Going Back To Georgia Lyrics

(Nanci Griffith) Flippin' bottle caps through the ring around the moon All alone on a Saturday night with the stars in bloom I am a vision of my mother's dream come true Built thi...Read Full Lyrics

Grapefruit moon One star shining Shining down on me I heard that tune and now I'm pining Honey, can't you see Every time I hear that melody Something breaks inside And the grapefru...Read Full Lyrics

My mother came to America Sailed through the harbor of hopes and of dreams Back in the Thirties With the streets paved in gold And the sky laced with moonbeams Mothers and daughte...Read Full Lyrics

(Traditional) 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 Thousan...Read Full Lyrics

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 ...Read Full Lyrics

(Nanci Griffith - James Hooker) 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 tr...Read Full Lyrics

(Nanci Griffith - James Hooker) I don't wanna talk about love 'cause I've heard it before... And it talks too loud You can hear it in a disco midnight... Shouting I don't wanna th...Read Full Lyrics

Chorus: Hell no, I’m not alright You can talk all day and ask all night. Nothin's gonna change- no wind in sight, Hell no, I’m not alright. Did you really think it would be o...Read Full Lyrics

By Nanci Griffith Chorus: 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...Read Full Lyrics

(Nanci Griffith) 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 Balt...Read Full Lyrics