Never Mind (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

You say you're heading out to California You've heard the grapes are falling From the vine I was hoping you might have the Urge to write me But, I don't believe you will So never mind I was talking to

Hometown Streets (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Everybody packs their goals And sails away for better shores I have seen times My sails have held a brilliant shine I hear tell that dreams come true Along these crowded avenues But, my peace of mind Is

Heaven (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

won't be lies I think I'll go to heaven Heaven is in your eyes I think I'll go to Heaven I heard it's peaceful there They don't allow your troubles Everyone's had their share And if I can be someone who Never

Radio Fragile (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

We all said you'd never make it Cause you had that fragile heart And you were odd within the ways of the social You through a caution to us all And now when the late night drinkers gather for their falls

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

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?

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

Outbound Plane (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I don't wanna be standing here With this ticket for this outbound plane Oh, I've been here before Somehow this doesn't feel the same Talk is cheap So we could talk all night long And we may never figure

Beacon Street (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I never did feel lonely till I looked in the mirror and all I could see Was a little bit of you in the corner of an eye in need of a good night's sleep And all I need is to close my eyes to find my dreams

It's Too Late (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

You are in the sun And I am always in the shade [Chorus:] It's too late to leave you You know that I will never leave you It's too late to know you You don't like to be known You would never hold me I

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

Leaving The Harbor (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Or do they flow as one with your heartbeat With your voice and your mind? If you turn the light out in the hallway Will your shadow lose its way?

Love In A Memory (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

ivories from six until nine She sings away sorrow each night when she leaves him She goes home alone, She's not the marrying kind [Chorus:] Love is a memory that she'll always hold Cause love in a memory never

Nickel Dreams (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

A little girl dreamerRibbons and long curlsReflections of yesterdays pastHeadlines and footlightsWee hours and long nightsKeep everything moving so fastIt's taken a long timeAnd she's walked a fine...

Ford Econoline (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

She drove west from Salt Lake City to the California coastline.She hit the San Diego Freeway doing sixty miles an hour.She had a husband on her bumper, she had five restless children.And she was si...

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 I ...

Trouble In The Fields (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

had their hard times fifty years ago When they stood out in these empty fields in dust as deep as snow [Chorus:] And all this trouble in our fields If this rain can fall, these wounds can heal They'll never

Tumble And Fall (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Your late night conversationTelephone call and an inspirationFor a heart to recall, had a tumble and fallAnd my friends all say I'm lazyClumsy at love and I'm middle age crazyI stumble along with a...

I Knew Love (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I knew loveWhen it still meant foreverWhen a feeling shared didn't always have to hurtAnd a promise that was made would go unbrokenI knew loveWhen it was more than just a wordI knew a timeWhen hope...

Fields Of Summer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I am fragile in the morningI grow stronger in the dayI can sprint like a new spring doeBy the fall of the nightLove has chased me downThrough the cities and the townsUntil I stood beside the roadAn...

The Power Lines (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Nobody seems to care about youWith your tool case by the roadsideThere beneath the power linesOr the pallor of your skinPaled beneath fluorescent lightsIn a Greyhound station's cruel midnightWhere ...

Down 'N' Outer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I once was a lot like youWe share a dream I couldn't make come trueI was a child who wrote my nameAcross a frosted window paneAnd there are jobs that I might holdIf they'd just let me through the d...

I Wish It Would Rain (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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 and one on my left And neither suits my needs No the one I love is way out west and he never

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

There's never been two friends like you and me, Mary Margaret. It's nice to see you family growing, Margaret.

Sing One For Sister (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Summer Sunday evening, around the old home placeWell, I would play my guitar and sister sang alongSister's smile would always light up my Daddy's faceAnd when they'd get to dancing, well they'd dan...

If Wishes Were Changes (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I wish that you loved meThe way that I love youI wish I had AngelsWho sang in my dreamsIf wishes were changesWe'd all live in rosesAnd there wouldn't be childrenWho cried in their sleepHe wishes I ...

Listen To The Radio (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I am leaving Mississippi in the evening rainThese Delta towns wear satin gownsIn a high beamed frameLoretta Lynn guides my hands through the radioWhere would I be in times like theseWithout the son...

Late Night Grande Hotel (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I'm working on a morning flight to anywhere but hereI'm watching this evening fire burn away my tearsAll my life I've left my troubles by the doorLeavin' is all I've ever known before[Chorus:]It's ...

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

daughter crying Father wake up her youth is dying The kids are gone Husbands gone away And its a shame cause she had such a lovely face Can't you see she needed more than "Oh what a pretty child" You never

Let It Shine On Me (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

There's a star in Heaven's skyAlways shining brightIt's just a tear in an Angel's eyeA gentle guiding lightLet it shine on meLet it show the wayLet it always beLet it always stayLet it flood my sou...

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

You can cuss the daylights out of this pale winter moonAnd we can ponder every reason why your true love was untrueYou can cry your eyes out, I've got a shoulder here for youAnd every day your brok...

Brave Companion Of The Road (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Where are you going there?With your suitcase by the back porch stairsWith my heart in your handIn this cold December wind againThe cafes and bars are closedThe Christmas lights are veiled in snowTe...

It's Just Another Morning Here (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

The telephone is ringin' in the middle of the nightAnd I pull the bed clothes higherWill it stop calling out if I turn on the light?I'm afraid of these shadows hereCause my past is truly frightenin...

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

What've you got to say for yourself now, baby, now that I am leaving you, What have you got to lose?The truth you tried to keep from me, Well, it nearly drove me crazy, And I have grown weary from ...

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

I am a backseat driver from AmericaThey drive to the left on Falls RoadThe man at the wheel's name is SeamusWe pass a child on the corner he knowsAnd Seamus says, "Now, what chance has thatKid got?...

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

You honk the horn on your Mercedes BenzI've rolled up my window so you're honkin' againYour stereo could drive the devil outHey, you drink too much and you talk too loudBut you think you got it mad...

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

He owned a hotel on Jersey shoreShe made her living seeing the sailors door to doorHe was a small Hawaiian with a crooked smileBut he made her eyes light up like the heavens on the Fourth of JulySh...

Cotton Nanci Griffith

Makes no never to me. All the ballerina sees when her world's on fire, Is where she puts her feet. If she burns her toes, she'll just jump higher, Never skip a beat.

Things I Don't Need Nanci Griffith

I woke up today and I made up my mind From now on I?ll Leave all those things I don?t need behind The one thing that?

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

Roses On The 4th Of July Nanci Griffith

They're always white roses, she's never asked why. She still doesn't know where he goes, Thursday nights. But his wedding band rests, On their bedside that night.

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

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

Lone Star State Of Mind Nanci Griffith

ain't much I wouldn't give today Just to see one of your smiles [Chorus:] But here I sit alone in Denver Sipp'n the California wine And I've got all night to remember you I'm in a lone star state of mind

Comin' Down In The Rain Nanci Griffith

Flipped into the wind Like the ashes of her cigarette He got scattered thrown on the breeze 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

He Was A Friend Of Mine Nanci Griffith

He was a friend of mine He was a friend of mine Never had no money To pay for his fine He was a friend of mine He never done no wrong He never done no wrong Thousand miles from home He never hurt no one

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

Summer Wages Nanci Griffith

Never hit seventeen When you play against the dealer You know that the odds Won`t ride with you And never leave your woman alone With your friends around to steal her She`ll be gambled and gone Like summer

Rise To The Occasion Nanci Griffith

I'll never fall in love again It's such a contradiction To lose all control and common sense And even intuition You came along, with a strange new song And the sweetest innovation And you said, "One should

Two For The Road Nanci Griffith

babe we`re bound to `cause it takes two for the road We`re two of a kind heart Closing in the distances Now here comes our twilight part And we`ve had the best light of our days We`re two rails that never