Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith
Straddling the fine line between folk and country music, Nanci Griffith has become as well-known for her brilliant confessional songwriting as her beautiful voice. A self-styled "folkabilly" singer, Griffith began as a kindergarten teacher and occasional folksinger. The country scene took her to hea...
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Discography
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Intersection
Original Release Date: February 20, 2012
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The Loving Kind
Original Release Date: June 9, 2009
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Ruby's Torch
Original Release Date: November 14, 2006
Lyrics
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1937 Pre-War Kimball
**** Pre-war Kimball ** ** ** gone}....... -
Across the Great Divide
I've been walkin' in my sleep Countin' t.... -
Alabama Soft Spoken Blues
Southern man, you sure are pretty, got a.... -
Always Will
I saw you on the avenue You looked so ti.... -
Angels
The touch of your hand will let me know .... -
Anyone Can Be Somebody's Fool
You can cuss the daylights Outta this pa.... -
Anything You Need But Me
Let me say this one more time Just in ca.... -
Are You Tired Of Me Darling
Are you tired of me my darling? Did you .... -
Armstrong
Black boy in Chicago, playing in the str.... -
Back When Ted Loved Sylvia
They both wrote poetry In fact, that was.... -
Banks of the Pontchartrain
Well I'm goin' back where my garden bloo.... -
Beacon Street
Gonna wake up crazy to the cry of the tr.... -
Beautiful
Here’s a photograph of you in Woody Herm.... -
Before
I dreamed of Louisiana And a night in La.... -
Big Blue Ball of War
In ***** this ball was at war It went fr.... -
Bluer Than Blue
After you go I can catch up on my readin.... -
Boots of Spanish Leather
Oh, I'm sailing away, my own true love I.... -
Brave Companion Of The Road
Where are you goin' there? With your sui.... -
Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound
It's a long and dusty road It's a hot an.... -
Can't Love Wrong
He is from the work of a Southern writer.... -
Canadian Whiskey
In the hills of Montana There's a timber.... -
Clock Without Hands
I am a clock without hands I'm walking t.... -
Cold Hearts * Closed Minds
My bags are waiting in a cab downstairs .... -
Cold Hearts/Closed Minds
My bags are waiting in a cab downstairs .... -
Comin' Down In The Rain
Flipped into the wind like the ashes of .... -
Cotton
If I came back to the land of cotton Wou.... -
Daddy Said
Oh, I used to wish I was a hard line tak.... -
Deadwood, South Dakota
Well, the good times scratched a laugh F.... -
Do-Re-Mi
Well, thousands of folks, back east they.... -
Dollar Matinee
Ronnie stood beneath the movie marquee H.... -
Don't Forget About Me
I can't be your weather 'Cuz if it rains.... -
Down 'n' Outer
I once was a lot like you We share a dre.... -
Down 'N' Outer
I once was a lot like you We share a dre.... -
Dress of Laces
And she has a dress of laces It's worn i.... -
Drive-In Movies and Dashboard Lights
Sister had a crystal voice She played a .... -
Drops from the Faucet
Drops in the faucet like a nervous heart.... -
Everything's Comin' Up Roses
This life is filled with wonder This lif.... -
Fields of Summer
I am fragile in the morning, I grow stro.... -
Fly by Night
Oh, its just another summer mornin', Bab.... -
Ford Econoline
She drove west from Salt Lake City To th.... -
Fragile
I look out on these shields of heather '.... -
Friend Out In the Madness
I am not a child, though you'll treat me.... -
From a Distance
From a distance, the world looks blue an.... -
Ghost In the Music
Down at the station the tracks are cold .... -
Goin' Gone
There's a lighthouse in the harbor Givin.... -
Going Back to Georgia
Oh the city snow makes your brown eyes s.... -
Good Night, New York
My mother came to America Sailed through.... -
Goodnight to a Mother's Dream
Flippin' bottle caps through the ring ar.... -
Grapefruit Moon
Grapefruit moon, one star shining Shinin.... -
Gulf Coast Highway
Gulf coast highway, he worked the rails .... -
He Was a Friend of Mine
Oh, he was a friend of mine, he was a fr.... -
Heart Of A Miner
Well, it's harvest time out on this Amar.... -
Heart of Indochine
I am on a Riverboat on the Saigon River .... -
Heartbeat
Heartbeat Why do you miss when my baby k.... -
Heaven
I think I'll go to Heaven And there I wi.... -
Hometown Streets
Everybody packs their goals They sail aw.... -
I Don't Wanna Talk About Love
I don't wanna talk about love 'Cause I'v.... -
I Fought the Law
Breakin' rocks in the hot sun I fought t.... -
I Knew Love
I knew love when it still meant forever .... -
I Love This Town
I love this town like an unmade bed I lo.... -
I Remember Joe
Oh, your golden lights of America Joseph.... -
I Still Miss Someone
At my door the leaves are fallin' A cold.... -
I Wish It Would Rain
Oh, I wish it would rain, it's gonna was.... -
I Would Bring You Ireland
I would bring you Ireland The cool sweet.... -
I Would Change My Life
You never liked this place where we'd be.... -
I'll Move Along
This flesh and bone ain't much protectio.... -
I'm Not Drivin' These Wheels (Bring the Prose to the Wheel)
Boston to Southshore on the back of the .... -
If I Were The Woman You Wanted
Now they all sat around in a circle They.... -
If These Walls Could Speak
If these old walls, if these old walls c.... -
If Wishes Were Changes
I wish that you loved me the way that I .... -
In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
In the wee small hours of the morning Wh.... -
Is This All There Is?
I have traveled far to be sitting here w.... -
It's a Hard Life (Wherever You Go)
I am a backseat driver from America They.... -
It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go
I am a backseat driver from America They.... -
It's Just Another Morning Here
The telephone is ringin' in the middle o.... -
It's Too Late
You pace the pool and talk about it I re.... -
Julie Anne
An urban light hit's a bartender's smile.... -
Last Song for Mother
1 2 3 4....... -
Last Train Home
By the time I get to Phoenix Was the las.... -
Late Night Grande Hotel
I'm working on a morning flight to anywh.... -
Leaving The Harbor
When you are leaving the harbor Do you c.... -
Let It Shine on Me
There's a star in Heaven's sky Always sh.... -
Listen to the Radio
I am leaving Mississippi in the evening .... -
Little Love Affairs
When I wake in the night and find that I.... -
Lone Star State of Mind
Your phone call took my by surprise Gee,.... -
Lookin' for the Time (Workin' Girl)
Well, I work this corner from eleven to .... -
Looking For The Time (Workin' Girl)
Now, I work this corner from eleven to f.... -
Lost Him in the Sun
Any given day, there's a jet flying some.... -
Love at the Five and Dime
Rita was sixteen years, hazel eyes and c.... -
Love at the Five and Dime (Live)
Rita was sixteen years, hazel eyes and c.... -
Love Conquers All
She's a brown skin girl from El Paso Cit.... -
Love in a Memory
She sleeps alone in the warm nights of M.... -
Love Is a Hard Waltz
Take this heart of mine out the winter A.... -
Love Wore a Halo (Back Before the War)
He owned a hotel on Jersey shore She mad.... -
Love's Found a Shoulder
My friends think I'm crazy and maybe it'.... -
Marilyn Monroe/Neon and Waltzes
Sun will stop shinin' and hearts will st.... -
Mary and Omie
My daddy was a longshoreman in New Orlea.... -
Maybe Tomorrow
I will find somebody new Maybe tomorrow .... -
Michael's Song
There's a light out on the freeway says,.... -
Midnight in Missoula
Are you sleeping now? It's midnight in M.... -
Montana Backroads
In an old pickup truck, with his hat pul.... -
More Than a Whisper
Oh, I wish that you would call We have n.... -
Morning Song for Sally
As the morning light stretched in across.... -
Mountain of Sorrow
Easy come, easy go, anything but easy th.... -
Never Mind
You say you're heading out to California.... -
Not My Way Home
I know you believe in miracles And that .... -
October Reasons
I'm gonna open up the window and let in .... -
Old Hanoi
Where are all the Satchel Boys Selling b.... -
On Grafton Street
On Grafton Street at Christmas time The .... -
Once In a Very Blue Moon
I found your letter in my mailbox today .... -
One Blade Shy of a Sharp Edge
You honk the horn on your Mercedes Benz .... -
One of These Days
We walk along the Hudson when it snows h.... -
Our Very Own
We don't live on easy street But it's ho.... -
Outbound Plane
I don't want to be standing here With th.... -
Pearl's Eye View (The Life of Dickey Chapelle)
Oh, she was high up there in the air Cau.... -
Please Call Me, Baby
The evening fell just like a star Left a.... -
Poet in My Window
Goodbye gray skies I see my heart comin'.... -
Radio Fragile
We all said you'd never make it 'Cuz you.... -
Rise to the Occasion
I'll never fall in love again It's such .... -
Roses On the 4th of July
He still sends her roses on the 4th of J.... -
Roseville Fair
Oh, the night was clear and the stars we.... -
Ruby's Arms
He will leave behind all of his clothes .... -
Saint Teresa of Avila
Saint Teresa, your patron child's come h.... -
San Diego Serenade
I never saw the morning 'til I stayed up.... -
Say It Isn't So
When you say I love you Is it just becau.... -
Shaking Out the Snow
Snowing through South Dakota I once drov.... -
Simple Life
I want a simple life, like my mother One.... -
Sing One for Sister
Summer Sunday evening, around the old ho.... -
So Long Ago
My daddy sent me on to Baton Rouge in 19.... -
Someone I Used To Love
All the days we've been together All the.... -
Southbound Train
I'm sitting on a southbound train starin.... -
Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
You come home late and you come home ear.... -
Spin on a Red Brick Floor
Well, I could use a little spin on a red.... -
Storms
As quiet as a street lamp this is some k.... -
Sweet Dreams Will Come
I'm sleepin' less in L.A. Dreamin' of da.... -
Talk to Me While I'm Listening
Should have known that you were gone bac.... -
Tecumseh Valley
The name she gave was Caroline Daughter .... -
Tell Me How
Tell me how to keep your love You know h.... -
The Flyer
He was a flyer for the air force on a pl.... -
The Ghost Inside of Me
Every prayer that I'm not praying And ev.... -
The Last of the True Believers
Oh, he said it was the sound of the wint.... -
The Power Lines
Nobody seems to care about you With your.... -
The Streets of Baltimore
I sold the farm to take my woman Where s.... -
The Wing and the Wheel
The wing and the wheel now they carry th.... -
The Wing And The Wheel
The wing and the wheel they carry things.... -
There's a Light Beyond These Woods
There's a light beyond these woods, Mary.... -
There's a Light Beyond These Woods (Mary Margaret)
There's a light beyond these woods, Mary.... -
These Days in an Open Book
Shut it down and call this road a day An.... -
This Old Town
This old town should've burned down in 1.... -
Three Flights Up
We returned to that five room flat Now i.... -
Time Alone
Oh, the grace that true love holds When .... -
Time of Inconvenience
We're living in a time of inconvenience .... -
Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown
Tonight I think I'm gonna go downtown To.... -
Tower Song
So close and yet so far away And all the.... -
Traveling Through This Part of You
Nothing that I've ever seen Now means mu.... -
Trouble in the Fields
Baby I know that we've got trouble in th.... -
Trouble with Roses
I worked hard for that rose You may have.... -
Truly Something Fine
Oh, love is a hand you hold When you thi.... -
Try the Love
Before you marry, before you mend Or hav.... -
Tumble And Fall
Your late night conversation Telephone c.... -
Turn Around
Where are you goin' my little one, littl.... -
Two for the Road
Out of the blue horizon Stretched a band.... -
Waiting for Love
Life is full of finer things, they're lo.... -
Walk Right Back
I want you to tell me why you walked out.... -
Wall of Death
Let me ride on the wall of death one mor.... -
Waltzing with the Angels
She's just a hill country girl home from.... -
Wasn't That A Mighty Storm?
Wasn't that a mighty storm? Yeah Wasn't .... -
West Texas Sun
Wash away the tears, all the angry times.... -
What's That I Hear
This is a Phil Ochs song....... -
Wheels
He took a plane to New York city To chas.... -
When I Dream
I could have a mansion That is higher th.... -
Where Would I Be
Tell me where Would I be now without you.... -
White Freight Liner
I'm headed out on that highway Listenin'.... -
Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
{One, two, three}....... -
Woman Of The Phoenix
Well I've listened to the words you love.... -
Wooden Heart
Can't you see I love you Please don't br.... -
Workin' in Corners
Well it's a southern road west of New Or.... -
Wouldn't That Be Fine
If you could stand behind my eyes for ju.... -
Year Down in New Orleans
I truly need a year down in New Orleans .... -
You Asked Me To
Long ago and far away My old common labo.... -
You Can't Go Home
So much silence to my hometown streets G.... -
You Made This Love a Teardrop
What have you got to say For yourself, n.... -
You Were on My Mind
When I got up this morning You were on m....
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