Griffin, Patty - Making Pies Lyrics






It's not far
I can walk
Down the block
To TableTalk
Close my eyes
Make the pies all day

Plastic cap
on my hair
I used to mind
Now I don't care
I used to mind
Now I don't care
Cause I'm Gray

Did I show you this picture of my nephew
Taken at his big birthday surprise
At my sister's house last Sunday
This is Monday and we're making pies
I'm making pies
Making pies
Pies

Thursday nights
I go and type
Down at the church
With Father Mike
It gets me out
And he ain't hard to like
At all

Jesus stares at me
In my chair
With his big blue eyes
And his honey brown hair
And he's looking at me
Way up there
On the wall

Did I show you this picture of my sweetheart
Taken of us before the war
Of the Greek and his Italian girl
One Sunday at the shore

We tied our ribbons to the fire escape
They were taken by the birds
Who flew home to the country
As the bombs rained on the world

5am
Here I am
Walking the block
To TableTalk
You could cry or die
Or just make pies all day
I'm making pies
Making pies
Making pies
Making pies





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  1. D.... L....

    Strength!

  2. m.... m....

    Beautiful

  3. m.... d....

    For whoever created this strikingly beautiful and thoughtful montage, my hat's off to you. You ran a parallel theme which compliments this song so, so very well. I check in occasionally to view this offering and have done so for many years.
    Thank you for putting this together, a rare and well conscripted treat indeed.
    Greetings from Pender Harbour on the Sunshine Coast of B.C.

    m.... d....

    Very well observed mischa diaya. Like you I've watched this montage for some years and love the parallel theme. Greetings from Wales, UK.

    m.... d....

    Feelin" some International love right now. Thank you osullivanbere.

  4. K.... Z....

    Jesus stares at me in my chair
    with His big blue eyes
    and His honey brown hair
    He's looking at me
    from way up there on the wall

  5. K.... Z....

    Jesus stares at me in my chair
    with His big blue eyes
    and His honey brown hair
    He's looking at me
    from way up there on the wall

  6. G.... B....

    Love this.

  7. S.... L....

    Keeps me hanging on...every time I hear it

    S.... L....

    Exactly.....

  8. A.... G....

    Also the true meaning of the song it reminds me of Dean... 😢❤ and all the pain... 😢

  9. A.... G....

    This may be not the right moment...but, you know *whisper* this would be Dean's haven, if you know what I mean 😁❤

  10. A.... T....

    For all of us, that keep everyone fed and warm.

  11. R.... ....

    does anyone else see how much this slideshow doesnt have anything to do with the real song?

  12. D.... L....

    RIP Liz. today an angel is making pies. I love you

  13. d.... ....

    "I used to mind, now I don't care..."

  14. S.... *....

    "you cry or die,or just make pies all day..."

    S.... *....

    +Redshiftdazzler Cyn Thought the Redshift had turned dark, perhaps I'll consult Freud

    S.... *....

    +dogsbolls Nah,sorry. I'm dealing with a head cold. My feels like a bowling ball...

    S.... *....

    +Redshiftdazzler Cyn In which case I shall be kind and comforting and not mention the missing word this time

    S.... *....

    +dogsbolls :'( Thank you.

    S.... *....

    +Redshiftdazzler Cyn that's the verse that makes me smile

  15. L.... ....

    Love Patti Griffin and her music!

  16. c.... l....

    Thank you for this beautiful video. It's a lovely fit.

  17. K.... T....

    lovely!

  18. d.... l....

    Wow so simple but so powerful ! .Great vocals

  19. S.... ....

    To me it says you can be miserable in a miserable world with your miserable circumstances, or you can cope the best way you can

    S.... ....

    I agree

    S.... ....

    And that coping is about as good as having the same shit job for 20 years. This is the most existentially painful and honest song outside of stuff by John prine.

  20. g.... g....

    *siiiigh*

  21. P.... R....

    I wish I had written this GREAT song!!! Love it! Reminds me of a song I wrote called Salt Of The Earth. Peace ALL ways, Island Mountain Pat 

  22. K.... P....

    makes you think about your grandmother

  23. M.... ....

    Fantastic! Great song!

  24. J.... O....

    whoa. I thought about "nothing and everything" for a long time after I read your comment

  25. d.... ....

    Congratulations Harry. Remember back when You Tube used to let us do this with any song?

  26. R.... O....

    Moves me every time

  27. B.... O....

    Yo great slide show to go with the music!!!!

  28. j.... H....

    I just luv this song and how it makes one think of the past and their elderly relatives. Excellent song writing and vocal delivery!

  29. m.... ....

    I wouldn't call what patty does country music more folk I think

  30. k.... g....

    This beautiful. Thank you for your service.

  31. M.... B....

    I love how this song ties the everyday to the rest day... how the ordinary make the life extraordinary. This is genius.

  32. b.... ....

    Weeping.

  33. P.... C....

    el video, la narrativa y la metafora, sensacional

  34. D.... F....

    Brilliant heartfelt bringing to the surface the hard workers who hardly get credit.

  35. b.... ....

    TERRRFIC video! Thank you!!

  36. R.... O....

    must have listened to this 100 times

  37. C.... L....

    I've always loved this song. You've done a beautiful job with the video!

  38. B.... D....

    WOW this is unbelievable. Never heard the original...thought lissie and ellie did the original

  39. V.... ....

    My all time favorite song of hers

  40. V.... T....

    This is beautiful- thanks so much for sharing. So similar to the images in my own head when I hear this song.

  41. C.... E....

    Awesome Job. The photos were perfect.....super.

  42. G.... ....

    Angeladorian: I think you miss the point a little. She is making the correct choice with her life: to "cry or die, or just make pies all day." She does her small thing to give people pleasure.
    We all have choices, just not the same choices...

  43. A.... ....

    This song is so sad. I just sit and cry and listen to it. Im so scared that will be my life when I get older. Just making pies all day...

  44. A.... B....

    @funbev precisely :)

  45. T.... S....

    0:30 - what's the name of the painting?

  46. E.... G....

    This is so beautiful! I cover this song in shows, and this video is so moving.

  47. J.... K....

    Nice upload Howie, well done

  48. D.... N....

    Fabulosa

  49. m.... ....

    I just can't stop watching this. Everything about this song and video is just so well put together. While watching I make my little stories: Did her lover die in the war? Is she lonely?

  50. A.... B....

    3 people missed the fucking Like button
    -___-

  51. m.... ....

    What an awesome job on putting images to this wistful, soulful song. Thanks.

  52. D.... ....

    This song breaks my heart
    I'm a 17 year old guy and I would give anything to get back the simpler times.
    I didn't get to enjoy those times...

  53. c.... ....

    She sounds like lissie so much!

  54. s.... ....

    @Psychonautify ^^ thanks :)

  55. s.... ....

    3 people above do not have hearts...This song always makes me cry. She's a great storyteller...Congrats Patty on winning a Grammy!


  56. m.... ....

    @flamerick I think "I'm makin' pies" symbolizes the grieving process.

  57. j.... ....

    whoa,this totally made me cry!

  58. s.... ....

    2:02. Girls who made mini-skirts classy... Nowadays women who wear them just look like tramps, whores, or prostitues. It hurts to see girls my age in highschool, looking like something you would find in Alexander Mcqueens 'Highland rape' cat walk... I wanna go back to the days when showing your knee was astonishing. People say the shorter the skirt, the more freedom a woman has. We're stripped of our secrets just going out of the house in the morning. What life have we got now ? I can't see one.

  59. m.... ....

    Very nice, great vocals and images!

  60. L.... R....

    Wonderful !

  61. P.... C....

    Just wondering whether there is like some poetic pun. "I'm making pies' might be "I'm making peace"? I dunno really. Haha.

  62. D.... W....

    Wow one of my favorite Patty G songs and you nailed it with these images. Thanks it is so cool!

  63. p.... m....

    One of my favorite Patty Griffin songs.

  64. V.... ....

    this is my all time favorite patty song!

  65. k.... l....

    So please tell me who painted the images.
    Lovely song about nothing and everything. xx

  66. o.... ....

    Brilliant effort at matching images to the music. One of the best I've seen at doing that.

  67. A.... L....

    Great images! You really added something that enhanced my enjoyment of the song.

  68. k.... l....

    thanks. I don't usually watch the whole of the homemade videos but this was good. Which artists feature- winslow homer? Andrew wyeth? beautiful song.

  69. l.... ....

    Such a sad song really....but so beautiful.

  70. B.... ....

    Beautifully done.

  71. R.... S....

    4rainbowed,

    The old woman is actually working at Table Talk a pie factory in Worcester, MA. The memories of the past and her volunteer work is what sustains her throught the drudgery of the job. Patty is from New England and visited the factory herself. At least that's how I remember her explaining it.

  72. V.... ....

    i love this song thanks to you! thank you so much for creating this!

  73. L.... P....

    WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  74. m.... ....

    Patty Griffin is amazing, purely amazing.
    She is one of the best songwriters..

  75. M.... ....

    Little mushy on the previous comment but nevertheless, its a bittersweet and beautiful song coupled with appropriate images. Good show.

    -DanTyson

  76. h.... ....

    Thanks so much x

  77. J.... W....

    Patty Griffin is a genious!

  78. d.... ....

    I'm not sure I've ever made it through this song without tearing up. It's a beautiful testament to the dignity of work, and the quiet desperation that you don't need to dwell upon to feel so keenly. I'm not even sure if i'm explaining it right, why I love it so much, and hate it too, the same way I hated the time in my life when I worked in a factory like that, and yet i'm nostalgic for it, in a way. Very nicely done video, thank you.

  79. j.... ....

    she doesn't hook up with father mike. she types for father mike. she's a lonely old woman. it gets her out of the house.

    it's not a hookup. it's typing.

  80. c.... ....

    beautiful song!!

  81. c.... ....

    Just fantastic

  82. 5.... ....

    haunting indeed. Such a beautiful song.

  83. K.... ....

    This is the song we're doing to our colorguard show!! I'd never heard it before my coach showed it to us, but it's such a nice song :)

  84. H.... ....

    Favourited! Love how you put the images to the words.

  85. h.... ....

    i am glad you like it & thank you, such a nice compliment.

  86. A.... F....

    omg could u do any better than what you did to capture the beautiful melancholy of this song? i think not. kudos to you for manifesting one of my favorite songs

  87. R.... R....

    Well and elegantly said in a forum where such responses are all too rare. Thank you.

  88. A.... L....

    Great song, great images.

  89. T.... B....

    this is brilliant songwriting on so many levels.

  90. M.... M....

    i love this song! Especially when she discribed jesus(big blue eyes and the honey brown hair) i dont know why but from 1:29-2:10thats my favorite part?? but anyway love the song and love the video=D

  91. A.... ....

    beautiful! This is one of my favorite Patty songs, and you captured it well. Thank you.

  92. H.... G....

    Nice job on this video interpreting a great song.

  93. h.... g....

    Great song and video

  94. G.... ....

    That would be a good song if she never mentioned bombs. I think that doesn't really fit in with the rest, and seems very clumsily handled.

  95. S.... ....

    Excellent video. I love this song. I used to call it making cakes, and Patty would give me a look.

  96. A.... D....

    Great song, the first time I've ever heard it.
    Nicely done video !