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

Last Song For Mother Nanci Griffith

"If I promise not to cry, Will you look me in the eye, And tell me that you've known me. I was your late, your lonely child, I am enhanced by all you've shown me.

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

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

Hammer Kitchens Of Distinction

I am the sinner with only socks on They huddle around me and cross their arms Seeking chaos in injury Fear of breathing close to me Hammer it home I want to hammer it in Take the lot on and never give

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

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

Hammer Dry The River

It was a difficult decision But every drop of water was a lake And I guess I had a vision Of every unavoidable mistake Though I never had a white flag I surrendered you my every vital sign But the

Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound Nanci Griffith

It`s a long and dusty road It`s a hot and heavy load And the folks I meet ain`t always kind Some are bad and some are good Some have done the best they could Some have tried to ease my trouble in mind

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

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

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

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

If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song) (Live) Sam Cooke

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

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

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?

Wouldn't That Be Fine Nanci Griffith

If you could stand behind my eyes for just one day Could you see my heart beside you?

Heaven (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I think I'll go to Heaven There I will lay me down Leave all the pain behind me I'll bury it in the ground Maybe they'll talk about me I pray it won't be lies I think I'll go to heaven Heaven is in your

If I Had A Hammer Peter, Paul & Mary

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 love between my brothers and my sisters

If I Had A Hammer Aaron Neville

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

If I Had A Hammer Trini Lopez

IF I HAD A HAMMER Trini Lopez 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 love between

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

Trouble In The Fields Nanci Griffith

"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

Trouble In The Fields (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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

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

If I Had a Hammer The Brothers Four

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 love between my brothers and my sisters All over

If I Had A Hammer Pete Seeger

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 love between my brothers and my sisters All

I Fought The Law Nanci Griffith

Breakin` rocks in the hot sun I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won I needed money and I had none I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the lawn won I left my

If I Had A Hammer (Best Of Version) Peter, Paul & Mary

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 love between my brothers and my sisters

If I Had a Hammer (Single Version) Peter, Paul & Mary

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 love between my brothers and my sisters, All

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

Not My Way Home Nanci Griffith

I know you believe in miracles That this love will come back around I know you believe the grass is growing Across this winter To the south of this town I know your kiss is sweeter Than the dust that this

Roses On The 4th Of July Nanci Griffith

"He still sends her roses on the 4th of July. They're always white roses, she's never asked why. She still doesn't know where he goes, Thursday nights.

Before Nanci Griffith

I dreamed of Louisiana And a night in Lafayette We had breakfast with Susanna We were young and wild and left What's different here Than in that dream and in reality Is we weren't afraid to fail in love

Yarrington Town Nanci Griffith

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

Two For The Road 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

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

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

Sister had a crystal voice She played a Silverstone from Montgomery Ward Baez songs and Monroe hair She sure could turn the boys heads to stare Swimwear saunter, tan and haunt them Was all she learned

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

Back When Ted Loved Sylvia Nanci Griffith

They both wrote poetry In fact, that was how they met He was a Yorkshire man in Cambridge She was from Massachusetts They spoke and they fell in love They kissed and picked daffodils She came across the

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

Traveling Through This Part Of You Nanci Griffith

(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

Down 'N' Outer (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I once was a lot like you We share a dream I couldn't make come true I was a child who wrote my name Across a frosted window pane And there are jobs that I might hold If they'd just let me through the

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

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.

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

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

Leaving The Harbor (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

When you are leaving the harbor Do you cry out to the shore? Do you bless the wave of the ocean Do you call your vessel home? As you leave the safest harbor Do you wonder where you'll go?

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

The telephone is ringin' in the middle of the night And I pull the bed clothes higher Will it stop calling out if I turn on the light?