Fragile Lyrics

I look out on these shields of heather
'Cross this countryside
I wonder how they've grown together
While people live such separate lives

Think I'll stay inside for the winter
'Cause the weather's in my bones
And the wind could shatter bone to splinter
Then howl me back home

Fragile as the lady of the harbour
Fragile as her torch that glows
Fragile as the Gulf Stream waters
To the Texas coast
To the Texas coast

I stared up at the faces in the mountain
Just a year ago
Laughin' in the spirit of America
Singin' in the snow

Now I wish I felt as strong as that mountain
Just carved in stone
I wish I was the Gulf Stream water
And I could sail you home

Fragile as the lady of the harbour
Fragile as her torch that glows
Fragile as the gulf stream waters
To the Texas coast
To the Texas coast

I would give you all that's in me
Though part of me is gone
If I could have that day upon the mountain
For the snow and the song

Here's to love and all that it changes
When you're alone out in that storm
'Cause if I'd had a shield of heather
I'd have never loved at all

Fragile as the lady of the harbour
Fragile as her torch that glows
Fragile as the Gulf Stream waters
To the Texas coast
To the Texas coast, I would sail you home
To the Texas coast, I would sail you home
To the Texas coast

Nanci Griffith - Flyer

Sep 1994

1. The Flyer
2. Nobody's Angel
3. Say It Isn't So
4. Southbound Train
5. These Days In An Open Book
6. Time Of Inconvenience
7. Don't Forget About Me
8. Always Will
9. Going Back To Georgia
10. Talk To Me While I'm Listening
11. Fragile
12. On Grafton Street
13. Anything You Need But Me
14. Goodnight To A Mother's Dream
15. This Heart