Patty Griffin, born Patricia Jean Griffin, March 16, 1964, is an American United States singer-songwriter and musician. She is especially known for her down-home crafting of songs and her connection to musicians including Emmylou Harris, Ellis Paul, and the Dixie Chicks, who have played with her onstage as well as performing cover songs of Griffin's work, exposing many of her compositions to mainstream pop Popular music and country music... [read more]
 


  • Pa Janvier
    Pa Janvier, laisse-moi m'en aller O, non, Pauline, Pauline, t'es trop jeune.Mais Pa Janvier, c'est le seul que moi j'aimaisO, non, Pauline, tu connais que t'es trop jeune. Si tu veux pas m'laisser aller, je vas jamais...

  • Mother Of God
    All you kids get out the back doorI've never seen her this bad beforeShe took all her favorite things down from the windowand broke 'em all over her clean floorIt's Saturday at the mansionThe oldest boy walks with a...

  • Nobody Crying
    Well he jumps in the taxi, headed for the skyHe's off to slay some demon dragonflyAnd he looked at me, that long last timeTurned away again and I waved goodbyeIn an envelope, inside his coatIs a chain I wore, around...

  • Half A Person
    Call me morbid, call me pale I've spent six years on your trail Six long years On your trail Call me morbid, call me pale I've spent six years on your trailSix full years of my life on your trail And if you have five...

  • Swing Me
    You don't like the sound of the truthComing from my mouthYou say that I like the proofBaby that might be soI might get to the end of my lifeFind out everyone was lyingLook like you are not afraid anymoreI say that I...

  • Crazy
    CrazyI'm crazy for feeling so lonelyI'm crazyCrazy for feeling blueI know youLoved me as long as you wantedThen some dayLeft me for somebody newWorry, why do I let myself worry, babyWonderin' what in the world do I do...

  • Chief
    Chief had been out of the armyFor 15 years or moreHe was still marching up and down that streetJust like he was a-walking a warThey called him the chief because he was IndianIt was a name they said behind his backIn...

  • Stolen Car
    I met a little girl and I settled downIn a little house on out on the edge of townWe got married, swore we'd never partThen little by little we drifted from eachother's heartsAt first I thought it was just...

  • Unnecessary
    Unnecessary, no longer extraordinaryno longer the height of fashionor the subject of a passionstretch pants, bee lines (?) love and soverance (?) trivializedbouncing baby on her big thighssuddenly she...

  • Rain
    It’s hard to listen to a hard hard heartBeating close to minePounding up against the stone and steelWalls that I won’t climbSometimes a hurt is so deep deep deepYou think that you’re gonna drownSometimes all I can...

  • One More Girl
    I took off my iron smileBecause I found it weighed me downTomorrow when the world wakes upI'll be in another townYou don't know what you wantAt this moment you think it's me so youMove your hand across my kneeTurn me...

  • I Wonder
    Here goes everything down to the wireI'm gonna sing like a canary on fireand the world won't stop, but maybe you will stayI apologize for rocking the boatBut my heart gets caught on those lumps in my throat And these...

  • Catherine's Magic Stone
    The simple girl A raggy dressA dirty faceShe's a messFlower on the wallWaiting to danceYou know She ain't got a chanceCatherine's magic stoneOnly thing she calls her ownIt makes her laughSeen her cryI wonder whyMost...

  • Boston
    I went back to Boston Back to the City of Lost Love I went back to the place And recognized your face in the stone long gone I walked around Harvard Square All the runaway kids are still hanging out there I took the...

  • Wayfaring Stranger
    I'm a poor wayfaring strangerWhile traveling through this world of woeYet there's no sickness, toil, or dangerIn that bright world to which I goI'm going there to see my fatherI'm going there no more to roamI'm only...

  • Sooner Or Later
    Sometimes you fly so high You really need to fallYou think you wanna dieYou need to cry alone (?)You don't feel anythingNo sorrow no danger nothingSomeone was asking youWhere do you wanna goYou didn't seem to careYou...

  • Regarding Mary
    Mary,Mary, Mary, mo ma ma mo Mary, Mary, Mary...She comes swinging inWith her tire ironShe hits everything in sightWhen she gets flyingAnd in the end no one survivesNo, sakes aliveThey all dieShe hates the morningShe...

  • Twisted Road
    You don't know what you feelYou don't know what you feelYour mind is blinded by the speed of lightBut your driving a ton of steelJesus left a love divineThen He disappearedJesus left a love divineBut He didn't leave...

  • Never Been To Spain
    Well I never been to SpainBut I kinda like the musicSee the ladies are insane thereAnd they sure know how to use itThey don't abuse itNever gonna lose itI can't refuse it...hmmmm...Well I never been to EnglandBut I...

  • Nebraska
    I saw her standin’ on her front lawn just twirlin’ her batonMe and her went for a ride sir and ten innocent people died From the town of Lincoln, Nebraska with a sawed off .410 on my lap Through to the badlands of...

  • Tracks Of My Tears
    People say I'm the life of the party 'cause I tell a joke or twoAlthough I may be laughing loud and heartyDeep inside I'm blueSo take a good look at my faceYou'll see my smile looks out of placeIf you look closer it's...

  • When Something's Broken
    I got no defense, babyI got nothin' but a burned out lightMy whole life don't depend onWhether you forgive me tonightI already know the feelingI've walked the floor beforeI can tell when something's brokenAnd I know...

  • Top Of The World
    I wished I was smarter Wished I was strongerI wished I loved jesusThe way the my wife doesI wished it'd been easierInstead of any longerI wished I could've stoodWhere you would've been proudThat won't happen nowThat...

  • Night
    Night you'll come and cover meCold coffee spills all over meIt's only hours until the dayYou make it look so far awayNight you come and sing the songsOf birds that have no eyesOf birds that never flyOf birds that tell...

  • Words
    Words won't come, and be the magic we needIf it was only as easy, as something you say or readIf only I felt I had the time to spare anymoreOr the strength to give, hours to live, looking for wordsI do remember, days...

  • Time Of The Dance
    She could hear those words of her mama stillThe talk of the ways and the always will be'sShe'd laugh at the time and pretend to be freeBut she'd never run far from the legacyShe's trying the wind like the crack of a...

  • White Dove
    Laying low in the darkness A long slow pain beats deep in her chestAnd she wonders if he's safe tonight Or if he's warm enoughAnd she tries to send upon the windA song of her loveWell a hundred miles away or moreA man...

  • Cain
    One of the dead boys, he looked like Opiehe looked like Opie, one of the dead boysGrandpa gave him a cup of cocoa and Rubbed his head for luck like he always didAll you need is a coca-colaThat's what it takes to get...

  • Boxes
    Closed down the house now on this sad affairvery last step of a thousand steps thereand will we every reach the sky now I won't careHe called me liar when I told him I loved him and I thought it was plain as the sky...

  • Made Of Clay
    I saw my tear on your cheekThe look in your eyeThat says you're all out of hopeAll the rain in the skyWon't wash them black sheepIt should be no surprise it's the end of the roadYou should be seeing who I am Instead...

  • Making Pies
    It's not far I can walk Down the block To TableTalk Close my eyes Make the pies all dayPlastic a cap On my hair I used to mind Now I don't care I used to mind Now I don't care Cause I'm grayDid I show you this picture...

  • Little God
    Good morning little godI see you've come for me againWith a noose between your teethYou are not my friendPouring little cups of teaHumming a little tuneYou sit across from meAnd fill my little roomLittle godSmoke is...

  • Bubba's Sulky Lounge
    Please pass the bottle onPass it on and onTill every drop is goneTake down another oneSwing your partner 'roundTill you lose your nameTill you're a ball of flamesA wall of fireHigh as a funeral pyreFloating like the...

  • Mil Besos (1,000 Kisses)
    He encontrado en tu amor,la fe perdida, Ahora tiene mi vida una razón.No sé si fue el embrujo de tus ojos,que le dijo a tus labios,Róbale el corazón.Yo sé que en los mil besos que te he dado en la bocase me fue...

  • Let Your Freedom Ring
    Last night I caught sight ofSomething on the big sideWell he grabbed me for a moment Took me on a little rideI ain't a woman who needs a grand designBut something above was sending us some signHey baby, some things...

  • Driving
    Driving and driving Thinking about youKeep the car in the linesWhat else would I doI look straight aheadLock all of my doorsSo tired of drivingDon't wanna drive no moreDriving and drivingFast forward rewindEvery...

  • You Decided
    I watched your windowI watched your shadowI looked for anotherBut you'd already goneI felt the wind blowCold on my shouldersI felt your love goBlowing out coldWe had the real thingUp there in the moonlightDidn't cost...

  • Up And Flying
    Mostly I'm alone a lotMostly I guess you're notForgive me if I stop and stareI was just unpreparedThat the world has fallen at your feetYou hardly even missed a beatAnd every day those wings beat a little strongerAnd...

  • Standing
    I'm standing in the shadow of the hillI'm standing in the shadow of the hillFeel the fear everywhereHope it don't get me killedI'm standing in the shadow of the hillI'm standing in the shadow walking blindI've been...

  • Vertigo
    I grab a hold of your hand but then we both go tumblingTumbling, fallinWe used to makin a stand in the sinkin sandAint we darlin'?No need to make up your mind when it's already madeWe got all that we need right here...

  • Falling Down
    Falling downI'm falling downI need to sleepcome a long, long wayNo time for weepin'No time for weepin'Quiet now, I'm falling downI'm falling downI have heardA million talesI have toldA million moreSome of themMust...

  • We Are Water
    My friend, my friend, you are travelingSo many secrets are unravelingSome other picture's coming into viewI seen the water washing over youAnd the water's speaking now, it speaks your nameI hear it talking to...

  • Shells
    The hole in her chest is for the little lost lambThat was on his quest; nobody gives a damnIn silvery days of silence they goNow they've lost their ways,the little lambs in the snow These are not shells of the...

  • Tomorrow Night
    Tomorrow night will you remember what you said tonightTomorrow night will all the thrill be goneTomorrow night will it be just another memoryOr just another song that's in my heart to linger onYour lips are so tender,...

  • Illusions
    Here goes everything down to the wireI'm gonna sing like a canary on fireand the world won't stop, but maybe you will stayI apologize for rocking the boatBut my heart gets caught on those lumps in my throat And these...

  • Silver Bell
    Silver bellSilver bellYeah that's the name of the old motelYou were traveling when they fellDown on a bed at the silver bellHow you beenI'm doing wellI hear you're digging a hole to hellHow you beenI'm doing wellMeet...

  • So Long
    take the last of these roseshang them small and pretty on the vine tear em' by the roots from the walls where they climbfor all timetake the last of my moneysearch the corners of my pockets for the changetake my...

  • Take It With Me
    Phone's off the hookNo one knows where we areIt's a long time since IDrank champagneThe ocean is blueAs blue as your eyesI'm gonna take it with me When I goOld long since goneNow way back whenWe lived in Coney...

  • Sorry And Sad
    You used to make me so madMake me so madI was almost glad why you make me so madAnd if I wasn't still madProbably feel sad Sorry for youSo sorry and sadNothing was ever free But you still had meYou didn't want that...

  • The Gate
    Well I'm tired of this, babyAin't you tired tooWe might as well admitWe bit too much to chew???Before it's too late, babyThey say the longer you waitThe tighter shut is the gateWe got nothing much in commonBut it's...

  • I Write The Book
    I'm over here and it's coldI'm writing recipes for growing oldGrowing old, mean and aloneOh, baby, pick up the phoneThis pain in my heartHas been with me through the agesAnd I walk around it like a very old friendIt...

  • Don't Know A Thing/Perfect White Girls
    Heaped from a snowy white mountainSlipped down a snowy white hill Came from a water fountain Water was sweet untilSunshine on a shiny oceanSunshine on a shiny bayI opened a tiny shutter andSunshine blowing me awayAnd...

  • Under These Clouds
    She says I deserve much better than thisIt's getting pretty plain to seeShe tells her boss,"here's my butt,Why don't you give it a kiss-You got all you're gonna get outta me"Twenty years ago with time in a glass...

  • Cat's Out Of The Bag
    The word that I heardIts all over townI hear it clear from anyone who's ever been aroundThey say you been acting likeA ride on the whirlWhile yer momma stays out the house like a lonely little girlOoooo baby ya had ta...

  • Song For The Eighties
    As I'm hanging out over the river belowon a rickity bridge that wants to let goAs I'm hanging out over the rocks and the rutswell to tell you the truth I never think about muchtell you the truth I never think about...

  • Calling Me Home
    Momma, I hear you calling tonightyour old song calling me in for the nightin the tall grass, down from the trees where I climbwhen day is gone, the birds sing their last songs in the pineI hear your voice callingby...

  • No More Prisoners
    I wonder when the summer started smellin' so badHe woke up one morning and it seemed that wayHe thought of that woman and it got him so mad-- had to hold him to keep him awayThere had to be something he could do about...

  • Tony
    Does anyone remember TonyA quiet boy, little over weightHe had breasts like a girlWhen I wasn't too busy feeling lonelyI'd stare over his shoulderAt a map of the worldHe always finished all his homeworkRaised his hand...

  • Connie And Val
    Down at the switchboard of the old Tell N' TaleThey got some fascinating stories to tellConnie and Val nice old galsMinding the back of the store for 30 years or moreHey Val do you remember that girl back in '72?She...

  • Off You Go
    Well he broke through the barrier and rode down the hillA sound like thunder then everything stood stillBack home the widow wondered where he'd goneIn the evening the meadow sings without careHis eyes staring blankly...

  • Breaking Up Somebody's Home
    Lying round home aloneOna rainy night like thisStarving for your loveI'm hungry for just one kissEvery raindrop I hearAgains my window paneBeats so loud and clearI swear it's speakin' your nameI got nowhere to...

  • Buck *** Heart
    It must seem like a million miles awayBut that don't mean it isI sat and I thought, and I thought, of the things I could sayAnd I just came up with this'Cause honesty is hard to handleTruth is harder than hellIs it...

  • Alex Chilton
    If he was from VenusWould he feed us with a spoon?If he was from Mars,Wouldn't that be cool?Standing right on campusWould he stamp us in a file?Hangin' down in Memphis all the whileChildren by the millionSing for Alex...

  • Long Ride Home
    Long black limousineShiniest car I've ever seenThe back seat is nice and cleanShe rides as quiet as a dreamSomeone dug a hole six long feet in the groundI said goodbye to you and I threw my roses downAin't nothing...


  • Christina
    If you had the real thing how would you tellLiars can say it all just as wellEvery single word you've heard in vainBaubles of gold, stars in your hairReflections that told that they were not thereAnd the diamonds on...

  • Big Daddy
    We're rocking big daddyHow bout thatHow bout thatHere he comes againMe and my friendsWe all laugh at himCuz he's so funny Warm and fuzzy We're rocking big daddyHow bout thatA celebration!A celebration!He caught a...

  • One Big Love
    Let's take a ride to the seaside We can go out swimming in the high tideJust wear your shorts and your long hair Don't forget the lawn chair Everybody's gone to the movies Everybody's gone and its groovyThey went to...

  • Goodbye
    Occured to me the other dayYou've been gone now a couple yearswell, I guess it takes whileFor someone to really disappearAnd I remember where I wasWhen the word came about youIt was a day much like todaythe sky was...

  • Carry Me
    Maybe they come by landMaybe they come by sea Maybe they've already come Maybe they come by me Slipping into the twilight I ride the broken wave tonightAn old song on the radioYou knew a long time agoAn old song on...

  • Go Now
    Here's your moonHere's your starsGo nowGo nowHere's the sunHere's the birdsHere's you areGo nowGo nowGot a stellar reputationAs the star that never fellAs the train that left the stationAs the secret that no one could...

  • Mary
    Mary you're covered in roses, you're covered in ashesYou're covered in rainYou're covered in babies, you're covered in slashesYou're covered in wilderness, you're covered in stainsYou cast aside the sheet, you cast...

  • Change
    Dog comes howling up behind you, sinks his teeth in your legTells you how now things are going to be a little different And he takes you down a pegYou make him ashamed for you, he buys you a new dressBecause you make...

  • Flaming Red
    Took a walk around the blockBought a candle it was Flaming red flaming redThought a thought thenI forgot soI sang a happy songIn my head in my headWore my red shoesWore my red shoes againGetting worn out fromAll of...

  • Peter Pan
    Hey, Peter PanI'm going home nowI've done all I canBesides I'm grown nowI'll think of you all painted with the nightYou sit and watch from somewhereAs one by one the lights go outI wrote a note to tell you how you...

  • Blue Sky
    The farther I come the farther I fallWhatever I knew it was nothing at allNothing at all, just making me smallSmaller and smallerI fall backSooner or later with a view from the groundChasing the race and the races run...

  • Wiggley Fingers
    I'll never be sad, I'll never be lonelyI'll never be hungry and I'll never be homelyNever make a noise when I'm kissing a boyAmen amenOld John Paul is keepin' a tabIn his big red folderAt night he is dreamingOf hollow...


  • Let Him Fly
    Ain't no talkin to this manAin't no pretty other sideAin't no way to understand the stupid words of prideIt would take an acrobat, and I already tried all that soI'm gonna let him flyThings can move at such a paceThe...

  • Mad Mission
    We were drinking like the Irish But we were drinking scotchBartender turned on a movieEverybody turned to watchAnd every single eye was gleamingAs he reached the final sceneWell, at least mine didHere's lookin' at...

  • Time Will Do The Talking
    You were so cruelI hated being your foolSo I got a little bit more mud on my faceBut the years will bring a bigger scheme of thingsAnd make a pretty memory out of my disgraceI don't believe there is such a thing as...

  • Poor Man's House
    You know you've done enough when every bone is soreYou know you've prayed enough when you don't ask any moreYou know you're coming to some kind of understandingWhen every dream you've dreamed has passed and you're...

  • Moses
    Diamonds, roses,I need MosesTo cross this sea of loneliness, part this red river of painI don't necessarily buy any key to the future or happinessBut I need a little place in the sun sometimes or I think I will...

  • Sweet Lorraine
    Sweet Lorraine the fiery haired brown eyed schemerWho came from a long line of drinkers and dreamersWho knew that sunshine don't hold up to darkWhose businesses failWho sleep in the parkLorraine who spoke of paintings...

  • You Are Not Alone
    She sees him laying in the bed alone tonightThe only thing a touching him is a crack of lightPieces of her hair are wrapped around and 'round his fingersAnd he reaches for her side, for any sign of her that lingersAnd...

  • Forgiveness
    We are swimming with the snakesAt the bottom of the wellSo silent and peaceful in the darkness where we fellBut we are not snakes and what's moreWe never will beAnd if we stay swimming here forever we willNever be...

  • Every Little Bit
    It's funny how a morning turns a love to shameDisguised and disfigured and you thought I tasted like rainThere`s nothing here but a shadow nothin hereNow you knowNow you knowNow you know Now you knowThere's nothin...

  • You Never Get What You Want
    You first found me in my holding penStopped to take a look and stuck your finger inI bit one off and you came back again and againThen the nice people let me out one dayAnd you told me how to act and What to sayBut...


  • Be Careful
    All the girls in the Paris nightAll the girls in the pale moonlightAll the girls with a shoppin' bagsAll the girls with the washin' ragsAll the girls on the telephoneAll the girls standin' all aloneAll the girls...



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