Workin' In Corners Lyrics - Nanci Griffith

It's a southern road west of New Orleans 

I'm fightin' off a cold 

From these winter rounds 

Houston 

She's just around the corner 

But I think I'll stop off here in Lafayette 

Lord and have me another round 

I've been workin' in corners all alone at night 

Pullin' down whiskey 

Keepin' my eyes away from the lights 

I'll never be a fool but I will gamble foolishly 

I've never let go of love 

Till I lost it in my dreams 

I don't want to go to sleep 

'Cause I just might dream 

I'm stronger now, there was a man in my hometown 

He sang so pretty 

I'm glad he turned my head around 

But I'd forgotten how to play a one night stand 

Lord I didn't have a word to say 

Just holdin' that stranger's hand 

I've been workin' in corners all alone at night 

Pullin' down whiskey 

Keepin' my eyes away from the lights 

I'll never be a fool but I will gamble foolishly 

I've never let go of love 

Till I lost it in my dreams 

I don't want to go to sleep 

'Cause I just might dream 

These city streets at five in the mornin' 

I would've stopped to phone you 

But I'm almost home 

At my back door 

There's a porch light that's shinin' 

I just don't mind livin' here by myself 

If I leave it on 

I've been workin' in corners all alone at night 

Pullin' down whiskey 

Keepin' my eyes away from the lights 

I'll never be a fool but I will gamble foolishly 

I've never let go of love 

Till I lost it in my dreams 

I don't want to go to sleep 

'Cause I just might dream 

I don't want to go to sleep 

'Cause I just might dream 

Don't want to go to sleep 

You know I sure can dream 

And I sure can dream 

Sure can dream