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from Nanci Griffith - Other Voices Too (1998)
(Sylvia Fricker)
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 I got drunk and I got sick and I came home again Well I woke up this morning You were on my mind And you were on my mind I got troubles I got worries I got wounds to bind I got a feeling down in my shoes Way down in my shoes I got to move on I got to travel I got to walk away my blues 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 |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Complete Mca Studio Recordings (2006)
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 sleepless nights of you. Is that a broken heart in the corner of your eye, Something to remind you? You made this love a teardrop waiting to fall. There are those who can't love right. I just can't love wrong. 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. I have loved you half my life, and when I give my heart again, I know that I'll remember love is but a fragile flame and trust just fuels the fire. When I think of all the years your love has taken from me, I can't believe I'm leaving you. You made this love a teardrop waiting to fall. There are those who can't love right. I just can't love wrong. When you are lonely in the night, How I hope you will recall you made this love a teardrop waiting to fall. You made this love a teardrop waiting to fall. There are those who can't love right. I just can't love wrong. When you are lonely in the night, How I hope you will recall you made this love a teardrop waiting to fall. |
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from Nanci Griffith - Poet In My Window (1982)
So much silence to my hometown streets
Gonna put my cheek to the window and watch it sleep Where the shadow's fall from sycamore trees Fight off this north wind and I'll be headin' back east Let the Colorado River roll on the sea I will be crossing it in changes This 'ole town never did really care that much for me I don't know why I always come here in my dreams It's the hardest to hold but it's the easiest to find If you'll slip for the dollar I'll fall in the wine But you cannot save your past for today It will leave you cold on an outbound train Let the Colorado River roll on the sea I will be crossing it in changes This 'ole town never did really care that much for me I don't know why I always come here in my dreams Folded memories in my soul It's that old blue line that you can never go back home So I'm waiting for the moon to rise He'll kiss my tears away and set my heart in line Let the Colorado River roll on the sea I will be crossing it in changes This 'ole town never did really care that much for me I don't know why I always come here in my dreams Let the Colorado River roll on to the sea I will be crossing it in changes This 'ole town never did really care that much for me I only come here to remember my dreams Sleep tight Hill Country town Goodnight |
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from Nanci Griffith - Once In A Very Blue Moon (2002)
I truly need ... a year down in New Orleans,
the hum of a southern drawl that I could understand And should you meet ... my sweetheart in New Orleans kindly pass my heart into the safety of his hands I remember clover ... in the fields south of New Orleans and we ran so blindly through the fields of summer cane Now when I'm lonely ... I send my heart down to New Orleans to chase my memories alone down through my dreams How I miss the clarity I left there in my youth Will there be another heart who can endure my solitude? His roses grow ... so lovely in New Orleans their petals do recall the mysteries in his eyes Now, should you go ... to that garden in New Orleans kindly tend a rose beside his heart for me ... and sigh |
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from Nanci Griffith - Other Voices Too (1998)
(Mickie Merkens)
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 wandered through the midnights Of sea-bordered bar lights And I wandered through the forests As deep as the sea But I never got lonesome Until I'd hear a sad song One to remind me of Yarrington Town Well, I followed a miner To his home in the North woods And he promised to love me As long as I'd stay And I even saw lightning Touch a stone in the mine field Could not touch the lightning In Yarrington Town So I packed up my suitcase I pulled out my old bedroll And I started to wander On back to my home And the time it passed slowly And the days seemed to be years Far from your city And Yarrington Town I'm going home to your city And Yarrington Town |
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from Nanci Griffith - Blue Roses From The Moons (1997)
If you could stand behind my eyes for just one day
Could you see my heart beside you? If you knew my love had never flown away Would I be missing you ... wouldn't that be roses Wouldn't that be fine If I could wash away all these years with language Could this naked love survive the light of day If I could be the one who walked away Would you be missing me ... wouldn't that be roses Wouldn't that be fine? 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't that be fine? If I could turn your head with the round of my pen Leaving all we've said ... behind us If I could roll these dice and finally loose my anger Wouldn't that be love ... wouldn't that be roses Wouldn't that be fine? |
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from Nanci Griffith - Poet In My Window (1982)
It's a southern road west of New Orleans
I'm fightin' off a cold from these winter rounds Houston She's just around the corner But I think I'll stop off here in Lafayette Lord and have me another round I've been workin' in corners all alone at night Pullin' down whiskey Keepin' my eyes away from the lights I'll never be a fool but I will gamble foolishly I've never let go of love till I lost it in my dreams I don't want to go to sleep 'Cause I just might dream I'm stronger now, there was a man in my hometown He sang so pretty I'm glad he turned my head around But I'd forgotten how to play a one night stand Lord I didn't have a word to say Just holdin' that stranger's hand I've been workin' in corners all alone at night Pullin' down whiskey Keepin' my eyes away from the lights I'll never be a fool but I will gamble foolishly I've never let go of love till I lost it in my dreams I don't want to go to sleep 'Cause I just might dream These city streets at five in the mornin' I would've stopped to phone you but I'm almost home At my back door there's a porch light that's shinin' I just don't mind livin' here by myself If I leave it on I've been workin' in corners all alone at night Pullin' down whiskey Keepin' my eyes away from the lights I'll never be a fool but I will gamble foolishly I've never let go of love till I lost it in my dreams I don't want to go to sleep 'Cause I just might dream I don't want to go to sleep 'Cause I just might dream Don't want to go to sleep You know I sure can dream And I sure can dream Sure can dream |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Complete Mca Studio Recordings (2006)
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 don't have a wooden heart There's no strings upon this love of mine It was always you from the start Treat me nice Treat me good Treat me like you really should 'Cause I'm not made of wood And I don't have a wooden heart Muss i denn, muss i denn Zum Stadtele hinaus Stadtele hinaus Und du, mein Schatz, bleibst hier? There's no strings upon this love of mine It was always you from the start Sei mir gut Sei mir gut Sei mir wie du wirklich sollst Wie du wirklich sollst 'Cause I don't have a wooden heart |
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from Nanci Griffith - Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
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 served to roust me out And Houston lay like Cleavland with the color removed And all I ever wanted Was to wander and be wooed Like a Woman of the Phoenix A welcomed Waterloo I've seen the sun blaze the breast of the countryside I've seen her huddled in a winter freeze And I've run cross paths of a thousand lives Among the cactus and the white birch trees Avloc ran a waterfront bar Vito, he was the king of theives And Michael was a rock 'n roll hood from the Odessa plains Now, all of them were my kind Wild and damn near free But, a Woman of the Phoenix is the medicine they need |
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from Nanci Griffith - Other Voices Too (1998)
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On the wings of a snow white dove He sends his pure sweet love A sign from abouve- a sign from above On the wings of a dove. When trouble surrounds us When evil's come The body grows weak The spirit grows strong When these things beset us He doesn't forget us He sends down his love - sends down his love On the wings of a dove chorus When noah had drifted On the flood many days He searched for land In various ways Troubles he had some But wasn't forgotten He sent down his love - sent down his love On the wings of a dove chorus 2x |
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from Nanci Griffith - Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
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from Nanci Griffith - Other Voices Too (1998)
(Sandy Denny)
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 Who knows where the time goes Sad deserted shore Your fickle friends are leaving Ah, but then you know It's time for them to go I will still be here I have not thought of leaving I have no thought of time For who knows where the time goes Who knows where the time goes And I am not alone While my love is near me I know it will be so Until it's time to go So come the storms of winter And then the birds in spring again I have no fear of time For who knows how my love grows And who knows where the time goes |
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from Nanci Griffith - Winter Marquee (2005)
I'm headed out on that highway
Listenin' to them big trucks whine I'm headed out on that highway Listenin' to them big trucks whine White Freight Liner Won't you steal away my mind New Mexico ain't bad Lord People there they treat you fine New Mexico ain't bad Lord People there they treat you fine That old White Freight Liner Gonna steal away my mind If you see Miss Caroline Won't you tell her that I'm doin' fine If you see Miss Caroline Won't you tell her that I'm doin' fine That old White Freight Liner Can't haul away my mind I got bad news from Houston Half my friends have died I got bad news from Houston Half my friends have died White Freight Liner Gonna steal away my mind Lord I'm gonna ramble 'til I get back from where I came Lord I'm gonna ramble ‘til I get back from where I came That old White Freight Liner Gonna haul away my brain I'm headed out on the highway Listenin' to them big trucks whine Headed out on the highway Listenin' to them big trucks whine White Freight Liner Steal away my mind |
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from Nanci Griffith - Clock Without Hands (2001)
(Paul Carrack)
Tell me where Would I be now without you Without an angel Watching out for me Took a long, long time For me to realize All my faith in you Was so justified Tell me where Would I be without you Where would I turn To find the truth I need I could never go back To where I used to be I've got so used to having All the love you give to me Tell me where Would I be without you now And every time I stumble or fall I call your name and you'll be there Or if I should fly too high I know your love will reach me anywhere I could never go back To where I used to be I've got so used to having All the love you give to me Tell me where Would I be now without you Would I be lost Just drifting out to sea If I could start all over I wouldn't change a thing 'Cause I know you'll always Be there through thick and thin Tell me where Would I be without you now |
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from Nanci Griffith - Poet In My Window (1982)
He took a plane to New York City
To chase his fortune on the Wall Street plan Now he is stranded in Manhattan Yet the Southeast Texas coast still calls his name He said come on wheels, give up a ticket Hello thunder, won't you roll him home Oh a needle and thread could mend his heartache Old moon give way to the day and hand him the sun There is no shelter for the lonely And the Northeast women speak of a different tongue There are days he cries so loudly That the southern rain blows north to ease his heart He said come on wheels, give up a ticket Hello thunder, won't you roll him home Oh a needle and thread could mend his heartache Old moon give way to the day and hand him the sun There is no shelter for the lonely And the Northeast women speak of a different tongue There are days he cries so loudly That the southern rain blows north to ease his heart Northern harbor take care of my blue boy Let your city give him warmth for his hands He will be happy, his heart won't long for His home on the Southeast Texas coast again He said come on wheels, give up a ticket Hello thunder, won't you roll him home Oh a needle and thread could mend his heartache Old moon give way to the day and hand him the sun There is no shelter for the lonely And the Northeast women speak of a different tongue There are days he cries so loudly That the southern rain blows north to ease his heart |
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from Nanci Griffith - Winter Marquee (2005)
What is that sound ringing in my ears
I've heard that sound before What's that I hear ringing in my ears I hear it more and more It's the sound of freedom calling Ringing up to the sky It's the sound of the old ways falling You can hear it if you try You can hear it if you try What's that I see shining in my eyes I've seen that light before What's that I see shining in my eyes I see it more and more It's the light of freedom shining Shining up to the sky It's the light of the old ways falling You can see it if you try You can see it if you try What's that I feel now beating in my heart I've felt that beat before What's that I feel beating in my heart I feel it more and more It's the rumble of freedom calling Climbing up to the sky It's the rumble of the old ways falling You can feel it if you try You can feel it if you try It's the sound of freedom calling You can hear it if you try |
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from Nanci Griffith - There`S A Light Beyond These Woods (2002)
(Nanci Griffith)
Wash away the tears, all the angry times we shared, All the feelings and the sorrows come and gone, We have left them slip away, because I'm standing here today, And I'm smiling at your old west Texas sun. I remember times when you'd weathered out my mind, But you always had a peaceful word to say. And you could bring always bring a smile with the mischief in your eyes Still, I'm glad the miles kept me separate from your games. You know you're still as wild as those old Texas plains. Standing by the highway, do you still call my name? Lord, I can't believe it's been such a long, long time Since I've seen that Texas boy smile. Well, I'll be heading out of town, I may stop by next time around. Hell, it's raining, but at least that's something real. I came shackled down with fears about our dreams and wasted years, And now I know exactly how to feel. Wash away the tears, all the angry times we shared, All the feelings and the sorrows come and gone. We have let them slip away, because I'm standing here today, Smiling at your old west Texas sun. |
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from Nanci Griffith - There`S A Light Beyond These Woods (2002)
(Nanci Griffith)
Wash away the tears, all the angry times we shared, All the feelings and the sorrows come and gone, We have left them slip away, because I'm standing here today, And I'm smiling at your old west Texas sun. I remember times when you'd weathered out my mind, But you always had a peaceful word to say. And you could bring always bring a smile with the mischief in your eyes Still, I'm glad the miles kept me separate from your games. You know you're still as wild as those old Texas plains. Standing by the highway, do you still call my name? Lord, I can't believe it's been such a long, long time Since I've seen that Texas boy smile. Well, I'll be heading out of town, I may stop by next time around. Hell, it's raining, but at least that's something real. I came shackled down with fears about our dreams and wasted years, And now I know exactly how to feel. Wash away the tears, all the angry times we shared, All the feelings and the sorrows come and gone. We have let them slip away, because I'm standing here today, Smiling at your old west Texas sun. |
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from Nanci Griffith - Other Voices Too (1998)
(Traditional)
Chorus Wasn't that a mighty storm Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning, well Wasn't that a mighty storm That blew all the people away You know the year of 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 Chorus You know the trumpets gave them waring You'd better leave this place Now, no one thoght of leaving 'Til death stared them in the face And the trains they all were loaded The people were all leaving town The trestle gave way to the water And the trains they went on down Chorus Rain it was a' falling Thunder began to roll Lightning flashed like hell fire The wind began to blow Death the cruel master When the wind to blow Rode in on a team of horses I cried,"Death, won't you let me go" Chorus Hey, now trees fell on the island And the houses give way Some they strained and drowned Some died in most every way And the sea began to rolling And the ships they could not stand And I heard a captain crying "God save a drowning man" Chorus Death your hands are clammy You got them on my knee You come and took my mother Won't you come back after me And the flood it took my neighbor Took my brother too I thought I heard my father calling And I watched my mother go Chorus You know the year of 1900 Children, many years ago Death came howling on the ocean Death calss, you got to go Chorus (Twice) |
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from Nanci Griffith - Poet In My Window (1982)
She's just a hill country girl home from the city
Her pocket's full of plenty of those neon lights And her mother's smile shines on her youngest child Though she is just a barroom singer with her father's eyes The city streets are harder understandin' It would be easy for the devil to pass by But she can close her eyes and dream about the country boy Chain of gold and a lullaby Because he's waltzin' with the angels tonight It's a harvest moon when she's home to count her blessings She's saved that love from passing Though it's now ten years gone by He is buried in these hills, folded all around her It still's a heart of hunger with his memories inside The city streets are harder understandin' It would be easy for the devil to pass by But she can close her eyes and dream about the country boy Chain of gold and a lullaby Because he's waltzin' with the angels tonight In the mornin' she'll move on 'cause it's April on the wing It put's feathers on her strings and her voice will fly But that necklace of gold She wears of his protects her soul From the barroom brawls and the late night drinkers When the devil's passin' by The city streets are harder understandin' It would be easy for the devil to pass by But she can close her eyes and dream about the country boy Chain of gold and a lullaby Because he's waltzin' with the angels tonight They will be waltzin' with the angels tonight |
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from Nanci Griffith - Other Voices Too (1998)
WALL OF DEATH
(Richard Thompson) Let me ride on the wall of death one more time Let me ride on the wall of death one more time You can waste your time on the other rides But this is the nearest to being 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 Ark might confuse you But let me take my chances on the wall of death On the wall of death All the world is far from me On the wall of death It's the nearest to being free You're going nowhere when you ride on the carousel And maybe you're strong But what's the good of ringing a bell The switchback will make you crazy Beware of the bearded lady Oh let me take my chances on the wall of death Let me ride on the wall of death one more time Let me ride on the wall of death one more time You can waste your time on the other rides But this is the nearest to being alive Oh let me take my chances on the wall of death Oh let me take my chances on the wall of death Oh let me take my chances on the wall of death |
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from Nanci Griffith - Other Voices Too (1998)
(Sonny Curtis)
I want you to tell me Why you walked out on me I'm so lonesome everyday I want you to know That since you walked out on me Nothing seems to be the same ole way Think about the love that burns Within my heart for you The good times we had Before you went away, oh me Chorus Walk right back to me this minute Bring your love to me Don't send it I'm so lonesome everyday These eyes of 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 great to hear from you But there's a lotta things a letter just can't say, oh me Chorus I'm so lonesome everyday I'm so lonesome everyday I'm so lonesome everyday |
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from Nanci Griffith - Blue Roses From The Moons (1997)
(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?" Now, he lives in your own backyard He was waiting for love You came along and fit the part It's the whistle from the man With the kindest hands And a Norwegian name you can't say You meet him in the street Tripping over your own feet He claims you still anyway Waiting for love God forgives your lack of grace Chorus Everyone I know From my dust bowl to the city Is waiting for love (love) To start another day They may be shy of heart Oh, their pockets may be empty Yet they are waiting for love (love) And that's enough to fill our days It's the heartworn jokes of your dear father And the laughter in your own mother's heart It's that plane blowin' in With your love one within Who you've ached for in your time apart When you're waiting for love Life's a thread of paths to cross Chorus Whiter shade of pale is my best kept secret It's the song that'll sail me back home It's a picture in my hand Of my own farm land And the crops that I planted last spring When you're waiting for love You've got the finest life can bring Chorus When you're waiting for love (love) You've got enough to fill your days |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Dustbowl Symphony (1999)
(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?" Now, he lives in your own backyard He was waiting for love You came along and fit the part It's the whistle from the man With the kindest hands And a Norwegian name you can't say You meet him in the street Tripping over your own feet He claims you still anyway Waiting for love God forgives your lack of grace Chorus Everyone I know From my dust bowl to the city Is waiting for love (love) To start another day They may be shy of heart Oh, their pockets may be empty Yet they are waiting for love (love) And that's enough to fill our days It's the heartworn jokes of your dear father And the laughter in your own mother's heart It's that plane blowin' in With your love one within Who you've ached for in your time apart When you're waiting for love Life's a thread of paths to cross Chorus Whiter shade of pale is my best kept secret It's the song that'll sail me back home It's a picture in my hand Of my own farm land And the crops that I planted last spring When you're waiting for love You've got the finest life can bring Chorus When you're waiting for love (love) You've got enough to fill your days |
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from Nanci Griffith - Blue Roses From The Moons (1997)
(Nanci Griffith)
Out of the blue horizon Stretched a band of gold From the straits of Juan de Fuca To the east of Portland, Maine You held my hand As we raced along the buffalo bayou Chasing the tail of this globe You say one day, babe we're bound to 'cause it takes two for the road Chorus 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 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 New Mexico And while your hands worked in China It was from Ireland I wrote Moving out from America From those buffalo bayou trails Now, didn't you tell me, babe, we'll have this globe By it's tail 'cause it takes two for the road Chorus And we can be anywhere and never leave home With your hand to hold ... we are two for the road Two of a kind heart ... two for the road |
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from Nanci Griffith - Winter Marquee (2005)
(Nanci Griffith)
Out of the blue horizon Stretched a band of gold From the straits of Juan de Fuca To the east of Portland, Maine You held my hand As we raced along the buffalo bayou Chasing the tail of this globe You say one day, babe we're bound to 'cause it takes two for the road Chorus 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 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 New Mexico And while your hands worked in China It was from Ireland I wrote Moving out from America From those buffalo bayou trails Now, didn't you tell me, babe, we'll have this globe By it's tail 'cause it takes two for the road Chorus And we can be anywhere and never leave home With your hand to hold ... we are two for the road Two of a kind heart ... two for the road |
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from Nanci Griffith - Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
(Malvina Reynolds - Harry Belafonte - Allen Greene)
Where are you goin' my little one, little one? Where are you goin' my baby my own? Turn around and you're two Turn around and you're four Turn around and you're a young girl Going out the door Chorus Turn around Turn around Turn around and you're a young girl Going out of the door (Turn around and you're a young wife With babes of your own) Where are you goin' my little one, little one? Little dirndles and petticoats, where have you gone? Turn around and you're tiny Turn around and you're grown Turn around and you're a young wife With babes of your own Chorus Where are you goin' my little one, little one? Where are you goin' my baby my own? |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Complete Mca Studio Recordings (2006)
Your late night conversation
Telephone call and an inspiration For a heart to recall, had a tumble and fall And my friends all say I'm lazy Clumsy at love and I'm middle age crazy I stumble along with a tumble and fall Or maybe I'll come to my senses Or come back to you when the fences are mended Maybe love is a quiet whisper after all Maybe love is a heart that heals you Harmony when you can't recall the melody to the song You're just singin' along, yes, you now sing along to the tumble and fall I remember the sensuous cold The chill of the month through an open window And a beat of of your heart to a tumble and fall You see I'm a little something you always needed Your tried and true and I should believe in the strength of your arms When I tumble and fall So, maybe I'll come to my senses Or come back to you when the fences are mended Maybe love is a quiet whisper after all Maybe love is a heart that heals you Harmony when you can't recall the melody to the song You just singin' along, yes, you now sing along to the tumble and fall Oh, I'll sing along to the tumble and fall |
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from Nanci Griffith - Other Voices Too (1998)
(Pat McLaughlin)
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, it's so unwise To cut yourself loose with only some lies Wasn't my first time, it won't be my last Try the love that took only a minute to grow It won't die that fast Bridge 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 to a flame Whispers one word, darlin' always your name Of this you can be sure I have a home now. you should come back It's got so much room that I can't unpack This is my wish, dear, a now spoken truth Try the love that once hidden now seems so alive It's waiting on you Bridge Try the love that onec hidden now seems so alive It's waiting on you |
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from Nanci Griffith - Clock Without Hands (2001)
(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 two hearts entwined It's a gentle breath upon your cheek That is so truly fine Chorus Love is something truly fine Love is love and truly blind Love is only human kind Love is something truly fine Oh love is something truly fine Something never looked to find Yet truly something fine You and I are roses Chose to wither on the vines With you, you're back to love With me, I've run from mine We are some kind of weather You're the storm blown 'cross my life I am leaf of autumn A fallen tear of something fine Chorus From the shallows of the Mekong To my Liffey, Dublin's wine The tide turned me around And brought the taste of something fine And something's truly lost As I'll not try to change your mind The thorns of taking chances Made it something truly fine Chorus |
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from Nanci Griffith - Poet In My Window (1982)
I worked hard for that rose
You may have it when you go 'Cause it's the dreaming it lends worth holding here And when the outbound lane brings me trouble again if my heart's in the wind I wanna hold it near Don't say no, it's not part of this show When the lights were down low Your eyes were closing too Now the bar is closing I can leave here knowing That the dreams are still growing As long as you're holding that rose My pockets are clean Though they're empty half the time I spend my half times in dreamin' Least I ain't wastin' lines And the boys that I know, Lord their questions get old 'Cause it's the boys who ask questions & the Man who knows Don't say no, it's not part of this show When the lights were down low Your eyes were closing too Now the bar is closing I can leave here knowing That the dreams are still growing As long as you're holding that rose Take care of that rose, it's my dreams that you're holdin' When you hold that rose |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Dustbowl Symphony (1999)
Baby I know that we've got trouble in the fields
When the bankers swarm like locust out there turning away our yield The trains roll by our silos, silver in the rain They leave our pockets full of nothing But our dreams and the golden grain Have you seen the folks in line downtown at the station They're all buying their ticket out and talking the great depression Our parents 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 take our native soil But if we sell that new John Deere 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 on the shelf about the dust bowl days And there's a little bit of you and a little bit of me In the photos on every page Now our children live in the city and they rest upon our shoulders They never want the rain to fall or the weather to get colder [Chorus] 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 |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Mca Years: A Retrospective (2004)
Baby I know that we've got trouble in the fields
When the bankers swarm like locust out there turning away our yield The trains roll by our silos, silver in the rain They leave our pockets full of nothing But our dreams and the golden grain Have you seen the folks in line downtown at the station They're all buying their ticket out and talking the great depression Our parents 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 take our native soil But if we sell that new John Deere 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 on the shelf about the dust bowl days And there's a little bit of you and a little bit of me In the photos on every page Now our children live in the city and they rest upon our shoulders They never want the rain to fall or the weather to get colder [Chorus] 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 |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Complete Mca Studio Recordings (2006)
Baby I know that we've got trouble in the fields
When the bankers swarm like locust out there turning away our yield The trains roll by our silos, silver in the rain They leave our pockets full of nothing But our dreams and the golden grain Have you seen the folks in line downtown at the station They're all buying their ticket out and talking the great depression Our parents 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 take our native soil But if we sell that new John Deere 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 on the shelf about the dust bowl days And there's a little bit of you and a little bit of me In the photos on every page Now our children live in the city and they rest upon our shoulders They never want the rain to fall or the weather to get colder [Chorus] 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 |
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from Nanci Griffith - Clock Without Hands (2001)
(Nanci Griffith)
Nothing that I've ever seen Now means much of anything In traveling through this part of you And the Vietnam that I had dreamed The place you wore your life "fatigued" I'm traveling through this part of you Chorus Where are you amongst this madness On the streets of Saigon? Where were you in 1969? When I was but a youth Oh, here were you You were traveling through this part of you I'll make my way now on my own Back to my home to live alone I have traveled through this part of you Yet, I will save this time and place For the time when I can say I traveled truth this part of you Repeat Chorus You were an American boy Whose innocence was lost here in the wat And I wear your scars While traveling through this part of you Nothing that I've ever seen Now means much of anything In traveling through this part of you And the Vietnam that I had dreameed The place you wore your life "fatigued" I'm traveling through this part of you I'm traveling through this part of you I'm traveling through this part of you |
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from Nanci Griffith - Winter Marquee (2005)
(Nanci Griffith)
Nothing that I've ever seen Now means much of anything In traveling through this part of you And the Vietnam that I had dreamed The place you wore your life "fatigued" I'm traveling through this part of you Chorus Where are you amongst this madness On the streets of Saigon? Where were you in 1969? When I was but a youth Oh, here were you You were traveling through this part of you I'll make my way now on my own Back to my home to live alone I have traveled through this part of you Yet, I will save this time and place For the time when I can say I traveled truth this part of you Repeat Chorus You were an American boy Whose innocence was lost here in the wat And I wear your scars While traveling through this part of you Nothing that I've ever seen Now means much of anything In traveling through this part of you And the Vietnam that I had dreameed The place you wore your life "fatigued" I'm traveling through this part of you I'm traveling through this part of you I'm traveling through this part of you |
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from Nanci Griffith - Poet In My Window (1982)
Tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown
Tonight I think I'm gonna look around For something that I couldn't see When this world was more real to me Tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown My love, my love has gone away My love, my love what can I say My love would never see that this world's just not real to me Tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown I told my love a thousand times Why I can't say what's on my mind But he would never see That this world's just not real to me And tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown |
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from Nanci Griffith - Flyer (1994)
Time
It's an inconvenient time It's an inconvenient time It's an inconvenient time It's an inconvenient time We're living in a time of inconvenience Compassion fails me with this meaness in the air City streets are filled with violence So we close our doors to the city And pretend that it's not there Here I go again Back out on these mean streets The evil seems to cling to the soles of my feet Because I'm living in a time of inconvenience At an inconvenient time We're living in the age of communication Where the only voices heard have money in their hands Where greed has become a sophistication And if you ain't got money You ain't got nothin' in this land But, here I am one lonely woman On these mean streets Where the right to life man has become my enemy Cuz I'm living in his time of inconvenience At an inconvenient time And I've turned my cheek As my history fades While the clock ticks away Any progress we've made I never thought I'd be ashamed to be human Afraid to say My time has seen its day Because I'm living in a time of inconvenience Living in a time of inconvenience Living in a time of inconvenience In an inconvenient time This is a time of greed and power Where everyone needs to have someone to shove around Our children come to us for answers Listening for freedom but they don't know the sound And there they are, our children Dumped out in these mean streets The evil sweeps them up And brings them to their knees Because they're living in our time of inconvenience They're living in the age of communication This is a time of greed and power This is a time that I wish was not mine Because it's an inconvenient time It's an inconvenient time It's an inconvenient time It's an inconvenient time It's an inconvenient time It's an inconvenient time It's an inconvenient time |
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from Nanci Griffith - Once In A Very Blue Moon (2002)
Oh the grace that true love holds when hearts grow weary for
time alone you give it room and the warm to hold ... and it'll always come home True love is faithful all on it's own Hearts know when they should fly alone When the mind is rested and the heart's at ease ... two loves can give to each other's needs Oh, the grace that true love holds when hearts grow weary for time alone you give it room and the warm to hold ... and it'll always come home You can fool yourself and fool your dreams but you can't fool your heart and you can't fool me Love is a sailor sailing out to sea one of these days you'll need the harbour in me ... Oh, the grace that true love holds when hearts grow weary for time alone you give it room and the warm to hold ... and it'll always come home Oh, give it room and the warm to hold ... and it'll always come home |
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from Nanci Griffith - Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
We 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 flights up Cathedral bells kept time In the winter, a-chatterin' cold While the building shook like rageweed in the wind Stories from the heat pipes We were told But now they only leave me With a half-enchanted grin Chorus Bridge: Bicycles squeezed down alley ways into view And towels warmed on oven doors To not freeze Was the only thing to do I wonder if we kept to the fair warning 'Cause I can see it in the flowers Dyin' on the window sil I know we must be out by tommorow mornin' But am I goin' 'gainst my will Chorus Bridge Repeat last verse Chorus |
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from Nanci Griffith - Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
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 our bellies Dust filled up our lungs And we thought our time had come Chorus: This old town was built by hand In the dust bowl of the Mother land There must be rock beneath this sand Oh, I'll be damned This town still stands This old town should've burned down in 1944 When the last men went to war They came back different If they came back at all This old town should've burned down in 1956 That's when the twister hit And all our hopes were buried Beneath the boards and bricks And we almost called it quits (Repeat chorus) Bridge: Somewhere in the distance The city lights do shine The sidewalks gleam with neon dreams That call from time to time When my children's children Ask me why I didn't go They say the heart of any town Is the people that you've known They'll always call you home (Repeat chorus) |
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from Nanci Griffith - Flyer (1994)
This heart was almost taken,
This heart had a love of its own This heart was reawakened When you came along. This heart was born feet running. This heart saw your porch-light on This heart hit the sidewalk wondering Why you left it on This heart was stranded in the winter Was stuck out in a blizzard in its summer clothes This heart knows when the love comes And when it goes This heart hears the telephone ringing This heart's gonna let it go 'Cuz this heart knows the bells she's hearing Aren't the telephone. This heart has heard your laughter This heart has learned how to smile This heart'll be your true believer If you stay a while This heart was stranded in the winter Was stuck out in a blizzard in its summer clothes This heart knows when the love comes And when it goes This heart This heart This heart This heart This heart This heart was stranded in the winter Was stuck out in a blizzard in its summer clothes This heart knows when the love comes And when it goes This heart was almost taken this heart was born feet running This heart hears the telephone ringing Gonna let it go This heart This heart This heart This heart This heart This heart This heart This heart This heart |
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from Nanci Griffith - Flyer (1994)
Shut it down 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 beside me Whether it's day or night These days my life is an open book Missing pages I cannot seem to find These days your face In my memory Is in a folded hand of grace against these times No one's ever come between your memory and me I have driven this weary vessel here alone Will you still find me if I leave you here beside this road Cuz' I need someone who can touch me Who'll put no one above me Someone who needs me Like the air he breathes I can't remember where this toll road goes Maybe it's Fort Worth, maybe it's a heart of gold The price of love is such a heavy toll That I've lived my life in the backroads With your love in my pocket If I spend the love you gave me Tell me where will it go? These days your face In my memory Is in a folded hand of grace Folded hand of grace Folded hand of grace Against these times |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Dustbowl Symphony (1999)
Shut it down 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 beside me Whether it's day or night These days my life is an open book Missing pages I cannot seem to find These days your face In my memory Is in a folded hand of grace against these times No one's ever come between your memory and me I have driven this weary vessel here alone Will you still find me if I leave you here beside this road Cuz' I need someone who can touch me Who'll put no one above me Someone who needs me Like the air he breathes I can't remember where this toll road goes Maybe it's Fort Worth, maybe it's a heart of gold The price of love is such a heavy toll That I've lived my life in the backroads With your love in my pocket If I spend the love you gave me Tell me where will it go? These days your face In my memory Is in a folded hand of grace Folded hand of grace Folded hand of grace Against these times |
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from Nanci Griffith - There`S A Light Beyond These Woods (2002)
There's a light beyond these woods, Mary Margaret.
Do you think that we will go there, And see what makes it shine, Mary Margaret? 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? His name is John, and he rides my bus to school, And he holds my hand. He's fourteen, he's my older man. 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! We'll hide out in the subways And drink the poets' wine, oh, But I had John, so you went and I stayed behind. But you were home in time for the senior prom, When we lost John. The fantasies we plan, I'm living them now. All the dreams we sang when we knew how, Well, they haven't changed. There's never been two friends like you and me, Mary Margaret. It's nice to see you family growing, Margaret. Your daughter and your husband there, They really treat you right, But we've talked all night And what about the light, that glowed beyond Our woods when we were ten? You were the rambler then. The fantasies we planned, well, Maggie, I'm living them now. All the dreams we sang, oh, we damn sure knew How, but I haven't changed. There'll never be two friends like you and me, Maggie, can't you see? There's a light beyond your woods, Mary Margaret. |
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from Nanci Griffith - There`S A Light Beyond These Woods (2002)
There's a light beyond these woods, Mary Margaret.
Do you think that we will go there, And see what makes it shine, Mary Margaret? 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? His name is John, and he rides my bus to school, And he holds my hand. He's fourteen, he's my older man. 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! We'll hide out in the subways And drink the poets' wine, oh, But I had John, so you went and I stayed behind. But you were home in time for the senior prom, When we lost John. The fantasies we plan, I'm living them now. All the dreams we sang when we knew how, Well, they haven't changed. There's never been two friends like you and me, Mary Margaret. It's nice to see you family growing, Margaret. Your daughter and your husband there, They really treat you right, But we've talked all night And what about the light, that glowed beyond Our woods when we were ten? You were the rambler then. The fantasies we planned, well, Maggie, I'm living them now. All the dreams we sang, oh, we damn sure knew How, but I haven't changed. There'll never be two friends like you and me, Maggie, can't you see? There's a light beyond your woods, Mary Margaret. |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Mca Years: A Retrospective (2004)
There's a light beyond these woods, Mary Margaret.
Do you think that we will go there, And see what makes it shine, Mary Margaret? 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? His name is John, and he rides my bus to school, And he holds my hand. He's fourteen, he's my older man. 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! We'll hide out in the subways And drink the poets' wine, oh, But I had John, so you went and I stayed behind. But you were home in time for the senior prom, When we lost John. The fantasies we plan, I'm living them now. All the dreams we sang when we knew how, Well, they haven't changed. There's never been two friends like you and me, Mary Margaret. It's nice to see you family growing, Margaret. Your daughter and your husband there, They really treat you right, But we've talked all night And what about the light, that glowed beyond Our woods when we were ten? You were the rambler then. The fantasies we planned, well, Maggie, I'm living them now. All the dreams we sang, oh, we damn sure knew How, but I haven't changed. There'll never be two friends like you and me, Maggie, can't you see? There's a light beyond your woods, Mary Margaret. |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Complete Mca Studio Recordings (2006)
There's a light beyond these woods, Mary Margaret.
Do you think that we will go there, And see what makes it shine, Mary Margaret? 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? His name is John, and he rides my bus to school, And he holds my hand. He's fourteen, he's my older man. 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! We'll hide out in the subways And drink the poets' wine, oh, But I had John, so you went and I stayed behind. But you were home in time for the senior prom, When we lost John. The fantasies we plan, I'm living them now. All the dreams we sang when we knew how, Well, they haven't changed. There's never been two friends like you and me, Mary Margaret. It's nice to see you family growing, Margaret. Your daughter and your husband there, They really treat you right, But we've talked all night And what about the light, that glowed beyond Our woods when we were ten? You were the rambler then. The fantasies we planned, well, Maggie, I'm living them now. All the dreams we sang, oh, we damn sure knew How, but I haven't changed. There'll never be two friends like you and me, Maggie, can't you see? There's a light beyond your woods, Mary Margaret. |
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from Nanci Griffith - Winter Marquee (2005)
There's a light beyond these woods, Mary Margaret.
Do you think that we will go there, And see what makes it shine, Mary Margaret? 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? His name is John, and he rides my bus to school, And he holds my hand. He's fourteen, he's my older man. 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! We'll hide out in the subways And drink the poets' wine, oh, But I had John, so you went and I stayed behind. But you were home in time for the senior prom, When we lost John. The fantasies we plan, I'm living them now. All the dreams we sang when we knew how, Well, they haven't changed. There's never been two friends like you and me, Mary Margaret. It's nice to see you family growing, Margaret. Your daughter and your husband there, They really treat you right, But we've talked all night And what about the light, that glowed beyond Our woods when we were ten? You were the rambler then. The fantasies we planned, well, Maggie, I'm living them now. All the dreams we sang, oh, we damn sure knew How, but I haven't changed. There'll never be two friends like you and me, Maggie, can't you see? There's a light beyond your woods, Mary Margaret. |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Dustbowl Symphony (1999)
The wing and the wheel... they carry things away
whether it's me that does the leavin' or the love that flies away The moon outside my window looks so lonely tonight oh, there's a chunk out of it's middle... big enough for an old fool to hide Where are all the dreamers... that I used know? We used to linger beneath street lamps in the halos and the smoke The wing and the wheel... came to carry them away now they all live out in the suburbs where their dreams are in their children at play There's a pale sky in the east... all the stars are in the west Oh, here's to all the dreamers... may our open hearts find rest The wing and the wheel are gonna carry us along And we'll have memories for company... long after the songs are gone |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Last Of The True Believers (2002)
The wing and the wheel... they carry things away
whether it's me that does the leavin' or the love that flies away The moon outside my window looks so lonely tonight oh, there's a chunk out of it's middle... big enough for an old fool to hide Where are all the dreamers... that I used know? We used to linger beneath street lamps in the halos and the smoke The wing and the wheel... came to carry them away now they all live out in the suburbs where their dreams are in their children at play There's a pale sky in the east... all the stars are in the west Oh, here's to all the dreamers... may our open hearts find rest The wing and the wheel are gonna carry us along And we'll have memories for company... long after the songs are gone |
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from Nanci Griffith - Other Voices Too (1998)
(Harlan Howard - Tompall Glaser)
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 of Baltimore Bridge 1) (1st Section) Well my heart was filled with laughter When I saw those city lights She said the prettiest place on earth Was Baltimore at night 2) (2nd Section) Well, a man feels proud to give his woman What she's longing for And I kind of liked the streets of Baltimore I got myself a factory job I ran an old machine We bought a little cottage In a neighborhood serene But every night when I came home With every muscle sore She would drag me through the streets of Baltimore Bridge 1) (1st Section) Well, I did my best to bring her back To what she used to be But, I soon learned she loved those bright lights Much more than she loves me 2) (2nd Section) Now I'm goin' back on that same train That brought me here before While my baby walks the streets of Baltimore Tag Yes, my baby walks the streets of Baltimore |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Complete Mca Studio Recordings (2006)
Nobody seems to care about you
With your tool case by the roadside There beneath the power lines Or the pallor of your skin Paled beneath fluorescent lights In a Greyhound station's cruel midnight Where you can't afford the ride Oh, the power lines They go from sea to sea They carry voices Love from him to me The power lines you fall beneath Are the rainbows you can't climb And you will not climb the power lines 'Cause you are lost beneath the power lines There's no place that you haven't been And no place that you call your home There's no place that you cannot go With the gift within your hands And the tools to build another's dream That connects them to the power lines You do not feel you need Oh, the power lines They go from sea to sea They carry voices Love from him to me The power lines you fall beneath Are the rainbows you can't climb And you will not climb the power lines 'Cause you are lost beneath the power lines Oh, the power lines They go from sea to sea They carry voices Love from him to me The power lines you fall beneath Are the rainbows you can't climb And you will not climb the power lines 'Cause you are lost beneath the power lines |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Last Of The True Believers (2002)
Oh, he said it was the sound of the winter callin'
from up around the bend Or it could be the cry of your restless heart for the love of your long lost friends Me, I think it's just the summertime and the heat of these Texas winds They keep on slappin' my face with dust so thick that the tears won't roll again Last of the true believers Have you grown weary all alone? You could go home again...home again...home Last of the true believers You pack your things and go back home You could go home again...home again...home Oh he said, "you can't stay away forever 'cause they say love doesn't last that long and the ghost of the one that you loved the best is bound to be long gone So you fall for the one you believe in and take pride in the heart you hold 'Cause when the wintertime pounds upon your door... it's shelter from the cold". Last of the true believers Have you grown weary all alone? You could go home again...home again...home Last of the true believers You pack your things and go back home You could go home again...home again...home There's a shadow on our wall where I once stood with him in mind And there is an empty space beside him where I do take my rest at night Oh, I will be the last of the true believers... if truth is his heart to lend 'Cause the wintertime sure looks cold to me... comin' up around the bend Last of the true believers Have you grown weary all alone? You could go home again...home again...home Last of the true believers You pack your things and go back home You could go home again...home again...home Oh, I could go home again... home again... home Well, it looks like home again... home again... home Oh, I could go home again... home again... home Well, he brings me home again... home again... home.. |
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from Nanci Griffith - Clock Without Hands (2001)
All the papers lie tonight
But falling over you Is the news of the day Angels fall like rain And love, is all of heaven way Inside you the time moves and she don fade The ghost in you she don fade away The race is on, I on your side But hearing you my engines died I in the mood for you Or for running away All the stars come down in you But love, love, love you cant give it away Inside you the time moves and she don fade The ghost in you she don fade Inside you the time moves and she don fade away Dont you know she don fade Dont you go it makes no sense And all these talking supermen Just take away the time just to get it away Aint it just like the rain Cause love, love, love, love is only heaven away Inside you the time moves and she don fade The ghost in you she don fade away Inside you the time moves and she don fade away The ghost in you she don fade A man in my shoes runs a light But all the papers lie tonight Falling over you is the news of the day And love will not fade away And love love love will not fade away |
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from Nanci Griffith - Flyer (1994)
He was a flyer for the Air Force
On a plane from San Antonio I was traveling to London He was going off to Buffalo Changing planes in Pittsburgh We got grounded in a storm Now, I would give anything To be on that flyer's arm We played cards, mostly blackjack As we sat out on the tarmac We sang songs we knew in Spanish As we both loved songs of language He'd heard me on the radio I'd seen the flyers on San Antone Now, I would give anything To have that flyer for my own God bless the flyer Who would be flying home tonight I would give anything To see that flyer, flyin' tonight He said he'd never married Cuz, his heart was in the clouds And I said I was too clumsy That I broke the wings of the loves I found He shouted out his name to me As I ran to make my flight Now, I would give anything To see that flyer, flyin' tonight One year I watched a war in London In the airport leaving London And I wondered if I'd know him If I saw his wings in motion Did I leave my heart in Pittsburgh... In the lightening of that flight? I wish that you could tell me now Will he be flyin' home tonight? God bless the flyer Who would be flying home tonight I would give anything To see that flyer, flyin' tonight God bless the flyer Who would be flying home tonight I would give anything To see that flyer, flyin' tonight |
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from Nanci Griffith - Winter Marquee (2005)
He was a flyer for the Air Force
On a plane from San Antonio I was traveling to London He was going off to Buffalo Changing planes in Pittsburgh We got grounded in a storm Now, I would give anything To be on that flyer's arm We played cards, mostly blackjack As we sat out on the tarmac We sang songs we knew in Spanish As we both loved songs of language He'd heard me on the radio I'd seen the flyers on San Antone Now, I would give anything To have that flyer for my own God bless the flyer Who would be flying home tonight I would give anything To see that flyer, flyin' tonight He said he'd never married Cuz, his heart was in the clouds And I said I was too clumsy That I broke the wings of the loves I found He shouted out his name to me As I ran to make my flight Now, I would give anything To see that flyer, flyin' tonight One year I watched a war in London In the airport leaving London And I wondered if I'd know him If I saw his wings in motion Did I leave my heart in Pittsburgh... In the lightening of that flight? I wish that you could tell me now Will he be flyin' home tonight? God bless the flyer Who would be flying home tonight I would give anything To see that flyer, flyin' tonight God bless the flyer Who would be flying home tonight I would give anything To see that flyer, flyin' tonight |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Loving Kind (2009)
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 same sad familiar story Not a thing about it is new Just about someone who loved and lost And it's still hurting through and through They say it drives you crazy, well I could hardly care For quite some time now that's just where I've been And they say tequila kills you if you drink too much Lord, I hope they make tequila long enough It's the same sad familiar story Not a damn thing about it is new Just about someone who loved and lost And it's still hurting through and through Oh, they say it drives you crazy, well I could hardly care For quite some time now that's just where I've been And they say tequila kills you if you drink too much Lord, I hope they make tequila long enough Lord, I hope they make tequila long enough |
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from Nanci Griffith - Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
(Gordon Lightfoot)
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 or colder Down by Boulder Dam that day He was raised up in Milwaukee Though he never was that famous He was just a road musician To the taverns he would go Singing songs about the ramblin' The lovin' girls and gamblin' How the world fell on his shoulders Back in Boulder I don't know Chorus And she told him she would take him For a ride in the morning sun Back in Boulder he had told her I don't know when, I've had a better friend It was out in Arizona 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 Chorus Now he's traded off his Martin Though his troubles ain't over His feet are almost frozen and the sun is sinking low Won't you listen to me brother, if you ever loved your mother Please pull off on the shoulder, if you're goin' Milwaukee way It's ten degrees and getting colder down by Boulder Dam today |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Dustbowl Symphony (1999)
(Charles Hardin - J. I. Allison)
Tell me how to keep your love You know how I need your love Tell me how you keep the love Within your heart from me Don't you know that I love you Let me show why I'm true blue When I know a love is true Don't keep your love for me If you would say to me today The time for love is now Could I sway your love my way Then I say,"Tell me how." Tell me how to keep your love You know how I need your love Tell me how you keep the love Within your heart from me (Instrumnetal break) Tell me how to keep your love You know how I need your love Tell me how you keep the love Within your heart from me If you would say to me today The time for love is now Could I Sway you love my way Then I say,"Tell me how" Tell me how to keep your love You know how I need your love Tell me how I need your love Within your heart from me (Instrumnetal break) Tell me how you keep my love Within your heart from me |
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from Nanci Griffith - Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
The name she gave was Caroline
Daughter of a miner And her ways were free It seemed to me The sunshine walked beside her She came to Spencer Across the hill She said he Pa had sent her 'Cause the coal was low And soon the snow Would turn the skies to winter She said she's come To look for work She was not seeking favors And for a dime a day And a place to stay She'd turn those hands to labor But the times were hard Lord The jobs were few All through Tecumseh Valley But she asked around And a job she found Tending bar at Gypsy Sally's She saved enough to get back home When spring replaced the winter But her dreams were denied Her Pa had died The word come down from Spencer So she turned a whorin' out on the streets With all the lust inside her And it was many a man Returned again To lay himself beside her They found her down beneath the stairs That led to Gypsy Sally's In her hand when she died Was a note that cried Fare thee well...Tecumseh Valley Repeat first verse |
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from Nanci Griffith - Flyer (1994)
I should have known that you were gone back in Germany
You told me in the dark while I was sleeping Then you slept through the sunrise As it washed across your face And all that I had heard were our hearts beating Talk to me while I'm listening While this love has a voice that we both Can hear Before you let it go... This greatest love I've ever known Won't you please Talk to me While I'm listening I cannot find a place to put this love away Or lose the thought of sunlight on your face I thought I heard your voice Say I love you today But it was only the sound of my heart beating Talk to me while I'm listening While this love has a voice that we both Can hear Before you let it go... This greatest love I've ever known Won't you please Talk to me While I'm listening How I wish that I could take us back to Germany I would stay awake and you would talk to me Yet for every drop of rain I hear There's bound to fall another tear Upon this page of song of my heart aching Talk to me while I'm listening While this love has a voice that we both Can hear Before you let it go... This greatest love I've ever known Won't you please Talk to me While I'm listening Before you let it go... This greatest love I've ever known Won't you please Talk to me While I'm listening Talk to me Talk to me |
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from Nanci Griffith - Other Voices Too (1998)
(Ian Tyson)
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 wages And we'll keep rollin' on 'Til we get to Vancouver And the woman that I love She's living there It's been six long months And more since I've seen her Years have gambled and gone Like summer wages In all the beer parlors All down along Main Street The dreams of the seasons Get all spilled down on the floor All the big stands of timber Just waiting for the falling And the hookers stand watchfully Waiting by the door So I'll work on the towboats With my slippery city shoes Which lord I swore I would never do again Through the the gray fog-bound straits Where the cedars stand watching I'll be far off and gone Like summer wages 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 wages And the years are gambled and lost Like summer wages |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Complete Mca Studio Recordings (2006)
As quiet as a street lamp
This is some kinda town Whiskey go easy When the sun goes down My best to the midnight . . . God, look at the moon There's enough for two shadows There's only one in the room there's only one in the room There's a storm out on the water Oh, bless the ships at sea There's a storm down in my lover's heart Oh, God bless me I wanna be blown by the wind of his breathing Shown by lightening flashing Oh, I've never been afraid of the thunder I wonder Will he rain on me? Is loneliness contagious? Another damn song about a waitress It's the only hotel here . . . and the engine's gotta cool I'm a bad hand at solitaire You lie to yourself and no one cares While the wall paper fades . . . The sun takes the moon There should be two to a room There's a storm out on the water Oh, bless the ships at sea There's a storm down in my lover's heart Oh, God bless me |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Loving Kind (2009)
You walked the line
All your life You never thought you'd have to change it You're always there to give advice You never thought you'd have to take it It's still life, but it's broken It's still life, when it's torn It's still life that you're walking On and on and on and on and on You need to change You don't know how Your life could use a reformation If you could see you As I see you now I know you'd change the situation It's still life, but it's broken It's still life, when it's torn It's still life that you're walking On and on and on and on and on It's always someone else's fault You're always right, you're never wrong You think that life's a game But this is real You think you can just walk away And leave destruction in your wake But you're not walking anywhere near Is still life if you are drowning Is there still life when you fall Is it still life when you can't carry on and on and on and on and on It's still life, but it's broken It's still life, when you're torn It's still life when you're walking On and on and on and on and on |
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from Nanci Griffith - Once In A Very Blue Moon (2002)
I could use a little spin on a red brick floor
in that crazy 'ol bar when Tim locks the door Where the walls are gonna ring and the strings are gonna bend and it's a buss on the cheek from all my old lovers again Oh. the Blue Ridge mountains at the fall of the night it sure feels good when you cross that line I'll tip my cup and holler at the moon I'll say-a-Great White North ... honey here's to you sleep tight ... I've gone crazy on this road ... with all of this travellin alone, but the asphalt is burnin' tonight ... The New England Spring's been good to me there's been warmth to lend and good lines to sing But, how I miss my native tongue 'cause ... New York City sorta brings out the stupids in me I've got one more stop down in Tennessee My sweetheart is there just a-waitin' on me Then it's on down the road kickin' East Texas dust I'll catch my breath with that hot Houston neon buzzin' I've gone crazy on this road ... with all of this travellin alone, but the asphalt is burnin' tonight ... The New England Spring's been good to me there's been warmth to lend and good lines to sing But, how I miss my native tongue 'cause ... New York City sorta brings out the stupids in me Oh, here comes a little spin on a red brick floor it's a crazy 'ol bar and Tim's locked the door The wall's are ringin', the strings are gonna bend and it's a buss on the cheek from all my old lovers again |
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from Nanci Griffith - Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
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 you? What in heaven's name have you done? You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness You're out there runnin' Just to be on the run Well, I got a heart that burns with a fever And I got a worried and jealous mind Well how can a love That will last forever Get left so far behind? So what in the world's come over you? What in heaven's name have you done? You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness You're out there runnin' Just to be on the run |
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from Nanci Griffith - Winter Marquee (2005)
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 you? What in heaven's name have you done? You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness You're out there runnin' Just to be on the run Well, I got a heart that burns with a fever And I got a worried and jealous mind Well how can a love That will last forever Get left so far behind? So what in the world's come over you? What in heaven's name have you done? You've broken the speed of the sound of loneliness You're out there runnin' Just to be on the run |
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from Nanci Griffith - Flyer (1994)
I'm sitting on a southbound train
Staring at the sky I'm thinking of my childhood And I'm trying not to cry While a stranger sleeps against me And it feels like I'm his wife The towns and cities flutter past Like the pages of my life My heart is on the baggage rack It's heavy as can be I wish that I could find someone Who would carry it for me Just to pay it some attention And to handle it with care Because it has been dropped and Is in need of some repair Some things I know Some things I guess Some things I wish I could learn To express Like the way that I feel As I stare at the sky And I remember your voice And the sound of goodbye 0r maybe it's the autumn...Chill Maybe it's the rain Maybe I should wake the stranger And ask him his name But, my eyes they would betray me And my words could not defend No, I must learn to wait my turn Before I love again Some things I know Some things I guess Some things I wish that I could learn To express Like the way that I feel As I stare at the sky And I remember your voice And the sound of goodbye |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Mca Years: A Retrospective (2004)
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 at you from a silted window pane [Chorus:] And I said fare thee well true love of mine And I said fare thee well sweet lips of wine And you said fare thee well my Texas rose And then you blew a kiss of innocence as the trains began to roll So long ago You'd gone off to fight the war when I returned from school And I traded in my innocence when the springtime came in bloom And I married for my family; one night I dreamed of you And you were running from me in the rain down on Congress Avenue Now I saw you once in a crowded bar and it was Christmas time I was frightened by the thunder of our hearts in '69 Because I live my life in whispers now and I choose to live alone So I slipped back to the avenue and flipped my collar to the cold |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Complete Mca Studio Recordings (2006)
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 at you from a silted window pane [Chorus:] And I said fare thee well true love of mine And I said fare thee well sweet lips of wine And you said fare thee well my Texas rose And then you blew a kiss of innocence as the trains began to roll So long ago You'd gone off to fight the war when I returned from school And I traded in my innocence when the springtime came in bloom And I married for my family; one night I dreamed of you And you were running from me in the rain down on Congress Avenue Now I saw you once in a crowded bar and it was Christmas time I was frightened by the thunder of our hearts in '69 Because I live my life in whispers now and I choose to live alone So I slipped back to the avenue and flipped my collar to the cold |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Complete Mca Studio Recordings (2006)
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 all night till dawn [Chorus:] And I would sing one for sister Play one for Papa, moan one for mama Then I'd cry one for you. Mama liked the slow ones and she'd shuffle 'cross the floor Sister liked the fast ones, Lord she could step so high And I'd see my Daddy dancing, till he could dance no more And when I'd play a sad song, well he would start to cry [Chorus] Now it's just me and this 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 |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Loving Kind (2009)
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 Trying to find a reason, trying to find that rhyme Rolling with the river trying to keep time And in the end I wouldn't change a thing, I'd sing Music is the life in me, it's the melody I breathe It gives me strength in harder times and reason to believe Endless miles of highway, every step hard earned It seems like it was all mapped out, all the twists and turns Still trying to find a reason, trying to find that rhyme Still rolling with the river trying to keep time And in the end I wouldn't change a thing, I'd sing And in the end I wouldn't change a thing, I'd sing |
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from Nanci Griffith - Hearts In Mind (2005)
[Chorus:]
I want a simple life Like my mother One true love for my older years I don't want your wars To take my children I want a simple life... while I'm here The sun and moon walk hand in hand together Trading places shining on the truth The moon moves the bottoms of the oceans So, the sun can bring a farmer's hands to you [Chorus:] We all seek comfort in the light of day And our tears can wash off in the rain Everything we need is all around us In simple time and simple ways Mother nature talks Whispering her thoughts So the paths we choose to cross Walk one more day [Chorus:] |
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from Nanci Griffith - Clock Without Hands (2001)
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 the snow And to gamble with the boys of Deadwood As we drove Snowing - I am shaking out the snow Oh, the cold that is within my heart I'm gonna shake out all that snow Riding years ago Through those South Dakota roads When the laughter could thaw Enderby And shake me from the snow Like a hurricane through Florida I'll shake out all this snow Snowing - one Christmas morn' when I was four My brother told me it was warm So a swimsuit I adorned Then he sent me to the weather And behind me locked the doors A four year old in a swim suit and brand new plastic skates Out into the snow to catch this cold I cannot shake Snowing - yeah, it snows in Tennessee The place where I now make my life Is still snowing down on me I'd prefer Antarctica Perhaps the land of Enderby Where the weather is my heart and I'm closer to the sea Since I cannot ever seem to shake the snow Out of me And all across the states you see the tractors and the plows Clearing out the roads And the bridges north and south Something they did learn And I just don't seem to know How to clear a passage And shake out all the snow |
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from Nanci Griffith - Flyer (1994)
When you say I love you
Is it just because you know that's what I want to hear? And lately friends are warning me What they hesitate to tell me leaves a thread of fear People talk around this town And when the final truth comes down There's only one thing left to do It's come back 'round to you (come back 'round to you) Say it isn't so Tell me that you're someone I'll believe in Am I the last to know That you don't love me anymore? Uh if you ever did Say it isn't so Am I caught up in a web You are weaving? Oh, the stories I've been told Indicate that you're already Reachin' for the door It's just a lover's situation Are you in or out of love? I've heard those words before I've had to face up to the truth Cuz staying and pretending Would had hurt him more Sometimes lovers stay too long Sometimes they leave too soon But there's only one thing left to do It's come back 'round to you (come back 'round to you) And say it isn't so Tell me that you're someone I'll believe in Am I the last to know That you don't love me anymore? If you ever did Say it isn't so Am I caught up in a web That you are weaving? Oh, the stories I've been told Indicate that you're already Reachin' for the door Oh, the stories I've been told Baby say it isn't so |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Complete Mca Studio Recordings (2006)
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 song I never saw the white line until I was leavin' you behind I never knew I needed you until I was caught up in a bind I never spoke "I love you," until I'd cursed you in vain I never felt my heart strings 'til I nearly went insane I never saw the east coast until I'd moved to the west I never saw the moonlight until it shone off of your breast I never saw your heart until someone tried to steal it away I never saw your tears 'til they rolled down your face I never saw the morning 'til I stayed up all night I never saw the sunshine 'til you turned out the light baby I never saw my hometown until I'd stayed away too long I never heard the melody until I needed the song |
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from Nanci Griffith - Blue Roses From The Moons (1997)
(Nanci Griffith - Margaret Mary Graham - Mikki Griffith)
Saint Teresa, your patron child's come home Were you there to greet her? 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 Tell me things I need to know How we loved your patron child We say, so long and so long ago Saint Teresa Can you speak to me at all Ah, from here where will we go? Saint Teresa Saint Teresa, she was our sister of arms Gone now the trio To Our Lady, Kate and John And fare to fare Of the tears that cannot fall We send this melody please help her sing along Back up to you Our Patron saint of harmony and song Back up to her Patron saint Beyond our wood those lights Saint Teresa of Avila Discalced de Carmelites Back up to her Patron saint Beyond our wood those lights Saint Teresa of Avila Discalced de Carmelites Saint Cecilia to Saint Teresa, "Your patron child is home" (There are lights beyond our woods) Saint Teresa of Avila Discalced de Carmelites (Lights) Saint Teresa of Avila Discalced de Carmelites (Lights) |
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from Nanci Griffith - Once In A Very Blue Moon (2002)
Oh, the night was clear and the stars were shinin'
and the moon came up,... so quiet in the sky And all the people gathered round while the band was a-tunin' I can hear them now ... playin' 'Comin' Through the Rye' She was dressed in blue and she looked so lovely just a gentle flower of a small town girl Then he took her hand and they danced to the music with a single smile ... she became his world And they danced all night ... to the fiddle and the banjo their driftin' tunes, seemed to fill the air so long ago, but they still remember ... when they fell in love, at the Roseville Fair Now, they courted well, and they courted dearly They'd rock for hours in the front porch chair Then a year went by ... from the time that he met her and he made her his, at the Roseville Fair And they danced all night ... to the fiddle and the banjo their driftin' tunes, seemed to fill the air so long ago, but they still remember ... when they fell in love, at the Roseville Fair So here's a song for all of the lovers and here's a tune ... that you can share May you dance all night ... to the fiddle and the banjo Oh, the way they did at the Roseville Fair Oh, the way they did ... at the Roseville Fair |
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from Nanci Griffith - Clock Without Hands (2001)
(Nanci Griffith)
He still sends her roses on the 4th of July They're always white roses and she never asks why She still doesn't know where he goes Thursday nights But his wedding band rests, on the 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 "You Were On My Mind" was their favorite song Chorus Love is a mystery From birth 'till we die It's cross words of a morning By evening entwined It's all that we dream of, sometimes it's not right Love is white roses and you never ask why He's the hands of a draftsman, he's built a good life She works for a season during IRS time Two children they've had though their boy has now died When they wake of each morning, he's still on their minds Their friends would all tell you they're like day and night Their daughter's an actress, she is strong and she's bright He meets with his pals from the war Thursday nights She still treasures those roses every 4th of July Chorus Love is white roses every 4th of July |
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from Nanci Griffith - Hearts In Mind (2005)
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 never fall in love But rise to the occasion" To have loved and lost, I know the cost I fell and almost drowned If not for you, I'd have missed this view From higher ground Now we can touch the sky above At the Angel's invitation And we don't even have to fall in love Just rise to the occasion Love should be pure and free A smiling inspiration And one should never fall in love But rise to the occasion |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Complete Mca Studio Recordings (2006)
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 Someone says they've seen you out there laughing at us all You mourned the cause of discontent with those who couldn't lose the dark From the broad of daylight to half spent stars just waiting dusk to fall Tell me, what the hell were you saying? Was there a point at to it all? Oh, and did they really see you out there laughing at us all [Chorus:] Is there anybody out there? Is there anybody out there? Oh, were you really out there laughing at us all? The midnight boy from Minnesota shut you down and stole the show They say that you bitter in your anguish Cause it was you they ought to hold You wore your causes on your sleeve like a beacon wears the dark It's only right you should be out there laughing at us all Now you are only dust for art You're a shadow to recall For all those late night drinkers in their ragged lonely bars And we all said you'd never make it cuz you had that fragile heart Now, all our hearts you held are wasted You're out there laughing at us all [Chorus: x2] |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Loving Kind (2009)
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 these photographs Look at these faces What a story they tell There was a time When I knew how to laugh I'd drink to forget But I remember it well 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 So many promises So many daydreams and plans So many chances That I let slip through my hands 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 |
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from Nanci Griffith - Poet In My Window (1982)
Goodbye gray sky
I see my heart comin' round the bend The sun's comin' up on the Poet In My Window Her saving grace is my old friend I'll never lose if my heart goes flyin' If I sail it true and set it free it'll come flyin' home be waitin' in my window callin' for the poet in me I wish you well for your old lines I've watched you change within the new You've got a pocket full of gold dust waitin' just around the corner To free that poet in your moon You'll never lose if your heart goes flyin' If you set it free and you sail it true It'll come flyin' home be waitin' in your window callin' for the poet in you I never lose if my heart goes flyin' If I sail it true and I set it free It comes flyin' home it's waitin' in my window callin' for the poet in me Fly your poet's wings with a freed heart Love'll find you strong and young again |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Loving Kind (2009)
She was a party girl
Now the party's over she was a beauty 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 time and she want's to play She was a party girl Now the party's over she was a beauty And that's changing too Now she's barefoot and having babies She was a party girl Now the party's over She can't cry to mama She can't go home to daddy any more They both tried to warn her she was throwing away her sweet young life When she walked out that door She was a party girl Now the party's over she was a beauty And that's changing too Now she's barefoot and having babies She was a party girl Now the party's over |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Mca Years: A Retrospective (2004)
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 out just Where your love went wrong [Chorus:] 'Cause I don't wanna be standin' here Don't wanna be talkin' here And I don't really care who's to blame 'Cause if love won't fly on it's own Free will It's gonna catch that outbound plane The old folks say That love's not forever anymore Because these young people walk Away from love alone To pace the floor Young or old I say that love is still the same You may walk away from love but You'll fall head and heels again [Chorus] Two lonely hearts in this airport Knowing Neither cares where that other Heart is going But, if love won't fly on it's own Free will, it's gonna catch that Outbound plane That frown you're wearing's Just you're halo turned upside down Where is the laughter we once Shared back in the lost and found? These broken wings are gonna leave Me here to stand my ground You can have this ticket for that Lonely plane that's flying out [Chorus] |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Complete Mca Studio Recordings (2006)
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 out just Where your love went wrong [Chorus:] 'Cause I don't wanna be standin' here Don't wanna be talkin' here And I don't really care who's to blame 'Cause if love won't fly on it's own Free will It's gonna catch that outbound plane The old folks say That love's not forever anymore Because these young people walk Away from love alone To pace the floor Young or old I say that love is still the same You may walk away from love but You'll fall head and heels again [Chorus] Two lonely hearts in this airport Knowing Neither cares where that other Heart is going But, if love won't fly on it's own Free will, it's gonna catch that Outbound plane That frown you're wearing's Just you're halo turned upside down Where is the laughter we once Shared back in the lost and found? These broken wings are gonna leave Me here to stand my ground You can have this ticket for that Lonely plane that's flying out [Chorus] |
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from Nanci Griffith - Hearts In Mind (2005)
(Nanci Griffith - Keith Carradine)
We don't live on easy street, but it's home Looking out on the open road, where you'll go it alone To the last of our simple days, we'll wave good-bye Down this road we're grown It's Our Very Own This is not a one-horse town, we're not alone It's somewhere off the beaten track, we're loyal to the bone Everybody's got their place, and got their role to play We should never change our rules 'Cause it's our very own Youth is but a breath in time A cruise around the square You swore you'd never be your folks And suddenly you're there You think you'll choose a different road Than the one that you've been shown But in the end we're in the square And it's our very own We don't live on easy street, but it's home Looking out on the open road, where you'll go it alone To the last of our simple days, we'll wave goodbye Down this road we've grown It's Our Very Own Come December Come what may We'll recall our simple days And we'll always know They were our very own |
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from Nanci Griffith - The Last Of The True Believers (2002)
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 dreams and move from the Texas Plains [Chorus:] Oh, I'm gonna take us back where we belong Where you can see it in the stars that the weather's comin' on One of these days Now, our Daddy's grew cotton, spittin' dust of a mornin' We met on a school bus rollin' thru the Autumn fields our Daddy's raised Beneath a hot August sky, our Mothers waved goodbye My Daddy tipped his hat with a tear in his eye When we left for the city where the sun rarely shines It was a hundred and two in the shade [Chorus] Hey, do you wanna take a cab uptown? 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 this love we share is still a hundred and two In the shade |
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