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| 1. |
| 2:55 | 
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(Nanci Griffith - Matthew Ryan)
This life is filled with wonder This life is full of days not spent Oh I cannot help but ponder What relevance that lends Chorus Oh but everything is comin' up roses And when I'm pushing daisies ... They'll want roses anyway Oh and everything's comin' up roses It's comin' up roses every day I've got a heart bent on confusion I'm punch drunk straight half the time I'm feeling watered down and diluted Still the weather's holdin' fine Chorus There's a piece of land in Kentucky My grandfather worked one long hot day Now it's a flatland blacktop strip mall Still, I remember what he'd say Chorus twice Everyday ... everyday ... buy the dozen ... everyday |
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| 2. |
| 3:04 |
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(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 say one day, babe we're bound to 'cause it takes two for the road Chorus We're two of a kind heart Closing in the distances Now here comes our twilight part And we've had the best light of our days We're two rails that never crossed in anger Voices never raised Two of a kind heart Two for the road We have been blessed with dreaming You had Georgia's New Mexico And while your hands worked in China It was from Ireland I wrote Moving out from America From those buffalo bayou trails Now, didn't you tell me, babe, we'll have this globe By it's tail 'cause it takes two for the road Chorus And we can be anywhere and never leave home With your hand to hold ... we are two for the road Two of a kind heart ... two for the road |
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| 3. |
| 4:06 |
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If you could stand behind my eyes for just one day
Could you see my heart beside you? If you knew my love had never flown away Would I be missing you ... wouldn't that be roses Wouldn't that be fine If I could wash away all these years with language Could this naked love survive the light of day If I could be the one who walked away Would you be missing me ... wouldn't that be roses Wouldn't that be fine? I saw the weather change high up on the cap rock It is my sense of place ... you were my holiday If you could hold me now and brace these broken shoulders Wouldn't that be trust ... wouldn't that be roses Wouldn't that be fine? If I could turn your head with the round of my pen Leaving all we've said ... behind us If I could roll these dice and finally loose my anger Wouldn't that be love ... wouldn't that be roses Wouldn't that be fine? |
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| 4. |
| 3:35 | 
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| 5. |
| 5:20 |
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(Nanci Griffith - Margaret Mary Graham - Mikki Griffith)
Saint Teresa, your patron child's come home Were you there to greet her? Did your angels know her songs? And all her sorrows Did you lift them from her brow? Did you kiss her hand that took her soul Back up to you Our Patron saint of harmony and vow Help me in this stillness Tell me things I need to know How we loved your patron child We say, so long and so long ago Saint Teresa Can you speak to me at all Ah, from here where will we go? Saint Teresa Saint Teresa, she was our sister of arms Gone now the trio To Our Lady, Kate and John And fare to fare Of the tears that cannot fall We send this melody please help her sing along Back up to you Our Patron saint of harmony and song Back up to her Patron saint Beyond our wood those lights Saint Teresa of Avila Discalced de Carmelites Back up to her Patron saint Beyond our wood those lights Saint Teresa of Avila Discalced de Carmelites Saint Cecilia to Saint Teresa, "Your patron child is home" (There are lights beyond our woods) Saint Teresa of Avila Discalced de Carmelites (Lights) Saint Teresa of Avila Discalced de Carmelites (Lights) |
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| 6. |
| 3:31 |
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(James Hooker - Nanci Griffith - Danny Flowers)
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 wing Then he will fly away to Heaven come some sweet blue bonnet spring She walked through springtime When I was home The days were sweet The nights were warm The seasons change the jobs would come the flowers fade This old house felt so alone When the work took me away And when she dies she says; she'll catch some blackbird's wing Then she will fly away to Heaven come some sweet blue bonnet spring Highway 90 The jobs are gone We tend our garden We set the sun This is the only place on earth blue bonnets grow Once a year they come and go At this old house here by the road And when we die we say we'll catch some blackbird's wing Then we will fly away to heaven come some sweet blue bonnet spring And when we die we'll catch some blackbird's wing We will fly away together come some sweet blue bonnet spring |
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| 2:38 |
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(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 lawn won I left my baby and I feel so bad I guess my race is run She's the best girl that I ever had I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won Robbin' people with a zip gun I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won I miss my baby and good fun I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won Left my bay and I feel so bad I guess my race is run She's the best girl that I ever had I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won |
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| 8. |
| 3:55 |
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(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 love has become Yet, I know your path is clearer Shed of me, out there on your own I don't intend to sound ungrateful You've given love when I had none My feet had tread upon the road you're on And I know it's not my way home I know, it's not my way home I know, it's not my way home You know, this love has left us Don't count the years, it took a long time to kill I know you will find a place for memories And you'll be out there runnin', I will be here to be still |
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| 9. |
| 3:49 |
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I have traveled far to be sitting here with you
And I will leave this place alone That's a sad and simple truth There is so little time and so much to say And I'll be none the wiser When I leave you here today Is this all there is I wanted so much more The gold in those hills The silver of the moors And now that I'm here Looking you head on You're the treasure that I left behind And all I'll ever miss The blame for losing love is blind Is this all there is It always stops me cold everytime I hear your name The friends that we have shared Know I'll never love the same I still hear your voice echo through the days Yet it never breaks my stride 'cuz we would always end this way Is this all there is I wanted so much more The gold in those hills The silver of the moors And now that I'm here Looking you head on You're the treasure that I left behind And all I'll ever miss The blame for losing love is blind Is this all there is We were really something Holding hands and walkin' Now, no amount of talkin' Could lend this love a place to go Is this all there is I wanted so much more The gold in those hills The silver of the moors And now that I'm here Looking you head on You're the treasure that I left behind And all I'll ever miss The blame for losing love is blind Is this all there is |
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| 10. |
| 2:22 |
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(Nanci Griffith - Harlan Howard)
I will find somebody new Maybe tomorrow I will stop this missing you Maybe tomorrow Time's the healer time's the key So all the wise folks say Oh, maybe tomorrow But not today Life will once again make sense Maybe tomorrow I'll regain my confidence Maybe tomorrow True love is just around the bend But I really don't know when Oh, maybe tomorrow But not today There's a gorgeous morning in my future There are smiles waiting here Behind the tears Once again I'll be a friend worth having And just chalk this off As one of those years I will find somebody new Maybe tomorrow I will stop this missing you Maybe tomorrow Time's the healer time's the key So all the wise folks say Oh, maybe tomorrow But not today Oh, maybe tomorrow But not today |
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| 11. |
| 4:12 |
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(Nanci Griffith)
Life is full of finer things They're lost and found in the dark It's the dog by the highway Who said,"Goin' my way?" Now, he lives in your own backyard He was waiting for love You came along and fit the part It's the whistle from the man With the kindest hands And a Norwegian name you can't say You meet him in the street Tripping over your own feet He claims you still anyway Waiting for love God forgives your lack of grace Chorus Everyone I know From my dust bowl to the city Is waiting for love (love) To start another day They may be shy of heart Oh, their pockets may be empty Yet they are waiting for love (love) And that's enough to fill our days It's the heartworn jokes of your dear father And the laughter in your own mother's heart It's that plane blowin' in With your love one within Who you've ached for in your time apart When you're waiting for love Life's a thread of paths to cross Chorus Whiter shade of pale is my best kept secret It's the song that'll sail me back home It's a picture in my hand Of my own farm land And the crops that I planted last spring When you're waiting for love You've got the finest life can bring Chorus When you're waiting for love (love) You've got enough to fill your days |
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| 12. |
| 2:40 |
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(Nanci Griffith - Tom Littlefield)
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) I'm slow to move these feet of clay You passed me by now you're in my way I take my change at my own damn pace I'll move along one day I'll move along (time to move along) (come on let's go) I'll move along (time to move along) (come on let's go) I don't say much I was born to listen Tell me now, did I hear you wrong? This was love not the Inquisition If it was my decision we should move along Chorus You passed me by now you're in my way I'll move along one day Chorus |
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| 13. |
| 3:10 |
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(Suzy Elkins - Robert Field)
There's a morning train Headed for New Orleans Carrying bussiness men and week day shoppers I have sixteen bucks and a dollar in change That's not bad price for a one way ride On a morning train I give you my devotion You left me heartsick Oh, you couldn't had hurt me more Not workin' with a night stick Now I'm tired of sharin' this bed of nails So come first light I'm gonna be right With the mornin' train Chorus So goodbye lover, I'm goin' undercover Crescent City's gonna swallow me Gonna skip my ring 'cross the Mississippi River When it sinks I wont' feel a thing When it sinks I won't feel a thing I'm gonna be stayin' With a short time acquaintance When I met him he was playin' On the Gulf Breeze Circuit He didn't play no hit songs or TV themes He's a guitar man just a hired hand From a local band Chorus The whistles blowin' clear and loud When I hit the station I'll take a taxi to the corner I'm gonna meet him by a street car Name of what-cha-ma-call-it My imagination Won't let us miss a thing Life's gonna be fine when I leave him behind On a mornin' train |
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| 3:41 |
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