Тексты песен «Nanci Griffith»

If these old walls, if these old walls could speak Of things that they remember well Stories and faces dearly held A couple in love livin' week to week Rooms full of laughter If these walls could speak If these old...

(Nanci Griffith - James Hooker) 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...

In the wee small hours of the morning While the whole wide world is fast asleep You lie awake and think about the girl And never ever think of counting sheep When your lonely heart has learned its lesson You'd be hers...

In the wee small hours of the morning While the whole wide world is fast asleep You lie awake and think about the girl And never ever think of counting sheep When your lonely heart has learned its lesson You'd be hers...

I have traveled far to be sitting here with you And I will leave this place alone That's a sad and simple truth So little time and so much to say And I'll be none the wiser When I leave you here today Is this all...

I am a backseat driver from America They drive on the left on falls road The man at the wheel's name is Shamus We pass a child on the corner he knows And Shamus says, "Now what chance has that kid got?" And I say from...

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? I'm afraid of these shadows here 'Cause my past is truly frightening And I'm afraid...

You pace the pool and talk about it And I read my book and think about it You've walked on water As I'm turning the page You say, "What's the intrigue here Of reading when the sky is clear?" You are in the sun And I am...

He was a simple man only to a stranger. And the kindness in his eyes I still remember. Now that he is old, They say he's angry and he's cold, That his soul is dying. He's a wealthy man's dream, And he's a working man's...

An urban light hit's a bartender's smile 'Cause it's closin' time again Last call rang out such a long time ago In the heart of Julie Anne Now she waits inside this midnight glow To steal her dance of grace White satin...

Oh, he said it was the sound of the winter callin' from up around the bend Or it could be the cry of your restless heart for the love of your long lost friends Me, I think it's just the summertime and the heat of these...

1 2 3 4 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 And in my youth I did defy you to the end Please...

By the time I get to Phoenix Was the last song on your mind the day you left Then you woke up in Nogales With Tequila with her name across your chest Now, you've stumbled through the morning On these border tourists'...

(Nanci Griffith) I'm working on a morning flight to anywhere but here I'm watching this evening fire burn away my tears All my life I've left My troubles by the door Leaving is all I've ever known before Chorus It's...

I'm working on a morning flight to anywhere but here I'm watching this evening fire burn away my tears All my life I've left my troubles by the door Leavin' is all I've ever known before It's not the way you hold me...

(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? When you...

There's a star in Heaven's sky Always shining bright It's just a tear in an Angel's eye A gentle guiding light Let it shine on me Let it show the way Let it always be Let it always stay Let it flood my soul Let...

I am leaving Mississippi in the evening rain These Delta towns wear satin gowns In a high beamed frame Loretta Lynn guides my hands through the radio Where would I be in times like these Without the songs Loretta...

When I wake in the night and find that I'm dreaming You're the first thought in mind Love's a fair-weather friend when you're lonely You are my summer state of mind Does it sing to you nightly, does it lay down beside...

(By Fred Koller, Patrick Alger & Gene Levine) Your phone call took my by surprise Gee, it's been a long, long time Since those hot and humid Texas nights When we went swimm'n in the tide Corpus Christi seems so far...