Desperadoes Waiting For A Train Nanci Griffith

waiting for a train Like desperadoes waiting for a train Well he's a drifter and a driller of oil wells And an old school man of the world He taught me how to drive his car When he's too drunk to And

Morning Train Nanci Griffith

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

Last Train Home Nanci Griffith

[Chorus] You missed the last train home The whistle blew and now she's gone West Texas dust beneath your nails You're hammered down the heartbreak trail And you've missed the last train home That whistle

Waiting For Love Nanci Griffith

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

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

What've you got to say for yourself now, baby, now that I am leaving you, What have you got to lose?

The Streets Of Baltimore Nanci Griffith

I sold the farm to take me woman Where she longed to be We left our kin and all our friends Back there in Tennessee I bought the one way tickets She had often begged me for And they took us to the streets

Try The Love Nanci Griffith

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

So Long Ago (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

My daddy sent me on to Baton Rouge in 1969 He said our love was like a forest fire and he'd end it with a mind So you rode with us to Temple, Texas where I did catch the train And I remember waving back

Radio Fragile (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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

Goin' Back To Georgia Nanci Griffith

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

Summer Wages Nanci Griffith

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

Brave Companion Of The Road (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

lonelier Than I've ever seen you be Oh, it's plain to see That you've gone crazier Than you ever thought you'd be When the lights go down And the dance floor is empty And the crowd is going home I will be waiting

Maybe Tomorrow Nanci Griffith

not today Life will once again make sense Maybe tomorrow I`ll regain my confidence Maybe tomorrow True love is just around the bend But I really don`t know when Oh, maybe tomorrow But not today There`s a

Night Rider's Lament Nanci Griffith

While I was out a-ridin` The graveyard shift midnight till dawn The moon was as bright as a reading light For a letter from an old friend back home He asked me Why do you ride for your money?

He Was A Friend Of Mine Nanci Griffith

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

Dress Of Laces Nanci Griffith

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

Two For The Road Nanci Griffith

say one day, babe we`re bound to `cause it takes two for the road We`re two of a kind heart Closing in the distances Now here comes our twilight part And we`ve had the best light of our days We`re two

This Old Town Nanci Griffith

This old town should`ve burned down in 1929 That`s when we stood in line Waiting for our soup Swallowing our pride This old town should`ve burned down in 1931 When the rain refused to come Air filled up

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

You can cuss the daylights out of this pale winter moon And we can ponder every reason why your true love was untrue You can cry your eyes out, I've got a shoulder here for you And every day your broken

Hometown Streets (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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

1937 Pre-War Kimball Nanci Griffith

(Nanci Griffith) Oh, it sat in this corner for many a year Through fireside parties, of tears and cheers The hands of James Hooker flew over its keys And God know who who else 'fore it came to me When

Clock Without Hands Nanci Griffith

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

I Live On A Battlefield Nanci Griffith

[Chorus:] My new home is a shell-hole Filled with tears and muddy water And bits of broken heart All around there is desolation And scenes of devastation Of a love being torn apart I live on a battlefield

Tecumseh Valley Nanci Griffith

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

Not Innocent Enough Nanci Griffith

They say I robbed the restaurant and a Memphis cop got shot I was trying to feed my habit, I was scared and I was high It was never my intention that anyone should die And just how many of us are innocent

Morning Song for Sally Nanci Griffith

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

I Wish It Would Rain (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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

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

honkin' again Your stereo could drive the devil out Hey, you drink too much and you talk too loud But you think you got it made Think you got it made Think you got it made When you're one blade shy of a

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

He owned a hotel on Jersey shore She made her living seeing the sailors door to door He was a small Hawaiian with a crooked smile But he made her eyes light up like the heavens on the Fourth of July She

Lost Him In The Sun Nanci Griffith

(John Stewart) Any given day there's a jet flying somwhere Oh, we bought a ticket and vanished in the sky And how was I to know he was leaving in the morning I never heard him go and then he never said

I Still Miss Someone Nanci Griffith

At my door the leaves are falling The cold wild wind will come Sweethearts walk by together And I still miss someone I go out on a party To look for a little fun But I find a darkened corner Because I

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

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

Wings Of A Dove Nanci Griffith

chorus- 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.

Ten Degrees and Getting Colder Nanci Griffith

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

Last Song For Mother Nanci Griffith

What a mother's love has lent, To all that is me. And will you sing this song again? Let us sing it hand in hand, While the band is still playing.

Tell Me How Nanci Griffith

[Chorus:] 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

Sing One For Sister (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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

Nickel Dreams (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

A little girl dreamer Ribbons and long curls Reflections of yesterdays past Headlines and footlights Wee hours and long nights Keep everything moving so fast It's taken a long time And she's walked a fine

The Wing And The Wheel Nanci Griffith

The wing and the wheel now they carry things away Whether it's me that does the leavin' or that love that flies away Moon outside my window looks so lonely tonight There's a chunk out of it's middle It's

From A Distance Nanci Griffith

From a distance the world looks blue and green And the snow-capped mountains white From a distance the ocean meets the stream And the eagle takes to flight From a distance there is harmony And it echoes

Tequila After Midnight Nanci Griffith

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

Simple Life Nanci Griffith

[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

Rise To The Occasion Nanci Griffith

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

Listen To The Radio (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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

Where Would I Be Nanci Griffith

(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

Tumble And Fall (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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

Roses On The 4th Of July Nanci Griffith

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.

One Of These Days Nanci Griffith

from the Texas Plains 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

Beautiful Nanci Griffith

Here's a photograph of you in Woody Hermann's band It was 1952, you were such a handsome man One of you at a memorial with all of Hoagy's clan And then you and my mother, walking hand in hand And she was

The Ghost Inside Of Me Nanci Griffith

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