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

Radio Fragile (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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

Hometown Streets (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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 a place I go when I close my eyes [Chorus:] I need a hometown street

Down 'N' Outer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I don't live Across the water Hey, I live right here On this corner Just a bank account away from America I won't hurt your family I don't want a house there on your street And I know you think that I'm

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...

Nickel Dreams (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

A little girl dreamerRibbons and long curlsReflections of yesterdays pastHeadlines and footlightsWee hours and long nightsKeep everything moving so fastIt's taken a long timeAnd she's walked a fine...

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...

Never Mind (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

You say you're heading out toCaliforniaYou've heard the grapes are fallingFrom the vineI was hoping you might have theUrge to write meBut, I don't believe you willSo never mindI was talking to a ma...

Outbound Plane (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I don't wanna be standing hereWith this ticket for this outbound planeOh, I've been here beforeSomehow this doesn't feel the sameTalk is cheapSo we could talk all night longAnd we may never figure ...

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 I ...

Tumble And Fall (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Your late night conversationTelephone call and an inspirationFor a heart to recall, had a tumble and fallAnd my friends all say I'm lazyClumsy at love and I'm middle age crazyI stumble along with a...

I Knew Love (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I knew loveWhen it still meant foreverWhen a feeling shared didn't always have to hurtAnd a promise that was made would go unbrokenI knew loveWhen it was more than just a wordI knew a timeWhen hope...

So Long Ago (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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

Little Love Affairs (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

When I wake in the night and findThat I'm dreamingYou're the first thought in mindLove's a fair weather friend whenYou're lonelyYou are my summer state of mindDoes it sing to you nightly?Does it la...

Leaving The Harbor (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

When you are leaving the harborDo you cry out to the shore?Do you bless the wave of the oceanDo you call your vessel home?As you leave the safest harborDo you wonder where you'll go?When you feel y...

It's Too Late (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

You pace the pool and talk about itI read my book and think about itYou've walked on waterAs I'm turning the pageYou say, What's the intrigue here,In reading when the sky is clear?You are in the su...

Fields Of Summer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I am fragile in the morningI grow stronger in the dayI can sprint like a new spring doeBy the fall of the nightLove has chased me downThrough the cities and the townsUntil I stood beside the roadAn...

The Power Lines (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Nobody seems to care about youWith your tool case by the roadsideThere beneath the power linesOr the pallor of your skinPaled beneath fluorescent lightsIn a Greyhound station's cruel midnightWhere ...

San Diego Serenade (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I never saw the morning 'til I stayed up all nightI never saw the sunshine 'til you turned out the lightI never saw my hometown 'til I'd stayed away too longI never heard the melody until I needed ...

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...

Trouble In The Fields (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Baby I know that we've got trouble in the fieldsWhen the bankers swarm like locust out there turning away our yieldThe trains roll by our silos, silver in the rainThey leave our pockets full of not...

Love In A Memory (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

She sleeps alone in the warm nights of MemphisWhere the Peabody Hotel meets the velveteen skyShe sings like the waves in the cool MississippiThat brought her from St. Paul in '75And men come to cou...

If Wishes Were Changes (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I wish that you loved meThe way that I love youI wish I had AngelsWho sang in my dreamsIf wishes were changesWe'd all live in rosesAnd there wouldn't be childrenWho cried in their sleepHe wishes I ...

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 ...

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...

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

You can cuss the daylights out of this pale winter moonAnd we can ponder every reason why your true love was untrueYou can cry your eyes out, I've got a shoulder here for youAnd every day your brok...

I Wish It Would Rain (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Oh I wish it would rain and wash my face cleanI want to find some dark cloud to hide in hereOh love and a memory sparkle like diamondsWhen the diamonds fall they burn like tearsWhen the diamonds fa...

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...

Brave Companion Of The Road (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Where are you going there?With your suitcase by the back porch stairsWith my heart in your handIn this cold December wind againThe cafes and bars are closedThe Christmas lights are veiled in snowTe...

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...

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 truth you tried to keep from me, Well, it nearly drove me crazy, And I have grown weary from ...

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?...

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

You honk the horn on your Mercedes BenzI've rolled up my window so you're honkin' againYour stereo could drive the devil outHey, you drink too much and you talk too loudBut you think you got it mad...

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

He owned a hotel on Jersey shoreShe made her living seeing the sailors door to doorHe was a small Hawaiian with a crooked smileBut he made her eyes light up like the heavens on the Fourth of JulySh...

The Wing And The Wheel Nanci Griffith

We used to linger beneath street lamps with our halos and the smoke Then 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

Armstrong Nanci Griffith

(John Stewart) Black boy in Chicago Playing in the street Not near enough to wear Not near enough to eat Don't you know he saw it He saw a man named Armstrong Walk upon the moon Young girl in Calcutta

Before Nanci Griffith

Than in that dream and in reality Is we weren't afraid to fail in love And we all believed in the dream Before, before I dreamed of Manhattan In a time before this war It was snowing down on Bleeker Street

Across America Nanci Griffith

I've heard enough from pundits I've heard our leaders speak I tell you know I'd rather talk to the people in the street 'Cause you don't know someone Until you've looked them in the eye And that

Summer Wages Nanci Griffith

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

Heart Of Indochine Nanci Griffith

Later I walked all the way from Tu Do Street To the banks of the river with the dinner boats sailing Beside all of the souls, of a River in Peace Oh, deliver me to the river of souls In the heart of Indochina

Morning Train Nanci Griffith

Mississippi River When it sinks I wont` feel a thing When it sinks I won`t feel a thing The whistles blowin` clear and loud When I hit the station I`ll take a taxi to the corner I`m gonna meet him by a street

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

The Loving Kind Nanci Griffith

They were the loving kind She was black and he was white In Virginia, nineteen fifty eight They found love amongst the hate Well, the law said they could not wed They married anyway The sheriff put...

Money Changes Everything Nanci Griffith

In the rush of the river and the roar of the crowd You can't hear the silence calling When it's merely a whisper of a cloud In a crazy storm that pulls you on Take a pill or you might take a loss A...

One Of These Days Nanci Griffith

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 drea...

Cotton Nanci Griffith

If I came back to the land of cotton, Would you love just me? Old loves lost are ne'er forgotten: That's the way it's supposed to be. Are you short or are you long? Are you easy to see? Are you we...

Not Innocent Enough Nanci Griffith

What the hell was I doing there in that fast food parking lot? 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...