Book Lovers John Hiatt

another story of love Thats turned into tragedy What am I supposed to do You want a toast from the man who's lost The man who's doublecrossed >From cover to cover Baby you and me were just book

Book Lovers (Album Version) John Hiatt

me Its just another story of love Thats turned into tragedy What am I supposed to do You want a toast from the man who's lost The man who's doublecrossed From cover to cover Baby you and me were just book

Lovers Will John Hiatt

Lovers will Who'll hurt each other all the time And never give it a though? Who'll like about where they've been And hope they never get caught?

Lovers Will (Album Version) John Hiatt

Who'll take the only hearts they got And throw them into the fire Who'll risk their own self respect In the name of desire Who'll regret every thing they've done And who'll get the bill Lovers will Who'll

Zero House John Hiatt

took my pride and I want it back No more loving on the torture rack No more running when you call my name The things we've done, baby make me feel ashamed Minus me, minus you, Smoke out, ghost lovers

I Look for Love John Hiatt

claim No treasure of stolen hearts In every mirror I look the same A toy soldier with missing parts Shes adding up those second looks While she collects advances Like thumbing through some dirty book

One For Then One For Me John Hiatt

night and one for the light And one for the woman who gives me her love My life is a curtain - the next scene's uncertain The actor is lost in his role The lady is waiting - the man hesitating And lovers

I Look For Love (Album Version) John Hiatt

can claim No treasure of stolen hearts In every mirror I look the same A toy soldier with missing parts Shes adding up those second looks While she collects advances Like thumbing through some dirty book

It Hasn't Happened Yet John Hiatt

that I start to crawl I always say yeah you bet But It Hasn't Happened Yet I don't have anyone I'm havin' fun No one is into me No one's a mystery I see you on the street My heart don't skip no beat Lovers

Radio Girl John Hiatt

real He thinks it's the latest sensation And you just keep changin' the station (believe me baby) Do you know what love is about Heard it on your stereo Ev'rybody does without Brokenhearted comic book

My Edge of the Razor John Hiatt

We've been training Now we look like each other Face down and Booked and printed for young lovers Even as I write out of this song The ink wears off but the beat goes on CHORUS: I pledge my

The Love That Harms John Hiatt

Shes seen the whites of crazy eyes Been in the camps of foreign spies Taken lovers by surprise The captives smile But all the while she is wearing a disguise Better men have been betrayed Better

Smiling In The Rain John Hiatt

But in your eyes I see the pain Help me ride this crazy train I am lost and you are smilin' in the rain Everybody's looking for a place to live their dreams Main Street paints a face on lonely lovers

The Love That Harms (Album Version) John Hiatt

Shes seen the whites of crazy eyes Been in the camps of foreign spies Taken lovers by surprise The captives smile But all the while she is wearing a disguise Better men have been betrayed Better men have

Some Fun Now John Hiatt

five, six Gotta lot to fix Seven, eight, nine Goin' outta my mind And it's a fast free fall From a long hard climb REPEAT CHORUS And you wonder how You ever got it so far From a Mel Bay book

Say It With Flowers John Hiatt

gonna only bring tears Cause cheap talking is really making the rounds You're much better off with your mouth shut tight in this town And though our best intentions were sincere I nominate these lovers

It Hasn't Happened Yet (Album Version) John Hiatt

that I start to crawl I always say Yeah you bet But it hasn't happened yet I don't have anyone I'm havin' fun No one is into me No one's a mystery I see you on the street My heart don't skip no beat Lovers

Confidence Man John Hiatt

I know your mother Taught you how to bake a cherry pie And read a book Your daddy taught you how to tell a lie And not get shook Let me tell you somethin', baby You better learn, If you're gonna

Permanent Hurt John Hiatt

yeah a permanent hurt The pain and the memories do the dirty work Promises broken hearts on red alert The surface will heal But its feelin' like a permanent hurt It's all temporary like the big book

Dust Down A Country Road John Hiatt

window Coming up through the floor Lifting up the darkness Crashing through my kitchen door Down to that old oak table I went to take a look And my whole life flashed before me Just like a story book

Radio Girl (Album Version) John Hiatt

love is real He thinks it's the latest sensation And you just keep changin' the station Believe me baby Do you know what love is about Heard it on your stereo Everybody does without Broken hearted comic book

Twenty-One John Hiatt

his darkest sleep When the snow played a trick on the little sheppard boy must've drove him blind From the wildest while to the night of knives til they could not see what had come to be all the lovers

Say It With Flowers (Album Version) John Hiatt

faith is gonna only bring tears Cause cheap talking is really making the rounds You're much better off with your mouth shut tight in this town And though our best intentions were sincere I nominate these lovers

My Edge Of The Razor (Album Version) John Hiatt

We've been training Now we look like each other Face down and Booked and printed for young lovers Even as I write out of this song The ink wears off but the beat goes on I pledge my edge of the razor

Love's Not Where We Thought We Left It John Hiatt

like men Oh, we'll be ashamed to fight again No jealous God's the only one Father, Mother, Ghost and Son Love's unorthodox Changes all of nature's clocks To time remaining Just twenty-four hours For lovers

All the Lilacs in Ohio John Hiatt

Well, you met her there on a New York City stair You were throwing up on your shoes Tryin' to write the great book when it really had you shook With a bad case of wintertime blues So you drag her

Wintertime Blues John Hiatt

I've been too long with my nose in a book I hope you sing just as good as you look Come on over baby, I got a song for you A little jump of something I call wintertime blues I wanna hear those mockingbird

Conquer Me Conquer You John Hiatt

With a poor boy's heart and a gypsy's soul I come knocking on the door of your beauty And in the fire of love which nobody can control You are a million flaming mirrors that confuse me I appear as...

Rose John Hiatt

Rose puts on her stockings and she lights a cigarette. Holds her tired face up to the mirror. She sees a younger woman there she thought she would forget, And it hurts her now that no one comes to...

Is Anyone There? John Hiatt

Well I'm out here on my own Followin' a star Asking on my knees, for some direction, please, And, God, you know that's hard Cause I'm such a stubborn man Lord, I'm stubborn as a mule Even though ...

Ocean John Hiatt

I am the west wind. I am the sea gull. I dance on the waves, As they break on the shore line. The moon is my sorrow. The moon is my lantern. I search for you so long, These dark lonely beaches. ...

Gone John Hiatt

I woke up in a sweat reaching for a cigarette All choked up all you get is gone What I said I wouldn't know All she said I gotta go The room all red burning slow Gone Gone like unwritten history ...

Friend Of Mine John Hiatt

Friend of mine Has gone away Like a light from yesterday Lost in space Somewhere they say This friend of mine He could sing Like a child A mother's dream So sweet and mild Or big and mean Loud an...

Falling Up John Hiatt

I'm gonna lower my standards and raise my price I'm gonna take your lunch and your bad advice Until my worse idea gets the big reward Until I get out of this raggedy Ford And into a shiny new two ...

Let It All Go John Hiatt

I knew a guy who was Mad at his best friend Stayed that way for Twenty years, and I don't know why he Can't seem to make amends Tears in his eyes You know the pain doesn't end CHORUS: You got to....

Feels Like Rain John Hiatt

Down here the river meets the sea And in the sticky heat I feel ya' open up to me Love comes out of nowhere baby, like a hurricane And it feels like rain Underneath the stars lying next to you Wo...

Sail Away John Hiatt

So now it's up to you If I should stay or go Though I've had no thought of leavin' You ask if it hurts me Honey, I don't know CHORUS: (Part I) It's like a dream A thin machine A piece of time tha...

Memphis in the Meantime John Hiatt

I got something to say little girl You might not like my style But we've been hanging around this town Just a little too long a while You say you're gonna get your act together Gonna take it out ...

Meet Me Halfway John Hiatt

Love is a river that's running in the ??? Each wants to make it to the other side before that bridge starts burning I think we're missing the place where love has seen us though our hearts going t...

Cop Party John Hiatt

Down on the beat They're lining up everyone Who's got a mind on a bullet and a mouth like a gun Boys and girls Stripped to their innocence We run some real weak links in this long chain of events ...

New Fingerprints John Hiatt

I started out in an alley smoking cigarettes ---- Stealing penny candies n' rattlin' pay telephones Stole my first car at twelve and drove it to my eighth grade class By the time I was fourteen si...

Doll Hospital John Hiatt

Well, lots of little pieces make up the little girl Such a tiny thing in this great big world Well, now I've got to find out what's crackin' up My little buttercup I got to take her to the doll ho...

Thing Called Love John Hiatt

Don't have to humble yourself to me I ain't your judge or your king And baby, you know you ain't no Queen of Sheba And we may not even have our dignity, no This could be just a prideful thing But ...

Icy Blue Heart John Hiatt

She came onto him like a slow movin' cold front His beer was warmer than the look in her eyes She sat on a stool, he said, "What do you want?" She said, "Give me a love that don't freeze up inside...

Fool Who Knows John Hiatt

Well a love won't last the night If it's built on sand But when it's built on rock Ain't nothin' that it can't withstand I guess you know by now how this story goes A very true story, take it from...

Cane Breaks John Hiatt

I met a preacher down by the cane breaks Sat there the devil right there at his side Bolt of lightning struck that cane break You should have seen the preacher jumpin' on back Double dealers there...

Bring Back Your Love To Me John Hiatt

Darlin' if you've been a hurting I don't care what it is I wanna help for certain, but it takes more than a kiss All this love and affection I'm feeling for you now Send it back in my direction, g...

Stolen Moments John Hiatt

I used to drink a lot in those days you see Ya, that's the way the wind blows These days the only bar I ever see Has got lettuce and tomatoes I get pumped up in the back of my mind Start thinking...

Distance John Hiatt

You are the beautiful lover My Lover I am the distant shore So far away There is so much to uncover Love's hiding What is this distance for What is it for Out of the dark I am falling I'm fallin'...

Stood Up John Hiatt

I stood up for the first time When I was just eleven months old And ever since that day, my mama said I never done what I was told I never stood for nothing too much All through my schooling year...