No the one I love is way out west and he never will need me I'm gonna pack up

Hometown Streets (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

leave them The one I loved has moved away It's hot in this city Hey, it's always late Here in this place Love doesn't get the time of day [Chorus:] I can't remember What I came here for I'm gonna pull up

Wouldn't That Be Fine Nanci Griffith

I saw the weather change high up on the cap rock It is my sense of place you were my holiday If you could hold me now and brace these broken shoulders Wouldn`t that be trust wouldn`t that be roses Wouldn

Never Mind (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

before this night is through I better say I love you Or I'm gonna always wish that I had I first saw you pickin' oranges In Orlando All day you kept your ladder close To mine We froze in Georgia, burned up

Brave Companion Of The Road (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

you've gone crazier Than you ever thought you'd be When the lights go down And the dance floor is empty And the crowd is going home I will be waiting For my brave companion of the road Some days come up

Across America Nanci Griffith

good to know That hope's alive again Across America I spoke to folks in New Orleans With hammers in their hands There's a waitress in Missouri Who wants her own health plan And to the workers up

Lost Him In The Sun Nanci Griffith

I lost him in the sun I lost him in the sun Chorus Oh, I lost him in the sun Oh, I lost him in the sun Yeah I lost him in the sun Yeah I lost him in the sun Fire up your hearts cause the wind is getting

Love Conquers All Nanci Griffith

ran off one July evening All concerned said this one is anyone's guess Love conquers all Love conquers all And to all concerned you'll survive that fall 'Cause love conquers all She's a rest home bride up

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

You honk the horn on your Mercedes Benz I've rolled up my window so you're honkin' again Your stereo could drive the devil out Hey, you drink too much and you talk too loud But you think you got it made

Love At The Five And Dime Nanci Griffith

time And love's on sale Tonight at this five and dime verse: Eddie played the steel guitar And his mama cried 'cause he played in the bars And he kept young Rita out late at night Soon they married up

These Days In An Open Book Nanci Griffith

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 coming up

Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound Nanci Griffith

comes ringin` through And I`m goin` out to see him some old day If you see me passin` by And you sit and wonder why And you wish that you were a rambler,too Nail your shoes to the kitchen floor Lace `em up

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

He owned a hotel on Jersey shore She made her living seeing the sailors door to door He was a small Hawaiian with a crooked smile But he made her eyes light up like the heavens on the Fourth of July She

Trouble In The Fields Nanci Griffith

And then we'll work these crops with sweat and tears You'll be the mule I'll be the plow Come harvest time we'll work it out There's still a lot of love, here in these troubled fields There's a book up

Trouble In The Fields (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

And then we'll work these crops with sweat and tears You'll be the mule I'll be the plow Come harvest time we'll work it out There's still a lot of love, here in these troubled fields There's a book up

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

thigh And light on integrity Someone should have told her When beauty's all you offer How soon the world discovers That your beauty's gone Its gone Mother can't you hear your daughter crying Father wake up

I Live On A Battlefield Nanci Griffith

live on a battlefield I live on a battlefield Everything that can and has gone wrong ( I live on a battlefield ) It's gonna take spine to carry on ( I live on a battlefield ) Like a drownin' man comin' up

From Clare To Here Nanci Griffith

Four who shared this room and we caught up in the CRAIC Sleeping late on Sundays and we never got to Mass 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

Money Changes Everything Nanci Griffith

In the rush of the river and the roar of the crowd You can't hear the silence calling When it's merely a whisper of a cloud In a crazy storm that pulls you on Take a pill or you might take a loss A...

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...

Not Innocent Enough Nanci Griffith

What the hell was I doing there in that fast food parking lot? They say I robbed the restaurant and a Memphis cop got shot I was trying to feed my habit, I was scared and I was high It was never my...

Sing Nanci Griffith

I heard the music long ago, songs that rent the air Fading in and out at night while I was lying there Voices soft and lonely and later rock and roll Flying across the Rio Grande, straight into my ...

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...

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 in ...

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...