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

Morning Train Nanci Griffith

There`s a morning train Headed for New Orleans Carrying bussiness men and week day shoppers I have sixteen bucks and a dollar in change That`s not bad price for a one way ride On a morning train I give

The Streets Of Baltimore Nanci Griffith

tickets She had often begged me for And they took us to the streets of Baltimore Well my heart was filled with laughter When I saw those city lights She said the prettiest place on earth Was Baltimore at night

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

Everything's Comin' Up Roses Nanci Griffith

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 roses anyway Oh and everything`s

Try The Love Nanci Griffith

Before you marry, before you mend Or have someone`s children, long before then You could find something with somebody new Try the love I`m offering in my open arms Before you do We should have quarreled

Ten Degrees and Getting Colder Nanci Griffith

That he heard the lady listening To each word that he was saying To each line that he would write So he sat down at her table And they talked about the weather 98.6 and rising down by Boulder Dam that night

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?"

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

Dress Of Laces Nanci Griffith

And she has a dress of laces It`s worn in many places The shoulder hangs upon her by a thread And she has a need for ahrin` For someone warm and carin` And no one sees a heart that`s underfed Young girl

Speed of the Sound of Loneliness Nanci Griffith

You come home late And you come home early You come on big When you`re feelin` small You come home straight And you home curly Sometimes you just don`t come home at all So what in the world`s come over

Not My Way Home Nanci Griffith

become Yet, I know your path is clearer Shed of me, out there on your own I don`t intend to sound ungrateful You`ve given love when I had none My feet had tread upon the road you`re on And I know it`s

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

It`s a long and dusty road It`s a hot and heavy load And the folks I meet ain`t always kind Some are bad and some are good Some have done the best they could Some have tried to ease my trouble in mind

Who Knows Where The Time Goes Nanci Griffith

Across the evening sky All the birds are leaving But how can they know It`s time for them to go Before the winter fire I will still be dreaming I have no thought of time For who knows where the time goes

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

I`d sing out danger I`d sing out a warning I`d sing out love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land Well I got a hammer And I got a bell And I got a song to sing all over this land It`s

Wall Of Death Nanci Griffith

alive Oh let me take my chances on the wall of death You can go with the crazy people in the crooked house You can fly away on the rocket or spin in the mouse The tunnel of love might amuse you And Noah`s

I Still Miss Someone Nanci Griffith

little fun But I find a darkened corner Because I still miss someone Oh, I never get over those blue eyes I see them everywhere I miss those arms that held me When all the love was there I wonder if she`s

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

Walk Right Back Nanci Griffith

mine That gave you loving glances once before Changed to shades of cloudy gray I want so very much to see you Just like before I gotta know you`re comin` back to stay Please believe me when I say It`s

Canadian Whiskey Nanci Griffith

In the hills of Montana There`s a timber wolf howlin` The rangers are prowlin` For a woman alone She`d run away from an Indian lover He`ll never recover She turned him to stone She drank Canadian whiskey

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

I Fought The Law Nanci Griffith

the law won I fought the law and the law won I needed money and I had none I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the lawn won I left my baby and I feel so bad I guess my race is run She`s

I'll Move Along Nanci Griffith

time to move along I`m slow to move these feet of clay You passed me by now you`re in my way I take my change at my own damn pace I`ll move along one day I`ll move along time to move along come on let`s

Things I Don't Need Nanci Griffith

s not on the shelf Is my heart since it fell Picking it up is a thing that I never have done well True love always seems to fly by me. I wonder if it?s one of those things I don?

Late Night Grande Hotel Nanci Griffith

when the music ends I am just learning how to fly away again And maybe you were thinking that you thought you knew me well But no-one ever knows the heart of anyone else I feel like Garbo in this Late Night

Summer Wages Nanci Griffith

you And never leave your woman alone With your friends around to steal her She`ll be gambled and gone Like summer wages And we`ll keep rollin` on `Til we get to Vancouver And the woman that I love She`s

Two For The Road Nanci Griffith

twilight part And we`ve had the best light of our days We`re two rails that never crossed in anger Voices never raised Two of a kind heart Two for the road We have been blessed with dreaming You had Georgia`s

Comin' Down In The Rain Nanci Griffith

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`ll only come down in the rain Strung out and hung out to dry Laughin` under the line It`s

Across The Great Divide Nanci Griffith

one that happened so long ago : It's gone away in yesterday Now I find myself on the moutainside Where the rivers change direction Across the Great Divide Now, I hear the owl a-callin' Softly as the night

Are You Tired Of Me Darling Nanci Griffith

another wife Are you tired of me my darling Answer only with your eyes Do you think the blooms departed From the cheeks you thought so fair Do you think I`ve grown cold hearted Beneath the load of woman`s

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

When you are lonely in the night, how I hope you will recall you made this love a teardrop waiting to fall. No, I will not forgive you betraying trust between us, Though I will always care for you.

Late Night Grande Hotel (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

when the music ends I am just learning how to fly away again And maybe you were thinkin' that you thought you knew me well But, no one ever knows the heart of anyone else I feel like Garbo in this late night

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

Lost Him In The Sun Nanci Griffith

there's a jet flying somwhere Oh, we bought 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

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

The telephone is ringin' in the middle of the night And I pull the bed clothes higher Will it stop calling out if I turn on the light?

Love At The Five And Dime Nanci Griffith

to me Hey, it's closing 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

Fields Of Summer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I am fragile in the morning I grow stronger in the day I can sprint like a new spring doe By the fall of the night Love has chased me down Through the cities and the towns Until I stood beside the road

Roses On The 4th Of July Nanci Griffith

But his wedding band rests, On their bedside that night. He was a soldier in the Vietnam war. He lost half his right leg whilst daydreaming of her. She lit a candle each holy hour he was gone.

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

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

It's almost morning, and we've talked all night, You know we've made big plans for ten-year-olds, You and I. Have you met my new boy friend, Margaret?

Saint Teresa Of Avila Nanci Griffith

Saint Teresa, your patron child`s come home Were you there to greet her?

Morning Song for Sally Nanci Griffith

other nets But the love we held so brief I`d chance again without regret Yes, standing by the road has been my song before Much too long But now somehow I`m forced to see me there once more And that`s

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?

Nickel Dreams (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

dreams came alive [Chorus:] Now she wishes she looked like they tell her she looks all the time What she'd give just to feel like she tells them she's feelin' just fine All that money she makes every night

Love In A Memory (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Paul in '75 And men come to court her with roses and sweet wine Where hands cross the ivories from six until nine She sings away sorrow each night when she leaves him She goes home alone, She's not the

Heaven (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

who Never needs a disguise Then maybe I'll go to Heaven Heaven is in your eyes People 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

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 soul

Woman of the Phoenix Nanci Griffith

Well, I've listend tothe words you lovers speak The sound f the lover's song And I've dreamed all the dreams that a wayward girl dreams In a thousand places gone Dallas was my late night out Radcliffe's

Party Girl Nanci Griffith

And that's changing too Now she's barefoot and having babies She was a party girl Now the party's over Now her husband watches TV After working hard all day And she's crying into her pillow 'cause it's night

Lone Star State Of Mind Nanci Griffith

away And I'm not talk'n 'bout the miles And there 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