Complete List Of Nanci Griffith Songs From A to Z

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Nanci Griffith could turn a five-and-dime romance, a struggling farm, a distant highway, or a childhood friendship into a story that felt both private and universal. Her clear Texas voice carried those stories across folk, country, pop, orchestral recordings, and the music she lovingly borrowed from earlier songwriters, leaving behind a catalog whose emotional detail remains unmistakably her own.

Complete List Of Nanci Griffith Songs From A to Z

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Nanci Caroline Griffith was born in Seguin, Texas, in 1953 and raised in Rollingwood, near Austin. She began singing in local coffeehouses at age 12 and was playing professional engagements by 14. After earning an education degree from the University of Texas at Austin, she taught kindergarten and first grade before committing herself fully to music.

Griffith’s recording career began on independent labels with There’s a Light Beyond These Woods in 1978 and Poet in My Window in 1982. Once in a Very Blue Moon followed in 1984, bringing her together with musicians including Béla Fleck, Mark O’Connor, Lloyd Green, and Lyle Lovett. The Last of the True Believers arrived in 1986 and earned her first Grammy nomination.

That early period produced songs that became central to Griffith’s reputation as a songwriter. Kathy Mattea found country success with “Love at the Five and Dime” and “Goin’ Gone,” while Griffith’s own performances established the intimacy, humor, and literary detail that would remain at the center of her work.

Griffith moved to MCA Records for Lone Star State of Mind in 1987. The album included “Trouble in the Fields” and her recording of Julie Gold’s “From a Distance,” later made into a worldwide pop hit by Bette Midler. Little Love Affairs, Storms, and Late Night Grande Hotel carried her from country and folk toward a broader pop sound without abandoning her focus on place, memory, and social conscience.

In 1993, Griffith released Other Voices, Other Rooms, a collection honoring the folk writers and performers who shaped her. The album brought together contributors including Bob Dylan, Odetta, Emmylou Harris, John Prine, Guy Clark, Arlo Guthrie, and Iris DeMent, and it won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Its 1998 sequel, Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful), continued that conversation with the folk tradition.

Her later albums remained restless and collaborative. Flyer, Blue Roses from the Moons, The Dust Bowl Symphony, Clock Without Hands, Hearts in Mind, Ruby’s Torch, and The Loving Kind moved among new compositions, reinterpretations of earlier songs, orchestral arrangements, political writing, and classic standards. Her final studio album, Intersection, was released in 2012.

Across eighteen studio albums, Griffith worked in the space she called “folkabilly,” connecting Texas songwriting, country music, literary folk, and pop craftsmanship. Her honors included induction into the Austin Music Hall of Fame, the Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Americana Trailblazer Award, a BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards lifetime achievement honor, and posthumous induction into the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Nanci Griffith died in Nashville on August 13, 2021, at age 68. Her early albums returned in the 2023 collection Working in Corners, while the tribute album More Than a Whisper demonstrated how widely her songs continued to travel among the writers and performers who followed her.

Complete List Of Nanci Griffith Studio Album Songs From A to Z

A–E

1937 Pre-War Kimball – The Dust Bowl Symphony (1999)
Across America – The Loving Kind (2009)
Across the Great Divide – Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
Alabama Soft Spoken Blues – There’s a Light Beyond These Woods (1978)
Always Will – Flyer (1994)
Always Will – The Dust Bowl Symphony (1999)
Angels – Hearts in Mind (2004)
Anyone Can Be Somebody’s Fool – Little Love Affairs (1988)
Anything You Need but Me – Flyer (1994)
Are You Tired of Me Darling? – Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
Armstrong – Clock Without Hands (2001)
Back When Ted Loved Sylvia – Hearts in Mind (2004)
Bad Seed – Intersection (2012)
Ballad of Robin Winter-Smith – Once in a Very Blue Moon (1984)
Banks of the Pontchartrain – The Last of the True Believers (1986)
Battlefield – Blue Roses from the Moons (1997)
Beacon Street – Lone Star State of Mind (1987)
Beautiful – Hearts in Mind (2004)
Before – Hearts in Mind (2004)
Bethlehem Steel – Intersection (2012)
Big Blue Ball of War – Hearts in Mind (2004)
Bluer Than Blue – Ruby’s Torch (2006)
Boots of Spanish Leather – Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
Brave Companion of the Road – Storms (1989)
Brave Companion of the Road – Ruby’s Torch (2006)
Can’t Help but Wonder Where I’m Bound – Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
Can’t Love Wrong – Poet in My Window (1982)
Canadian Whiskey – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998)
Clock Without Hands – Clock Without Hands (2001)
Cold Hearts/Closed Minds – Lone Star State of Mind (1987)
Come on Up Mississippi – Intersection (2012)
Comin’ Down in the Rain – Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
Cotton – Clock Without Hands (2001)
Cotton’s All We Got – The Loving Kind (2009)
Daddy Said – Once in a Very Blue Moon (1984)
Darcy Farrow – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998)
Davey’s Last Picture – Intersection (2012)
Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998)
Desperados Waiting for a Train – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998)
Do-Re-Mi – Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
Dollar Matinee – There’s a Light Beyond These Woods (1978)
Don’t Forget About Me – Flyer (1994)
Down ‘N’ Outer – Late Night Grande Hotel (1991)
Dress of Laces – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998)
Drive-In Movies and Dashboard Lights – Storms (1989)
Drops from the Faucet – The Dust Bowl Symphony (1999)
Drops from the Faucet – Ruby’s Torch (2006)
Dust Bowl Reprise – The Dust Bowl Symphony (1999)
Everything’s Comin’ Up Roses – Blue Roses from the Moons (1997)

F–J

Fields of Summer – Late Night Grande Hotel (1991)
Fly by Night – The Last of the True Believers (1986)
The Flyer – Flyer (1994)
Ford Econoline – Lone Star State of Mind (1987)
Fragile – Flyer (1994)
Friend Out in the Madness – Once in a Very Blue Moon (1984)
From a Distance – Lone Star State of Mind (1987)
From Clare to Here – Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
Ghost in the Music – Once in a Very Blue Moon (1984)
The Ghost Inside of Me – Clock Without Hands (2001)
Goin’ Gone – The Last of the True Believers (1986)
Going Back to Georgia – Flyer (1994)
Goodnight to Mother’s Dream – Flyer (1994)
Grapefruit Moon – Ruby’s Torch (2006)
Gulf Coast Highway – Little Love Affairs (1988)
Gulf Coast Highway – Blue Roses from the Moons (1997)
Hard Times Come Again No More – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998)
He Was a Friend of Mine – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998)
Heart of a Miner – Poet in My Window (1982)
Heart of Indochine – Hearts in Mind (2004)
Heaven – Late Night Grande Hotel (1991)
Hell No (I’m Not Alright) – Intersection (2012)
Hell No (I’m Not Alright) (Live) – Intersection (2012)
High on a Mountain Top – Intersection (2012)
Hometown Streets – Late Night Grande Hotel (1991)
I Don’t Wanna Talk About Love – Storms (1989)
I Fought the Law – Blue Roses from the Moons (1997)
I Knew Love – Little Love Affairs (1988)
I Love This Town – Hearts in Mind (2004)
I Remember Joe – There’s a Light Beyond These Woods (1978)
I Still Miss Someone – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998)
I Wish It Would Rain – Little Love Affairs (1988)
I Would Change My Life – Little Love Affairs (1988)
I’ll Move Along – Blue Roses from the Moons (1997)
I’m Not Drivin’ These Wheels (Bring the Prose to the Wheel) – Once in a Very Blue Moon (1984)
If I Could Only Fly – Intersection (2012)
If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song) – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998)
If I Were the Woman You Wanted – Once in a Very Blue Moon (1984)
If These Walls Could Speak – Ruby’s Torch (2006)
If Wishes Were Changes – Storms (1989)
In the Wee Small Hours – Clock Without Hands (2001)
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning – Ruby’s Torch (2006)
Intersection – Intersection (2012)
Is This All There Is? – Blue Roses from the Moons (1997)
It’s a Hard Life (Wherever You Go) – The Dust Bowl Symphony (1999)
It’s a Hard Life Wherever You Go – Storms (1989)
It’s Just Another Morning Here – Late Night Grande Hotel (1991)
It’s Too Late – Late Night Grande Hotel (1991)
John Phillip Griffith – There’s a Light Beyond These Woods (1978)
Julie Anne – Poet in My Window (1982)
Just Another Morning Here – Intersection (2012)

K–O

The Last of the True Believers – The Last of the True Believers (1986)
Last Song for Mother – Clock Without Hands (2001)
Last Train Home – Hearts in Mind (2004)
Late Night Grand Hotel – Ruby’s Torch (2006)
Late Night Grande Hotel – Late Night Grande Hotel (1991)
Late Night Grande Hotel – The Dust Bowl Symphony (1999)
Leaving the Harbor – Storms (1989)
Let It Shine on Me – Lone Star State of Mind (1987)
Listen to the Radio – Storms (1989)
Little Love Affairs – Little Love Affairs (1988)
Lone Star State of Mind – Lone Star State of Mind (1987)
Lookin’ for the Time (Workin’ Girl) – The Last of the True Believers (1986)
Lost Him in the Sun – Clock Without Hands (2001)
Love at the Five and Dime – The Last of the True Believers (1986)
Love at the Five and Dime – The Dust Bowl Symphony (1999)
Love Conquers All – Hearts in Mind (2004)
Love in a Memory – Lone Star State of Mind (1987)
Love Is a Hard Waltz – Once in a Very Blue Moon (1984)
Love Is Love Is Love – The Loving Kind (2009)
Love Wore a Halo (Back Before the War) – Little Love Affairs (1988)
Love’s Found a Shoulder – The Last of the True Believers (1986)
The Loving Kind – The Loving Kind (2009)
Marilyn Monroe/Neon and Waltzes – Poet in My Window (1982)
Mary & Omie – Once in a Very Blue Moon (1984)
Maybe Tomorrow – Blue Roses from the Moons (1997)
Michael’s Song – There’s a Light Beyond These Woods (1978)
Midnight in Missoula – Clock Without Hands (2001)
Money Changes Everything – The Loving Kind (2009)
Montana Backroads – There’s a Light Beyond These Woods (1978)
More Than a Whisper – The Last of the True Believers (1986)
Morning Song for Sally – Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
Morning Train – Blue Roses from the Moons (1997)
Mountain of Sorrow – Hearts in Mind (2004)
Never Be the Sun – Ruby’s Torch (2006)
Never Going Back – Intersection (2012)
Never Mind – Little Love Affairs (1988)
Nickel Dreams – Lone Star State of Mind (1987)
Night Rider’s Lament – Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
Nobody’s Angel – Flyer (1994)
Nobody’s Angel – The Dust Bowl Symphony (1999)
Not Innocent Enough – The Loving Kind (2009)
Not My Way Home – Blue Roses from the Moons (1997)
Not My Way Home – The Dust Bowl Symphony (1999)
October Reasons – Poet in My Window (1982)
Old Hanoi – Hearts in Mind (2004)
On Grafton Street – Flyer (1994)
Once in a Very Blue Moon – Once in a Very Blue Moon (1984)
One Blade Shy of a Sharp Edge – Late Night Grande Hotel (1991)
One of These Days – The Last of the True Believers (1986)
One of These Days – The Loving Kind (2009)
Our Very Own – Hearts in Mind (2004)
Outbound Plane – Little Love Affairs (1988)

P–T

Party Girl – The Loving Kind (2009)
Pearl’s Eye View (The Life of Dickey Chapelle) – Clock Without Hands (2001)
Please Call Me, Baby – Ruby’s Torch (2006)
Poet in My Window – Poet in My Window (1982)
Pour Me a Drink – The Loving Kind (2009)
The Power Lines – Late Night Grande Hotel (1991)
Radio Fragile – Storms (1989)
Rise to the Occasion – Hearts in Mind (2004)
Roses on the 4th of July – Clock Without Hands (2001)
Roseville Fair – Once in a Very Blue Moon (1984)
Ruby’s Arms – Ruby’s Torch (2006)
Saint Teresa of Avila – Blue Roses from the Moons (1997)
San Diego Serenade – Late Night Grande Hotel (1991)
Say It Isn’t So – Flyer (1994)
Shaking Out the Snow – Clock Without Hands (2001)
She Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere – Blue Roses from the Moons (1997)
Simple Life – Hearts in Mind (2004)
Sing – The Loving Kind (2009)
Sing One for Sister – Lone Star State of Mind (1987)
So Long Ago – Little Love Affairs (1988)
Song for Remembered Heroes – There’s a Light Beyond These Woods (1978)
Southbound Train – Flyer (1994)
Speed of the Sound of Loneliness – Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
Spin on a Red Brick Floor – Once in a Very Blue Moon (1984)
St. Olav’s Gate – The Last of the True Believers (1986)
Still Life – The Loving Kind (2009)
Storms – Storms (1989)
Stranded in the High Ground – Intersection (2012)
The Streets of Baltimore – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998)
Summer Wages – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998)
The Sun, Moon, and Stars – Late Night Grande Hotel (1991)
Sweet Dreams Will Come – Little Love Affairs (1988)
Talk to Me While I’m Listening – Flyer (1994)
Tecumseh Valley – Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
Tell Me How – The Dust Bowl Symphony (1999)
Ten Degrees and Getting Colder – Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
Tequila After Midnight – The Loving Kind (2009)
There’s a Light Beyond These Woods (Mary Margaret) – There’s a Light Beyond These Woods (1978)
There’s a Light Beyond These Woods (Mary Margaret) – Lone Star State of Mind (1987)
These Days in an Open Book – Flyer (1994)
These Days in an Open Book – The Dust Bowl Symphony (1999)
Things I Don’t Need – The Loving Kind (2009)
This Heart – Flyer (1994)
This Old Town – Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
Three Flights Up – Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
Time Alone – Once in a Very Blue Moon (1984)
Time of Inconvenience – Flyer (1994)
Tonight I Think I’m Gonna Go Downtown – Poet in My Window (1982)
Traveling Through This Part of You – Clock Without Hands (2001)
Trouble in the Fields – Lone Star State of Mind (1987)
Trouble in the Fields – The Dust Bowl Symphony (1999)
Trouble with Roses – Poet in My Window (1982)
Truly Something Fine – Clock Without Hands (2001)
Try the Love – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998)
Turn Around – Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
Two for the Road – Blue Roses from the Moons (1997)

U–Z

Up Against the Rain – The Loving Kind (2009)
Waiting for Love – Blue Roses from the Moons (1997)
Waiting for Love – The Dust Bowl Symphony (1999)
Waiting on a Dark Eyed Gal – Intersection (2012)
Walk Right Back – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998)
Wall of Death – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998)
Waltzing with the Angels – Poet in My Window (1982)
Wasn’t That a Mighty Storm – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998)
West Texas Sun – There’s a Light Beyond These Woods (1978)
Wheels – Poet in My Window (1982)
When I Dream – Ruby’s Torch (2006)
Where Would I Be – Clock Without Hands (2001)
Who Knows Where the Time Goes – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998)
Wimoweh – Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
The Wing and the Wheel – The Last of the True Believers (1986)
The Wing and the Wheel – The Dust Bowl Symphony (1999)
Wings of a Dove – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998)
Woman of the Phoenix – Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
Workin’ in Corners – Poet in My Window (1982)
Wouldn’t That Be Fine – Blue Roses from the Moons (1997)
Yarrington Town – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998)
Year Down in New Orleans – Once in a Very Blue Moon (1984)
You Can’t Go Home Again – Poet in My Window (1982)
You Made This Love a Teardrop – Storms (1989)
You Were on My Mind – Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) (1998)