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Artist/Band: Nanci Griffith
Lyrics for Song: Pearl's Eye View (The Life Of Dickey Chapelle)
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - Nanci Griffith



Oh, she was high up there in the air

Caught still by a soldier's stare

Whenever it was men amongst men

Down upon the land



And she followed those Mothers' sons

She felt the thunder of their guns

From a pearl's eye view

Just a camera in her hand



She was born Georgette but the name

Didn't suit her well

So, she blew out of Wisconsin as Dickey Chapelle



Oh, she flew with a pilot's pride

The first witness to either side

She carried relief to the lost ones

Between the bombs



And we saw it all through her lens

Well, she knew she'll go back again

When the call rang out

Once more from Vietnam



She's been through this before

She'll tell you war is hell

Her pearl earrings caught the light

On Dickey Chapelle



Oh, that's the way it was

She was the only one to tell

In 1962, she blew the

Whistle loud and clear



And now, we trace her wings

In her footsteps without fear

To the front lines where she fell

Where she lies still but she's still there



Oh, it was 1965 over

Chu Lai in a free fall dive

In a dawn patrol to cover

The dead zone ground



She tiptoed through the land mines

All along the enemy lines

But she never saw the one

That took her down



Now, she captured

The bloody pearls of war so well

That war was bound to steal the end



Of Dickey Chapelle

(From a pearl's eye view)

Dickey Chapelle

(From a pearl's eye view)



Dickey Chapelle

(From a pearl's eye view)

Dickey Chapelle


Album Lyrics: Other Songs - Nanci Griffith


Nanci Griffith
"Other Songs - Nanci Griffith"


1. Deadwood
2. 1937 Pre-War Kimball
3. Armstrong
4. Banks Of The Pontchartrain
5. Canadian Whiskey
6. Clock Without Hands
7. Cold Hearts / Closed Minds
8. Darcy Farrow
9. Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
10. Do-Re-Mi
11. Dress Of Laces
12. Fly By Night
13. Goin' Gone
14. Going Back To Georgia (With Adam Duritz)
15. Hard Times Come Again No More
16. He Was A Friend Of Mine
17. I Still Miss Someone
18. If I Had A Hammer
19. Last Of The True Believers
20. Looking For The Time
21. Love's Found A Shoulder
22. Midnight In Missoula
23. Our Very Own
24. Pearl's Eye View (The Life Of Dickey Chapelle)
25. Rise To The Occasion -W/ Mac Macannaly
26. Roses On The 4th Of July
27. Shaking Out The Snow
28. Speed Of The Sound Of Lonliness
29. Summer Wages
30. Tell Me How
31. Ten Degrees And Getting Colder
32. The Streets Of Baltimore
33. Truly Something Fine
34. Tumble And Fall
35. Two Dollar Novels
36. Walk Right Back
37. Wall Of Death
38. Wasn't That A Mighty Storm
39. Where Have You Been
40. Where Would I Be
41. Who Knows Where The Time Goes
42. Wings Of A Dove
43. Wouldn't That Be Nice
44. Yarrington Town
45. You Can't Go Home
46. You Were On My Mind
47. What's That I Hear
48. White Freight Liner