Nanci Griffith: If Wishes Were Changes - Night Music 

This rendition, like the songwriter herself, is exceptional. Heartbroken to know she's taken her leave.

That little head shake of hers is so much a trademark of hers. I'd not noticed it until the past two weeks, when I've watched so many of her videos. Such a sweet Goddess! She will be greatly missed!

Amazing amazing lady,voice,song writer... Such sad news.. my favourite song makes me weep for the loss of an icon🙏🌻

I'm all tore up RIP Nanci Griffith You never failed to move me God bless you LOVE ♥️

Rest in peace Nancy, It feels like I have just lost one of my best friends tonight!

Such an incredible loss to music, Rest in peace Nanci. Your spirit in your music will never be forgotten

RIP beautiful lady. Your music made me happy.

Beautiful Person with Beautiful Music. Thanks, Nanci.

How come I never hear her on the radio?! She's so underrated or should I say underappreciated.

She will be remembered for songs like this.

She set the bar higher ❤

I love this singer/songeriter . Brilliant, beautiful, with great depth

Love the sounds of Sanborn and all the back-up singers, including John Hooker! Perfection!

Great accompaniment for the Lovely Nanci on a wonderful song. She is terribly missed. RIP, Angel.

This is an outstanding performance.

The first time I heard her it was this performance ... rest in PARADISE!

Love the saxophone and backup singers! If wishes were changes, Nanci would still be touring and putting out new music. Hard times are here again, crazier than ever. Nanci, please come out and sing, and heal our hearts.

Look at the look she gives Omar and Hiram on the second chorus....they took the chorus and NAILED it, harmonically speaking.

ill admit .. I didn't really know her music (RIP).. But this show brought out fantastic artists like her every weekend and added such talented arrangements to their styles.. NBC - please Bring back this show !

One of the greatest singer-songwriters in all her glory! She is an impossible talent and the world is not the same without her! I am blessed to have met her!

Love this song and songwriter - Nanci is one of a kind ♥️

God, how I miss Night Music. To think that there was a few short years of a music show this good, on network television. And Nanci? Well..... she's a special songwriter and artist, and we love her.

Have loved her for decades♥️.

Simply beautiful! The beautiful years! The beautiful melodies! The beautiful memories! Thank you very much for posting. Thought I’d never see this again!

The class just oozes out of this diamond,,,

Lovely song. I am a fan of Nanci's and of this show while it was on TV. Thank you for sharing. Also, Wings of Desire is an amazing movie. Better in my opinion than the Nicolas Cage/Meg Ryan remake, which suffers by comparison. Everyone who loves movies that are magical and are a keeper should see Wings of Desire.

Wow. Thanks for posting this vid. It is a rare one indeed, totally Nanci. Her incredible talent for collaborating and magic on the fly arranging with other musicians was so underrated. She was so rare and unique in her heartfelt style, always putting thanks and praise on others she worked with, so rare in the ego driven world of the music business. I still miss her, I still grieve her loss, she left us too soon.

Could listen to this song all night long Rest in Peace Nanci thank you for your wonderful music and song.

I've never seen her perform this song live until now. Thank you for uploading it.

beautiful angel... beautiful voice..... sing in heaven Nanci.....XX

RIP Nanci 😢

Got me crying early in the morning.

beautiful, real talent

I wish that you loved me the way that I love you I wish I had Angels who sang in my dreams If wishes were changes, we'd all live in roses And there wouldn't be children who cried in their sleep And he wishes I loved him, the way that I love you If wishes were changes, I'd dry all his tears If wishes were changes, I'd make him my anchor And he'd be my Angel who sang through the years So long to the blue days of wishing If wishes were changes there'd be no goodbyes So long to the heart I have given 'Cuz wishing won't bring back the love in your eyes And I wished that I had your wings of desire I wish I had seen you as I see you now I wouldn't feel sorrow, you've left here inside me But wishing won't change right from wrong for you now So long to the blue days of wishing If wishes were changes there'd be no goodbyes So long to the heart I have given 'Cuz wishing won't bring back the love in your eyes I wish that you loved me the way that I love you I wish I had Angels who sang in my dreams If wishes were changes we'd all live in roses And there wouldn't be children who cried in their sleep If wishes were changes we'd all live in roses And there wouldn't be children who cried in their sleep

So beautiful.... just can’t get enough of her

angelic and so much more

She made me her anchor ❤🎉

That was beautiful. I love this song.

Wow! What a gorgeous melody and voice.

Great performance of a great song, thanks for posting!

An Angel

Her music was otherworldy, haunting....

RIP Nanci.

One of favourite ever songs. Beautiful

Miss you so much Nanci

just love Nanci :))

Nancy makes the song the best it could ever be

Perfection...

Added this to my repertoire.... in the "important song" part. :)

Sweet Nanci!

Those backup singers!

That's a pretty sweet guitar Nancy is playing

Thank you rednoise0, for putting Nanci on here. This particular Nightmusic episode was my first one viewed, and I became an instant and longstanding fan of Nanci Griffith because of it. I might otherwise never have heard of her, nor of another singer, Cory Sipper, whom a fellow Nanci fan told me about via email. I also thoroughly enjoyed Todd Rundgren, whom I also enjoy dearly. THANKS! :) :) :)

Great vid I remember watching it the night it was on . It was a great show and Sandborne's band was tight.

She always sounded just as great live as in the studio. Witness "One Fair Summer Evening" from Houston's own Anderson Fair Retail Restaurant (just a few blocks from my house). She just dropped off the radar completely about 8 years ago. Where did she go?

Thanks! Correction made

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IS NANCI STILL WITH US?

Sopranino?

nice music but absolutely ignorant political fantasies, life needs achievement, not stealing from those who achieve