Three Flights Up lyrics


Nanci Griffith


We returned to that five room flat
Now it was empty and this the last time
Ther were blinking pictures
Of how we'd sit and chat
Some of them are scattered
Others shattered in my mind
Chorus:
It was always three flights up
Cathedral bells kept time
In the winter, a-chatterin' cold
While the building shook like rageweed in the wind
Stories from the heat pipes
We were told
But now they only leave me
With a half-enchanted grin
Chorus
Bridge:
Bicycles squeezed down alley ways into view
And towels warmed on oven doors
To not freeze
Was the only thing to do
I wonder if we kept to the fair warning
'Cause I can see it in the flowers
Dyin' on the window sil
I know we must be out by tommorow mornin'
But am I goin' 'gainst my will
Chorus
Bridge
Repeat last verse
Chorus

Albums

Nanci Griffith - Other Voices, Other Rooms
Nanci Griffith -  Other Voices, Other Rooms

Nanci Griffith - From a Distance: The Very Best of Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith -  From a Distance: The Very Best of Nanci Griffith

Nanci Griffith - Ruby's Torch
Nanci Griffith -  Ruby's Torch

Nanci Griffith - One Fair Summer Evening
Nanci Griffith -  One Fair Summer Evening

Nanci Griffith - The Complete MCA Studio Recordings
Nanci Griffith -  The Complete MCA Studio Recordings

Nanci Griffith - The Last of the True Believers
Nanci Griffith -  The Last of the True Believers

Nanci Griffith - Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)
Nanci Griffith -  Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)

Nanci Griffith - Flyer
Nanci Griffith -  Flyer

Nanci Griffith - Hearts in Mind
Nanci Griffith -  Hearts in Mind

- Lonesome, On'ry And Mean : A Tribute to Waylon Jennings
 -  Lonesome, On'ry And Mean : A Tribute to Waylon Jennings