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I Fought The Law `Nanci Griffith`

Breakin` rocks in the hot sun I fought the law and 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

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

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`

(John Stewart) Any given day 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

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

If I had a hammer I`d hammer in the morning I`d hammer in the evening all over this land I`d hammer out danger I`d hammer out a warning I`d hammer out the love between my brothers and my sisters All over

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

Across The Great Divide `Nanci Griffith`

I've been walkin' in my sleep Countin' troubles 'stead of countin' sheep Where the years went I can't say I just turned around and they've gone away I've been siftin' through the layers Of dusty books

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

I am a backseat driver from America They drive to the left on Falls Road The man at the wheel's name is Seamus We pass a child on the corner he knows And Seamus says, "Now, what chance has that Kid got

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

If Wishes Were Changes (Album Version) `Nanci Griffith`

I wish that you loved me The way that I love you I wish I had Angels Who sang in my dreams If wishes were changes We'd all live in roses And there wouldn't be children Who cried in their sleep He wishes

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

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

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

Shaking Out The Snow `Nanci Griffith`

Snowing - through South Dakota I once drove With the wife of my best pal Who cloaks her heart from cold with gold It was well into the winter Of December in the cold Off to see Mount Rushmore staring through

Clock Without Hands `Nanci Griffith`

(Nanci Griffith) I am a clock without hands I'm walking through the midnights Counting all the moments Of the loves I've left behind Crying on the shoulders of the days I've not forgotten now I am frozen

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?

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

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

Last Song For Mother `Nanci Griffith`

"If I promise not to cry, Will you look me in the eye, And tell me that you've known me. I was your late, your lonely child, I am enhanced by all you've shown me.

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

Morning Song for Sally `Nanci Griffith`

As the morning light stretched in across my bed I thought of you Remembering your laughing eyes and all we said I love you too As all my thoughts of you pass `fore my face a thousand times The way they

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

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

Listen To The Radio (Album Version) `Nanci Griffith`

I am leaving Mississippi in the evening rain These Delta towns wear satin gowns In a high beamed frame Loretta Lynn guides my hands through the radio Where would I be in times like these Without the songs

I Wish It Would Rain (Album Version) `Nanci Griffith`

Oh I wish it would rain and wash my face clean I want to find some dark cloud to hide in here Oh love and a memory sparkle like diamonds When the diamonds fall they burn like tears When the diamonds fall

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

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

Boots Of Spanish Leather `Nanci Griffith`

Oh I'm sailing away, my own true love I'm sailing away in the morning Is there something I can send you from across the sea? From the place where I'll be landing?

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

Goin' Back To Georgia `Nanci Griffith`

Oh the city snow makes your brown eyes shine We've gotta look real hard to find a reason to cry New York, New York is a friend of the travelling kind And I'm coming around from years of hard times He's