Nanci Griffith - Love Wore A Halo (Back Before The War) Lyrics

Lyrics Love Wore A Halo (Back Before The War) - Nanci Griffith



He owned a hotel on Jersey shore
She made her living seeing the sailors door to door
He was a small Hawaiian with a crooked smile
But he made her eyes light up like the heavens on the 4th of July
She ran the numbers, they say she ran them clean
And those porcelain hands keep a ledger even in her sleeves
While he worked the See-Bees in the Philippines
They say she made more money than you and I will ever see
'Cause love was a magnet on the Jersey shore
If you were looking for love, boys, you could have found it in '44
'Cause love wore a halo back before the war
When the men loved the women
And the women knew what men were for
It was in the winter when he came home
And he had to hold those porcelain hands just to keep her warm
So they had a daughter, they named her Stephanie Anne
Hey, they sent her off to Vasser to find herself a family man
'Cause love was a magnet on the Jersey shore
If you were looking for love, boys, you could have found it in '44
'Cause love wore a halo back before the war
When the men loved the women
And the women knew what men were for
She sold the hotel, it belongs to me
And I watch those sailors come and go by the waves in the sea
From the poor chaps in the honeymoon suite
And I hear their fishing their lives away in the Florida Keys
'Cause love was a magnet on the Jersey shore
If you were looking for love, boys, you could have found it in '44
'Cause love wore a halo back before the war
When the men loved the women
And the women knew what men were for
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When the men loved the women
And the women knew what men were for
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When the men loved the women
And the women knew what men were for
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Writer(s): Nanci Griffith


Nanci Griffith - The Complete MCA Studio Recordings
Album The Complete MCA Studio Recordings
date of release
01-01-2003

1 Tumble And Fall
2 Lone Star State Of Mind
3 Cold Hearts / Closed Minds
4 From A Distance
5 Beacon Street
6 Nickel Dreams
7 Sing One For Sister
8 Ford Econoline
9 Trouble In The Fields
10 Love In A Memory
11 Let It Shine On Me
12 There's A Light Beyond These Woods (Mary Margaret)
13 Anyone Can Be Somebody's Fool
14 I Knew Love
15 Never Mind
16 Love Wore A Halo (Back Before The War)
17 So Long Ago
18 Gulf Coast Highway
19 Little Love Affairs
20 I Wish It Would Rain
21 Outbound Plane
22 I Would Change My Life
23 Sweet Dreams Will Come
24 Wooden Heart
25 I Don't Wanna Talk About Love
26 Drive-In Movies And Dashboard Lights
27 You Made This Love A Teardrop
28 Brave Companion Of The Road
29 Storms
30 It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go
31 If Wishes Were Changes
32 Listen To The Radio
33 Leaving The Harbor
34 Radio Fragile
35 It's Just Another Morning Here
36 Late Night Grande Hotel
37 It's Too Late
38 Fields Of Summer
39 Heaven
40 The Power Lines
41 Hometown Streets
42 Down 'N' Outer
43 One Blade Shy Of A Sharp Edge
44 The Sun, Moon And Stars
45 San Diego Serenade
46 Stand Your Ground




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