by Patty Griffin on album Miscellaneous

She sees him laying in the bed alone tonight The only thing a touching him is a crack of light Pieces of her hair are wrapped around and 'round his fingers And he reaches for her side For any sign of

by Patty Griffin on album American Kid

You can go wherever you wanna go Go wherever you wanna go Fly up to the moon and say hello now You can go wherever you wanna go You don’t ever have to go to war no more Never have to go

by Patty Griffin on album Children Running Through

Oh, heavenly day All the clouds blew away Got no trouble today with anyone The smile on your face, I live only to see It's enough for me, baby, it's enough for me Oh, heavenly day, heavenly day, heav

by Patty Griffin on album Miscellaneous

Mary, you're covered in roses, you're covered in ashes You're covered in rain You're covered in babies, you're covered in slashes You're covered in wilderness, you're covered in stains You cast aside

by Patty Griffin on album Downtown Church

(*Traditional) I have heard of a land On the far away strand ’Tis a beautiful home of the soul Built by Jesus on high Where we never shall die ’Tis a land where we never grow old Never

by Patty Griffin on album Miscellaneous

Followed your road till the sky ran out Followed your love till love was in doubt Followed your love till it never really was at all Feeling stupid and hollow Now the moon's gonna follow me home Wait

by Patty Griffin on album American Kid

Oh my god, I cry in fear, Afraid you have forgotten me here. Afraid you have forgotten one Your quiet, dull and faithful son I went to work, I worked all day, When I wanted to run, I staye

by Patty Griffin on album Downtown Church

(*Traditional) Adi?s, oh Virgen de Guadalupe Adi?s, oh Madre del Salvador Desde que ni?o nombrarte supe Eres mi vida, eres mi vida, mi solo amor Adi?s, oh Virgen madre querida Adi?s refugio del pec

by Patty Griffin on album American Kid

(Chorus) I’m gonna miss you when you’re gone, I know you don’t believe that, but you’re wrong. There’s gonna be some rainy Sundays Wishing one day I’ll see you again. (Verse)

by Patty Griffin on album American Kid

Stars fall out of the sky, my love One by one as years go by. One by one all the ghosts of the night Whisper my name and fly away. I don’t wait for the return I don’t wait for the retu

by Patty Griffin on album Children Running Through

Patty Griffin Children Running Through Up To The Mountain I went up to the mountain Because you asked me to Up over the clouds To where the sky was blue I could see all around me Everywhere I co

by Patty Griffin on album Downtown Church

(*Sullivan Pugh) I was talking to a lady a few days ago And these are the words she said If you see my child somewhere As you journey here and there Tell him I'm waiting for my child to come ho

by Patty Griffin on album Downtown Church

My friend, come stand beside me Lately, I'm feeling so lost A flood came and washed the stones of the path away And a hot sun turned the mud to dust Calling the sheep in for the evening There's a voi

by Patty Griffin on album Miscellaneous

Red lights are flashing on the highway I wonder if we're gonna ever get home I wonder if we're gonna ever get home tonight Everywhere the waters getting rough Your best intentions may not be enough I

by Patty Griffin on album Downtown Church

[** Originally by Dorothy Love Coates:] A Samarian woman Came running to the city To talk about the man she saw She took her pitcher Went to the well Water she intended to draw The stranger she met

by Patty Griffin on album Downtown Church

(*Traditional) Wade in the water Wade in the water, children Wade in the water God’s a-gonna trouble the water God’s a-gonna trouble the water. Well, who are these children all dressed

by Patty Griffin on album Silver Bell

All you kids get out the back door I've never seen her this bad before She took all her favorite things down from the window And broke 'em all over her clean floor It's Saturday at the mansion

by Patty Griffin on album Miscellaneous

It's hard to listen to a hard hard heart Beating close to mine Pounding up against the stone and steel Walls that I won't climb Sometimes a hurt is so deep, deep, deep You think that you're gonna dro

by Patty Griffin on album Silver Bell

You don't like the sound of the truth Coming from my mouth You say that I lack the proof Baby that might be so I might get to the end of my life Find out everyone was lying And I don't think tha

by Patty Griffin on album American Kid

(Verse) Well, I danced in the arms of a black carry girl In the scully square after the war And I drank to get drunk and I sank and I stump Like a drunk on a subway floor. (Chorus) And