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

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

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

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

San Diego Serenade (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I never saw the morning 'til I stayed up all night I never saw the sunshine 'til you turned out the light I never saw my hometown 'til I'd stayed away too long I never heard the melody until I needed the

Roses On The 4th Of July Nanci Griffith

""You Were On My Mind"" Was their favorite song. Love is a mystery, from birth 'til we die. It's cross words of a morning, by evening entwined. It's all that we dream of, sometimes it's not right.

Last Song For Mother Nanci Griffith

And will you sing this song again? Let us sing it hand in hand, While the band is still playing.

Last Train Home Nanci Griffith

By the Time I Get to Phoenix Was the last song on your mind the day you left You woke up in Nogales With Tequila with her name across your chest You've stumbled through the morning In these border tourists

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

I'm afraid of these shadows here Cause my past is truly frightening And I'm afraid of the warmth in the down Of a feathered heart in flight [Chorus:] It's just another morning here (it's morning) It's

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

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

In The Wee Small Hours Nanci Griffith

In the wee small hours of the morning While the whole wide world is fast asleep You lie awake and think about the girl And never ever think of counting sheep When your lonely heart has learned its lesson

Ten Degrees and Getting Colder Nanci Griffith

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 And she told him she would take him For

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

Wasn't That A Mighty Storm Nanci Griffith

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

You Were On My Mind Nanci Griffith

When I got up this morning You were on my mind You were on my mind I got some aches and I got some pains and I got some wounds to bind So I went to the corner Just to ease my pain Just to ease my pain

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

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

Desperadoes Waiting For A Train Nanci Griffith

sit in the kitchen and he'd cry And run his fingers Through seventy years of living And wonder, Lord, has every well I've drilled gone dry We were friends me and this old man Like desperadoes waiting for

Hard Times Come Again No More Nanci Griffith

Let us pause in life`s pleasures and count its many tears While we all sup sorrow with the poor There`s a song that will linger forever in our ears; Oh, hard times come again no more `Tis the song, the

Waiting For Love Nanci Griffith

Tripping over your own feet He claims you still anyway Waiting for love God forgives your lack of grace Everyone I know From my dust bowl to the city Is waiting for love (love) To start another day They

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

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

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

From A Distance Nanci Griffith

man God is watching us, God is watching us God is watching us from a distance From a distance you look like my friend Even though we are at war From a distance I can't comprehend What all this war is for

Leaving The Harbor (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

When you sing the lullaby Do you sing it for the song? Or do you love the way it slides Like velvet 'cross your tongue? And as you sing the lullaby Do you savor every line?

Boots Of Spanish Leather Nanci Griffith

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

Up Against the Rain Nanci Griffith

You ran up against the rain everyday of your short life Suffered for your muse without complaining Never heard you swear life isn't fair but it doesn't make it right You left the world knowing all too

Maybe Tomorrow Nanci Griffith

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 gorgeous morning

Late Night Grande Hotel (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I'm working on a morning flight to anywhere but here I'm watching this evening fire burn away my tears All my life I've left my troubles by the door Leavin' is all I've ever known before [Chorus:] It's

Woman of the Phoenix Nanci Griffith

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

Fields Of Summer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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

Yarrington Town Nanci Griffith

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

Saint Teresa Of Avila Nanci Griffith

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

Late Night Grande Hotel Nanci Griffith

I'm working on a morning flight to anywhere but here I'm watching this evening fire burn away my tears All my life I've left my troubles by the door 'Cos leaving is all I've ever known before It's not

Beacon Street (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

and a good night's sleep And all I have is the cry of the trains as they bid farewell on Beacon Street [Chorus:] And here I am again I'm in the company of strangers It's a cold winter wind that sings a song

Big Blue Ball Of War Nanci Griffith

on (We all ride) This big blue ball of war We choose to spin around and ride This big blue ball of war A reformation just might save us all A voice of harmony and open heart Where the women teach the song

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?

Who Knows Where The Time Goes Nanci Griffith

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

Two For The Road Nanci Griffith

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

Tell Me How Nanci Griffith

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

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

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

Old Hanoi Nanci Griffith

Crowded out by motorbike, confined to lesser space In old Hanoi and they grew wings and they've flown away And in the words of Graham Greene Like the Quiet American Who's searching these sacred streets For

Brave Companion Of The Road (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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 For

Not Innocent Enough Nanci Griffith

Philip Workman and I'm not innocent enough It's not a long walk from a trailer park to a Tennessee cell block But I got saved behind these bars, soon I'll give my soul to God Reverend Joe is praying for

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

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

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

The Wing And The Wheel Nanci Griffith

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 big enough for

I Wish It Would Rain (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

hide in here Oh love and a memory sparkle like diamonds When the diamonds fall they burn like tears When the diamonds fall they burn like tears Once I had a love from the Georgia Pans who only cared for