Subject: Lyr Add: There's a Light Beyond These Woods From: Felipa Date: 14 Aug 21 - 03:51 PM This song has been mentioned in a couple of Mudcat discussions re songs about friendship, and also on the Nanci Griffith obituary thread (died 13 Aug 2021). Lyrics are posted on some of the popular lyrics sites, but not here. Wikipedia says There's a Light Beyond these Woods is also the title of a 1977 Nanci Griffiths album THERE'S A LIGHT BEYOND THESE WOODS (Mary Margaret) Nanci Griffith There's a light beyond these woods, Mary Margaret. Do you think that we will go there, And see what makes it shine, Mary Margaret? It's almost morning, and we've talked all night, You know we've made big plans for ten-year-olds, You and I. Have you met my new boy friend, Margaret? His name is John, and he rides my bus to school, And he holds my hand. He's fourteen, he's my older man. But we'll still be the best of friends, The three of us, Margaret, John, and I. Let's go to New York City, Margaret! We'll hide out in the subway And drink the poets' wine, oh, But I had John, so you went and I stayed behind. But you were home in time for the senior prom, When we lost John. The fantasies we plan, I'm living them now. All the dreams we sang when we knew how, Well, they haven't changed. There's never been two friends like you and me, Mary Margaret. It's nice to see your family growing, Margaret. Your daughter and your husband here, They really treat you right... But we've talked all night And what about the light, that glowed beyond Our woods when we were ten? You were the rambler then. The fantasies we planned, well, Maggie, I'm living them now. All the dreams we sang, oh, we damn sure knew how How, but I haven't changed. There'll never be two friends like you and me, Maggie, can't you see? There's a light beyond your woods, Mary Margaret Source: LyricFind "There’s a Light Beyond These Woods (Mary Margaret)" by Nanci Griffith lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG Rights Management https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YZ3yvXpMOw |
Subject: Lyr Add: You Can't Go Home Again (Nanci Griffith) From: Felipa Date: 14 Aug 21 - 04:08 PM YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN Nanci Griffith So much silence to my hometown streets Gonna put my cheek to the window and watch it sleep Where the shadow's fall from sycamore trees Fight off this north wind and I'll be headin' back east Let the Colorado River roll on tp the sea I will be crossing it in changes This 'ole town never did really care That much for me I don't know why I always come here In my dreams It's the hardest to hold but it's the easiest to find If you'll slip for the dollar I'll fall in the wine But you cannot save your past for today It will leave you cold on an outbound train Let the Colorado River roll on to the sea I will be crossing it in changes This 'ole town never did really care That much for me I don't know why I always come here In my dreams Folded memories in my soul It's that old blue line that you can never go back home So I'm waiting for the moon to rise He'll kiss my tears away and set my heart in line Let the Colorado River roll on to the sea I will be crossing it in changes This 'ole town never did really care That much for me I don't know why I always come here In my dreams Let the Colorado River roll on to the sea I will be crossing it in changes This 'ole town never did really care that much for me I only come here to remember my dreams Sleep tight Hill Country town Goodnight Source: Musixmatch Songwriters: Nanci Griffith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJKqU-5VMvQ |
Subject: RE: Songs of Nanci Griffith From: Jeri Date: 14 Aug 21 - 04:59 PM You know how many times I've found mistakes in lyrics on the songwriter's own site? Somebody posts them with errors, and they get copied EVERYWHERE. Not meaning to start a discussion in this thread, just hoping folks pay attention. (Because we make enough mistakes when we're NOT copying someone else's.) |
Subject: RE: Songs of Nanci Griffith From: Joe Offer Date: 14 Aug 21 - 05:12 PM I've combined a couple of threads with lyrics for songs by Nanci Griffith. In general, it's best not to start a single thread for posting a single song by a single songwriter - unless you want to actually discuss the song or ask for corrections. And in general, it would be very helpful if you could listen to a song and make corrections, instead of just copy-pasting lyrics from a lyrics site. And as Jeri says, performer Websites often contain incorrect lyrics. When I was working on the Rise Again Songbook, I found that songwriters sometimes sent incorrect lyrics even when we were paying them for the songs and asking them to send us their version of the lyrics - grammar and spelling, sloppy format, words that didn't make sense, etc. I see that Nanci Griffith's Website has disappeared, so it might be a good idea to use this thread for corrected lyrics, or for links to collections on uncorrected songs. Here's a link to tablature for several Nanci Griffith songs. https://adamschneider.net/music/nanci_griffith/ Archive of Nanci Griffith Website: |
Subject: RE: Songs of Nanci Griffith From: GUEST,LarrytheRadioGuy Date: 14 Aug 21 - 10:07 PM A beautiful song....about seasonal workers who have to leave their families for full such long periods of time. I don't know if Texas is still the only place where Blue Bonnets grow. Pretty sure the lyrics are correct---they are the ones a friend and I used when we sang this tune. -Larry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-NuBFst5vc Gulf Coast Highway, from Little Love Affairs "Gulf Coast Highway" (duet with Mac McAnally) 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 And he will fly away to Heaven, come some sweet bluebonnet spring She walked through springtime when I was home The days were sweet, the nights were warm The seasons changed, 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 And she will fly away to Heaven, come some sweet bluebonnet spring Highway 90, the jobs are gone We tend our garden, we set the sun This is the only place on earth bluebonnets 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 And we will fly away to heaven, come some sweet bluebonnet spring And when we die, we say, we'll catch some blackbird's wing And we will fly away together, come some sweet bluebonnet spring |
Subject: RE: Songs of Nanci Griffith From: Felipa Date: 15 Aug 21 - 05:21 PM problems of multiple song threads are that the search engine doesn't work so well for recent posts and it is more effective to search by using the filter and refresh functions if you have a word from the title of the song. (we don't always know authors of songs if we've heard other people than the composers singing them/ also does "songs of Nanci Griffiths" include songs she didn't write but was known for performing?}. Second difficulty is that with a singer-songwriter as prolific as Nancy the thread could get extremely long. People don't only comment on a song in the few days after it is first posted. They come looking for the song years later to say something about it. And then it can sometimes become confusing which song the comments refer to. |
Subject: Lyr Add: I Would Bring You Ireland (N Griffith) From: Felipa Date: 15 Aug 21 - 05:34 PM I WOULD BRING YOU IRELAND Nanci Griffith I would bring you Ireland I would bring you Ireland The cool sweet of the Dublin rain If you would keep my heart for me In the quiet of your Texas days And my old friend, will you shelter me from pain In return I'd bring you Ireland One day I'll build a tower High upon my Texas plains I can see from coast to coast On hot platinum summer days When the dust is still, and the cotton prays for rain And the thirsty passers-by wonder why they came I dreamed of Amarillo On a foreign night in Dublin The dust was on my pillow When the raindrops started falling In a hotel window, where I could see his rainbow And I thought I'd send my heart to you Cause that's the way the wind blows And I'll reclaim my heart one day We'll sit and watch your children play And I will bring you lullabies From the Emerald Isles for back porch days And my old friend we will always meet again And I will bring you Ireland I will bring you Ireland I would bring you Ireland Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Nanci Griffith I Would Bring You Ireland lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG Rights Management Album: "One Fair Summer Evening" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFL90I7n13o Nanci Griffith often toured Ireland. I remember her as a frequent participant in the Belfast Nashville Songwriters' Convention |
Subject: RE: Songs of Nanci Griffith From: Jeri Date: 15 Aug 21 - 07:59 PM Pedantic me says it works best if you spell her name right: Griffith, (no "s") |
Subject: RE: Songs of Nanci Griffith From: Jeri Date: 15 Aug 21 - 08:19 PM On one thread for all the songs of one songwriter, or separate threads for each song, I think if you consider folks will likely know who wrote it or the name of the song, I don't know. I get that there are "Nanci Griffith" songs that she didn't write, but is known for. From a Distance was by Julie Gold, but I don't think there's more than one. And I have no clue who's harvesting the "LYR ADD" songs, or if anyone is, or anything is added to the DT.
-Joe Offer, Mudcat Music Editor- |
Subject: RE: Songs of Nanci Griffith From: Joe Offer Date: 08 Aug 22 - 04:26 PM Thread #117054 Message #2518071 Posted By: Joe Offer 17-Dec-08 - 01:45 PM Thread Name: BS: All (UK) Woolworths stores to close Subject: ADD: Love at the Five and Dime (Nanci Griffith)
The Woolworth Building is an architectural delight. I used to treasure my set of Woolworth dominoes, that had the image of the Woolworth Building embossed on every piece. |
Subject: RE: Songs of Nanci Griffith From: GUEST,Ray Date: 09 Aug 22 - 10:10 AM With respect to artists supposedly submitting “wrong” lyrics - I suspect that it’s down to the fact that they wrote them so they can sing (and often do sing) whatever lyrics they like to a song and are not as pedantic in singing the “right” words as someone who doesn’t own it. I can think of several singer/songwriters who have changed the words to a song over the years; some because they’ve changed their mind, some because they’ve thought of an improvement. It must wearing to sing the same old song night after night, year after year so why shouldn’t songs evolve? I remember asking the writer of probably the best known contemporary folk song ever in the UK if he ever got sick of singing it. Yes, he said, but for half the audience it’s probably the only song of mine that they know. I often start with it so they’re not sitting waiting for me to sing it and then they can listen to the stuff I want to sing. |
Subject: RE: Songs of Nanci Griffith From: Joe Offer Date: 09 Aug 22 - 02:57 PM Well, that wasn't my experience, Ray. I did the lyrics editing for the Rise Again Songbook, a collection of 1200 songs. When we requested lyrics from songwriters or took them from songwriter-owned Websites, most of the lyrics were of high quality, but some were full of obvious errors and far removed from what the songwriter was singing. And sometimes the spelling was atrocious. It was clear that some songwriters just sent us a fan's sloppy transcription, possibly a translation that the songwriter hadn't bothered to even look at before sending it. So my point is that even if you got the lyrics from the songwriter or the songwriter's Website, they may not be correct. It's always best to proofread and compare with various sources. If you publish a songbook with sloppy lyrics, the blame will fall on you, not on your sources. That being said, there were some really awful mistakes that got past our proofreading. Once your mistakes get into print, you have to live with the shame of those mistakes forever. |
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