Nickel Dreams (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

hours and long nights Keep everything moving so fast It's taken a long time And she's walked a fine line For fortune and fame have arrived She kept on striving And half-way surviving Till part of those dreams

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

Beacon Street (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

I never did feel lonely till I looked in the mirror and all I could see Was a little bit of you in the corner of an eye in need of a good night's sleep And all I need is to close my eyes to find my dreams

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

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...

Love In A Memory (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

Love in a memory never grows old Now he works the toll booth on the New Jersey Turnpike The ring on his finger grows cold to the bone His sons were all dreamers who cheat on their own wives He still dreams

Trouble In The Fields (Album Version) Nanci Griffith

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 But our dreams

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 ...

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...

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

All the dreams we sang when we knew how, Well, they haven't changed. There's never been two friends like you and me, Mary Margaret. It's nice to see you family growing, Margaret.

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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

man wears a white hood In the night when his children should sleep But, they slip to their window and they see him And they think that white hood's all they need [Chorus] I was a child in the sixties Dreams

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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

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

Tecumseh Valley Nanci Griffith

hard Lord The jobs were few All through Tecumseh Valley But she asked around And a job she found Tending bar at Gypsy Sally's She saved enough to get back home When spring replaced the winter But her dreams

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 dreams

Summer Wages Nanci Griffith

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 The dreams

Trouble In The Fields Nanci Griffith

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 But our dreams

This Old Town Nanci Griffith

hand In the dust bowl of the Mother land There must be rock beneath this sand Oh, I`ll be damned This town still stands Somewhere in the distance The city lights do shine The sidewalks gleam with neon dreams

Heart Of Indochine Nanci Griffith

River At peace in Indochina I am in a caffe in Ho Chi Minn City My friend Bobby Muller is sitting with me This traffic is maddening In his wheelchair he's napping I wonder at times, does he walk in his dreams

Dress Of Laces Nanci Griffith

mother`s pistol And she shoots him as he whistles A song about a sailor`s life in style Young girl in love Young girl in tears She kills the only man she`s loved in years And with him dies her hopes, her dreams

Nickel Dreams (Album Version) Reba McEntire

lights The hours of long nights keep everything Moving so fast It's taken a long time And she's walked a thin line The fame and fortune arrived She kept on striving Way of surviving Till part of those dreams

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...

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...