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

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

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

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

heart's gonna turn a lighter shade of blue [Chorus:] Cause anyone can be somebody's fool Oh look at me, I once was a fool for you So you know it's true Anyone can be somebody's fool Down in this lonely town

Sing One For Sister (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

old guitar I've no place to call my own Mamma and Papa have passed away and sister has settled down Now you ran off and left me to live here all alone So I will sing these sad old songs as I am leaving town

I Wish It Would Rain (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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 my two-step shoes and head for the Gulf Coast plains I want to walk the streets of my own home town

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

One Of These Days Nanci Griffith

watch the skaters go 'round and around we could talk about leavin' this town some other day And I suppose we look like natives here... this middle aged couple with silver hair and on cold winter nights

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Everything's Comin' Up Roses Nanci Griffith

This life is filled with wonderThis life is full of days not spentOh I cannot help but ponderWhat relevance that lendsOh but everything is comin` up rosesAnd when I`m pushing daisiesThey`ll want ro...

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 ...

Maybe Tomorrow Nanci Griffith

I will find somebody newMaybe tomorrowI will stop this missing youMaybe tomorrowTime`s the healer time`s the keySo all the wise folks sayOh, maybe tomorrowBut not todayLife will once again make sen...

Waiting For Love Nanci Griffith

Life is full of finer thingsThey`re lost and found in the darkIt`s the dog by the highwayWho said,"Goin` my way?"Now, he lives in your own backyardHe was waiting for loveYou came along and fit the ...

I'll Move Along Nanci Griffith

This flesh and bone ain`t much protectionFor an honest heart like mineA broken home for good intentionsDamaged inventions of my designI`ll move along time to move alongI`ll move along time to move ...

Morning Train Nanci Griffith

There`s a morning trainHeaded for New OrleansCarrying bussiness men and week day shoppersI have sixteen bucks and a dollar in changeThat`s not bad price for a one way rideOn a morning trainI give y...

Wall Of Death Nanci Griffith

Let me ride on the wall of death one more timeLet me ride on the wall of death one more timeYou can waste your time on the other ridesBut this is the nearest to being aliveOh let me take my chances...

Who Knows Where The Time Goes Nanci Griffith

Across the evening skyAll the birds are leavingBut how can they knowIt`s time for them to goBefore the winter fireI will still be dreamingI have no thought of timeFor who knows where the time goesW...

You Were On My Mind Nanci Griffith

When I got up this morningYou were on my mindYou were on my mindI got some aches andI got some pains andI got some wounds to bindSo I went to the cornerJust to ease my painJust to ease my painI got...

Walk Right Back Nanci Griffith

I want you to tell meWhy you walked out on meI`m so lonesome everydayI want you to knowThat since you walked out on meNothing seems to be the same ole wayThink about the love that burnsWithin my he...

Canadian Whiskey Nanci Griffith

In the hills of MontanaThere`s a timber wolf howlin`The rangers are prowlin`For a woman aloneShe`d run away from an Indian loverHe`ll never recoverShe turned him to stoneShe drank Canadian whiskeyP...

Desperadoes Waiting For A Train Nanci Griffith

(Guy Clark)And I'd play the red river valleyAnd he'd sit in the kitchen and he'd cryAnd run his fingersThrough seventy years of livingAnd wonder, Lord, has every well I've drilled gone dryWe were f...

Wings Of A Dove Nanci Griffith

chorus-On the wings of a snow white doveHe sends his pure sweet loveA sign from abouve- a sign from aboveOn the wings of a dove.When trouble surrounds usWhen evil's comeThe body grows weakThe spiri...

Dress Of Laces Nanci Griffith

And she has a dress of lacesIt`s worn in many placesThe shoulder hangs upon her by a threadAnd she has a need for ahrin`For someone warm and carin`And no one sees a heart that`s underfedYoung girl ...

Summer Wages Nanci Griffith

Never hit seventeenWhen you play against the dealerYou know that the oddsWon`t ride with youAnd never leave your woman aloneWith your friends around to steal herShe`ll be gambled and goneLike summe...

He Was A Friend Of Mine Nanci Griffith

He was a friend of mineHe was a friend of mineNever had no moneyTo pay for his fineHe was a friend of mineHe never done no wrongHe never done no wrongThousand miles from homeHe never hurt no oneHe ...

Hard Times Come Again No More Nanci Griffith

Let us pause in life`s pleasures and count its many tearsWhile we all sup sorrow with the poorThere`s a song that will linger forever in our ears;Oh, hard times come again no more`Tis the song, the...

Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos) Nanci Griffith

The crops are all inAnd the peaches are rottingThe oranges are stackedIn their Creosote dumpsThey`re flying them backTo that Mexico borderTo pay all their wagesTo wade back againGoodbye to you Juan...

I Still Miss Someone Nanci Griffith

At my door the leaves are fallingThe cold wild wind will comeSweethearts walk by togetherAnd I still miss someoneI go out on a partyTo look for a little funBut I find a darkened cornerBecause I sti...

Try The Love Nanci Griffith

Before you marry, before you mendOr have someone`s children, long before thenYou could find something with somebody newTry the love I`m offering in my open armsBefore you doWe should have quarreled...

The Streets Of Baltimore Nanci Griffith

I sold the farm to take me womanWhere she longed to beWe left our kin and all our friendsBack there in TennesseeI bought the one way ticketsShe had often begged me forAnd they took us to the street...

Darcy Farrow Nanci Griffith

Where the Walker runs down into the Carson Valley plainThere lived a young maiden Darcy Farrow was her nameThe daughter of old Dundee and a fair one was sheThe sweetest flower that bloomed o`er the...

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

If I had a hammerI`d hammer in the morningI`d hammer in the evening all over this landI`d hammer out dangerI`d hammer out a warningI`d hammer out the love between my brothers and my sistersAll over...

Trouble In The Fields Nanci Griffith

"Baby I know that we've got trouble in the fieldsWhen the bankers swarm like locust out there turning away our yieldThe trains roll by our silos, silver in the rainThey leave our pockets full of no...

The Wing And The Wheel Nanci Griffith

The wing and the wheel now they carry things awayWhether it's me that does the leavin' or that love that flies awayMoon outside my window looks so lonely tonightThere's a chunk out of it's middleIt...

These Days In An Open Book Nanci Griffith

Shut it down and call this road a dayAnd put this silence in my heart in a better placeI have travelled with your ghost now so many yearsThat I see you in the shadowsIn hotel rooms and headlightsYo...

Love At The Five And Dime Nanci Griffith

Love at the Five and DimeRita was sixteen yearsHazel eyes and chestnut hairShe made the Woolworth counter shineAnd Eddie was a sweet romancerAnd a darn good dancerAnd they waltzed the aisles of the...