Nanci Griffith piosenki

Gulf Coast Highway He worked the rails He worked the rice fields With their cool dark wells He worked the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico The only thing we've ever owned Is this old house here by the road And when he dies he says he'll catch Some blackbird's w...

Oh, 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 He was a friend of mine And he died on the road,...

Well, it's harvest time out on this Amarillo highway Daydreamin' the South of France I could whistle you out waltzin' there Would you still say you can't? Heart of a miner here takin' her last chance [Chorus:] Heart of a miner, kept her feelings buried deep H...

I am on a Riverboat on the Saigon River Where the music's too loud While I try to have my dinner Stories I've been told of 1954 When the bodies washed ashore from that distant war My friend Michael came in '68 The bodies still floating with the dinner boats s...

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 eyes I think I'll go to Heaven I heard it's peaceful the...

Hell no, I'm not alright You can talk all day and ask all night Hell no, I'm not alright You can talk all day and ask all night Nothing's gonna change, no end in sight Hell no, I'm not alright Did you really think you could be okay To leave me stranded...

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 a place I go when I close my eyes [Chorus:] I need a hom...

Sonny Curtis 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 law won [Chorus] Left my baby and I feel so bad I guess my r...

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 was all you needed And if you cared you found a way to...

I live on a battlefield Surrounded by the ruins of a love we built And then destroyed between us, the smoke has cleared As I stumble through the rubble, I'm dazed and seein' double And I'm truly mystified [Chorus:] My new home is a shell-hole Filled with tea...

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 door's itch It's a pantomime at fever pitch And we can al...

Oh, your golden lights of America, Joseph sought your prairies and your buffalo. And the humming of the rails down through Kansas, They brought Joseph in from Baltimore. The Cavalry, the Indians, and an old dan were his only friends. Then the old dan died and...

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 still miss someone Oh, I never get over those blue eyes I...

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 they burn like tears Once I had a love from the Georgia...

I Would Bring You Ireland I would bring you Ireland The cool sweet of the Dublin rain If you would keep my heart for me In the quiet of your Texas days And my old friend, will you shelter me from pain In return I'd bring you Ireland One day I'll build a towe...

You never liked this place where we'd been living all along So, you packed up your things and bought a one-way ticket home Leaving never hurt as much as being left behind [Chorus:] I would change my life I would make it right I would change my life If you wou...

This flesh and bone ain't much protection For an honest heart like mine A broken home for good intentions Damaged inventions of my design Chorus: I'll move along (time to move along) I'll move along (time to move along) Bridge: I'm slow to move these feet of...

From Boston to Southshore in the back of the bus, It's the last winter storm of the season and such And I am lost to the fiction of the book in my lap The snow makes me drowsy, while the dreams roll and tumble, It's a long way to Texas, it's a long way back ho...

I almost felt you touching me just now I wish I knew which way to turn and go I feel so good and then, then I feel so bad I wonder what I ought to do If I could only fly, if I could only fly I'd bid this place goodbye to come and be with you But I can h...

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 this land If I had a bell I'd ring it in the morning I'...