NANCI GRIFFITH lyrics - These Days In An Open Book

(Nanci Griffith)



Shut it down and call this road a day

And put this silence in my heart in a better place

I have traveled with your ghost now so many years

That I see you in the shadows

In hotel rooms and headlights

You're coming up beside me

Whether it's day or night



[Chorus:]

These days my life is an open book

Missing pages I cannot seem to find

These days your face

In my memory

Is in a folded hand of grace against these times



No one's ever come between your memory and me

I have driven this weary vessel here alone

Will you still find me if I leave you here beside this road

Cuz' I need someone who can touch me

Who'll put no one above me

Someone who needs me

Like the air he breathes



[Chorus]



[Bridge:]

I can't remember where this toll road goes

Maybe it's Fort Worth, maybe it's a heart of gold

The price of love is such a heavy toll

That I've lived my life in the backroads

With your love in my pocket

If I spend the love you gave me

Tell me where will it go?



[Chorus]



These days your face

In my memory

Is in a folded hand of grace

Folded hand of grace

Folded hand of grace

Against these times