Little Love Affairs (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

It once was my shadow, grown Weary of travel Till you gave it home What makes the love grow, when The seasons change? What makes the love grow?

Beacon Street (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Gonna wake up crazy to the cry of the trains on Beacon Street So far from home, so far from love, so far from a friend in need And all I need is a heart to hold and a good night's sleep And all I have

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

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

Trouble In The Fields (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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

Outbound Plane (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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

Wooden Heart (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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

Hometown Streets (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

crowded avenues But, my peace of mind Is a place I go when I close my eyes [Chorus:] I need a hometown street where the boys are pretty And a friend is still a friend I need a hometown street where the love

Heaven (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I think I'll go to HeavenThere I will lay me downLeave all the pain behind meI'll bury it in the groundMaybe they'll talk about meI pray it won't be liesI think I'll go to heavenHeaven is in your e...

Never Mind (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

thought that me and you But never mind [Chorus:] Never mind, never mind I'm just talkin' through the wine And you know that drinkin' always Makes me sad But before this night is through I better say I love

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

I Knew Love (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I knew love When it still meant forever When a feeling shared didn't always have to hurt And a promise that was made would go unbroken I knew love When it was more than just a word I knew a time When hope

The Power Lines (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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

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

San Diego Serenade (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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

Ford Econoline (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

She drove west from Salt Lake City to the California coastline.She hit the San Diego Freeway doing sixty miles an hour.She had a husband on her bumper, she had five restless children.And she was si...

Radio Fragile (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

We all said you'd never make itCause you had that fragile heartAnd you were odd within the ways of the socialYou through a caution to us allAnd now when the late night drinkers gather for their fal...

Leaving The Harbor (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Or do you love the way it slides Like velvet 'cross your tongue? And as you sing the lullaby Do you savor every line? Or do they flow as one with your heartbeat With your voice and your mind?

It's Too Late (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

the shade [Chorus:] It's too late to leave you You know that I will never leave you It's too late to know you You don't like to be known You would never hold me I don't like to be held I will always love

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

If Wishes Were Changes (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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

Love In A Memory (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

to court her with roses and sweet wine Where hands cross the ivories from six until nine She sings away sorrow each night when she leaves him She goes home alone, She's not the marrying kind [Chorus:] Love

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

got it made Think you got it made Think you got it made When you're one blade shy of a sharp edge Republican is the way you vote You've got a sticker on your bumper that's how I know And you think true love

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

Down 'N' Outer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I once was a lot like youWe share a dream I couldn't make come trueI was a child who wrote my nameAcross a frosted window paneAnd there are jobs that I might holdIf they'd just let me through the d...

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

You made this love a teardrop waiting to fall. There are those who can't love right. I just can't love wrong.

Brave Companion Of The Road (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

And the crowd is going home I will be waiting For my brave companion of the road Some days come up roses Some days just come and go Some nights are so ruthless That you can't recall the day before This love

Sing One For Sister (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Summer Sunday evening, around the old home placeWell, I would play my guitar and sister sang alongSister's smile would always light up my Daddy's faceAnd when they'd get to dancing, well they'd dan...

Listen To The Radio (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I am leaving Mississippi in the evening rainThese Delta towns wear satin gownsIn a high beamed frameLoretta Lynn guides my hands through the radioWhere would I be in times like theseWithout the son...

Late Night Grande Hotel (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I'm working on a morning flight to anywhere but hereI'm watching this evening fire burn away my tearsAll my life I've left my troubles by the doorLeavin' is all I've ever known before[Chorus:]It's ...

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

say she ran them clean Those porcelain hands keep a ledger even in her sleeves While he worked the See-Bees in the Philippines They say she made more money than you and I will ever see [Chorus:] Cause love

Let It Shine On Me (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

There's a star in Heaven's skyAlways shining brightIt's just a tear in an Angel's eyeA gentle guiding lightLet it shine on meLet it show the wayLet it always beLet it always stayLet it flood my sou...

I Would Change My Life (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

You never liked this place where we'd been living all alongSo, you packed up your things and bought a one-way ticket homeLeaving never hurt as much as being left behind[Chorus:]I would change my li...

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

The telephone is ringin' in the middle of the nightAnd I pull the bed clothes higherWill it stop calling out if I turn on the light?I'm afraid of these shadows hereCause my past is truly frightenin...

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

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 b...

Drive-In Movies And Dashboard Lights (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Sister had a crystal voiceShe played a Silverstone from Montgomery WardBaez songs and Monroe hairShe sure could turn the boys heads to stareSwimwear saunter, tan and haunt themWas all she learned i...

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

I am a backseat driver from AmericaThey drive to the left on Falls RoadThe man at the wheel's name is SeamusWe pass a child on the corner he knowsAnd Seamus says, "Now, what chance has thatKid got?...

Love At The Five And Dime Nanci Griffith

Love at the Five and Dime Rita was sixteen years Hazel eyes and chestnut hair She made the Woolworth counter shine And Eddie was a sweet romancer And a darn good dancer And they waltzed the aisles of the

Trouble In The Fields Nanci Griffith

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

Turn Around Nanci Griffith

Where are you goin` my little one, little one? Where are you goin` my baby my own?

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

Always Will Nanci Griffith

"I saw you on the avenue You looked so tired and a little blue You were in your Sunday best With your father's tie upon your chest [Chorus:] Hey, you always stood me still Hey, you always will In the corridor

Love Conquers All Nanci Griffith

She's a brown skin girl from El Paso City He's a sweet tempered soldier from Fort Bliss They ran off one July evening All concerned said this one is anyone's guess Love conquers all Love conquers all And

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

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

Try The Love Nanci Griffith

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

The Ghost Inside Of Me Nanci Griffith

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

I Love This Town Nanci Griffith

I love this town like an unmade bed I love this town of the living dead I love this town gonna paint it red If I can spare a minute I love this town where curtains twitch Where this door scratches next

Truly Something Fine Nanci Griffith

(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

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.