The song Ford Econoline is performed by Nanci Griffith in the album named From a Distance: The Very Best of Nanci Griffith in the year 2002 .
She drove west from Salt Lake City to the California coastline
She hit the San Diego Freeway doing sixty miles an hour
She had a husband on her bumper, she had five restless children
She was singing sweet as a mockingbird in that Ford Econoline
She's the salt of the earth
Straight from the bosom of the Mormon Church
With a voice like wine
Cruising along in that Ford Econoline
Now her husband was a gambler, he was a Salt Lake City rambler
And he built a golden cage around his silver-throated wife
Too many nights he left her crying with his cheating and his lying
But his big mistake was him buying her that Ford Econoline
She's the salt of the earth
Straight from the bosom of the Mormon church
With a voice like wine
Cruising along in that Ford Econoline
She's the salt of the earth
Straight from the bosom of the Mormon Church
With a voice like wine
Cruising along in that Ford Econoline
Now she sings her songs around this country
From Seattle to Montgomery
Those kids are grown and that rounder knows
You cannot cage your wife
Along the back roads of our nation, she's become a living legend
She drives a Coupe DeVille but her heart rides still
In that Ford Econoline
She drives a Coup DeVille but her heart rides still
In that Ford Econoline
Nanci Griffith - From a Distance: The Very Best of Nanci Griffith
- Lone Star State Of Mind
- Cold Hearts/Closed Minds
- Ford Econoline
- There's A Light Beyond These Woods (Mary Margaret)
- I Don't Want To Talk About Love
- Anyone Can Be Somebody's Fool
- I Knew Love
- Gulf Coast Highway (with Mac McAnally)
- I Wish It Would Rain
- Outbound Plane
- It's Just Another Morning Here
- Late Night Grande Hotel
- Hometown Streets