If Wishes Were Changes Lyrics

(Nanci Griffith) I am a backseat driver from America They drive to the left on Falls Road The man at the wheel's name is Seamus We pass a child on the corner he knows And Seamus s...Read Full Lyrics

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......Read Full Lyrics

Griffith/Littlefield 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 ...Read Full Lyrics

It's just another morning here (Nanci Griffith) The telephone is ringin' in the middle of the night I pull the bed clothes higher Will it stop calling out if I turn out the light...Read Full Lyrics

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 wealth...Read Full Lyrics

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 T...Read Full Lyrics

By the Time I Get to Phoenix Was the last song on your mind the day you left You woke up in Nogales With Tequila with her name across your chest You've stumbled through the mornin...Read Full Lyrics

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 jus...Read Full Lyrics

(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 al...Read Full Lyrics

(Nanci Griffith) 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...Read Full Lyrics