Falling Up John Hiatt

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 seater Dress my girlfriend up

Falling Up (Album Version) John Hiatt

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 seater Dress my girlfriend up

Thank You Girl John Hiatt

thieves Now we're rolling in clover babe We didn't read this in no tea leaves My fate was sealed before I met you darling I was halfway down a shallow grave So little room for you to catch me falling

Thank You Girl (Live) John Hiatt

couple of thieves Now we're rolling in clover babe We didn't read this in no tea leaves My fate was sealed before I met you darling I was halfway down a shallow grave So little room for you to catch me falling

Too Close John Hiatt

endash; with my baby Like a brand new pair of cheap shoes The kind that don't last as long as they should You wear 'em out fast when it starts feeling blue To be close almost too close CHORUS: Not falling

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

The River Knows Your Name John Hiatt

Oh the river knows your name And your tears falling like the rain All around you suffering and pain Oh the river knows your name And the river hears you cry As the lightning cracks the open sky

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 years

Child Of The Wild Blue Yonder John Hiatt

drivin' snow Where she comes from she don't know CHORUS: She's a child of the wild blue yonder Flying out of here She's a child of the wild blue yonder Born in an angel's wing If you see her falling

Almost Fed Up With The Blues John Hiatt

I wake up with my head and hand I wish I was another man 'Cause I almost fed up with the blues I think about the kitchen sink Then I just shudder to think 'Cause I'm almost fed up with the Blues If it

Solar Sex Panel John Hiatt

a whole lot of fun Gonna reflect it baby That fossil fuel's got no renewal You know it couldn't hold a candle There ain't no spark in the dark Can touch my solar - Solar sex panel Got a fire up

Warming Up To The Ice Age John Hiatt

Baby shaved her head and gone Now she's got black stockings on I think she's warmin' up to the ice age Baby spreads her little wings Now the boys say awful things I think she's warmin' up to the

One More Time John Hiatt

Mama's in the bathroom Waitin' to be saved Papa's in the bedroom Just diggin' up his grave Brother's in the kitchen Playin' with a knife Sister's in the attic Just laughin' at her life CHORUS

Long Night John Hiatt

3 on a fever, down in the dumps the 1st one hollers, the 2nd one jumps the 3rd writes a letter to his family says I'd kill everyone if it was up to me Early in the bathroom, looking for a drain

Wild Eyed Gypsies John Hiatt

Think I'll save up a little money Go on down to Mexico Take up with some crazy Spanish Lady Listen to the old wind blow She got earrings And she dances I'm an old rusty razor blade Ten to one

Dust Down A Country Road John Hiatt

Could not get to sleep It was on my wedding night I was tangled in the sheets And I was dreaming of a light Pouring from her window Coming up through the floor Lifting up the darkness Crashing

String Pull Job (Album Version) John Hiatt

Bring it in tight and cut to her face Fade up the lights 'till it wipes out the place Put on your pants cause she's put out a trace on you She's found a future it's been localized Brought out the sutures

Big Love John Hiatt

Open up your eyes; take a look around Do you know where this love can be found?

Shredding The Document John Hiatt

Oh what have you done with your life Oh please don't tell me Just shut up and go to work Cause you're interrupting me I won't represent the U.S.

Tennessee Plates John Hiatt

I woke up in a hotel and I didn't know what to do I turned the TV on and wrote a letter to you The news was talkin' 'bout a dragnet up on the interstate Said they were lookin' for a Cadillac with

Better Get It While You Can John Hiatt

She got a stainless steel liver - make any man quiver The way she drink that Thunderbird wine She got her feet up on the table and she's naked to the neighbor Oh I wish she was a friend of mine If

Marianne John Hiatt

of your capers Say you haven't met with their demands CHORUS: Oh, Marianne Love talks cheap and faster than I can Oh, Marianne Please don't marry that insurance man I can't see you packing up

Seven Little Indians John Hiatt

in a brick house on Central Avenue Gathered 'round their daddy Tellin' stories in the living room From a slightly unrealistic point of view Momma was off yonder in the kitchen somewhere Boiling up

Rose John Hiatt

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 see her.

Baby For Life John Hiatt

Well you can play with my toys, babe, but don't you play with my food I'm a half kind man-child-boy that my mama produced Well if you wanna go play with this I can dress you up sharp as a knife And

Over in My Mind John Hiatt

When I was a kid I travelled the rooftops of my town Trying to raise up above a family I look at those houses when I'm standing on the ground Over impressed with gravity Me and Joe H- we rode

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

Spy Boy John Hiatt

fellow's gotta eat I see those vampires sucking blood I hear those dull thuds I guess it's trick or treat CHORUS: I'm a Spy Boy I'm a Spy Boy Oh this music is hell Man why don't you turn it up

String Pull Job John Hiatt

Bring it in tight and cut to her face Fade up the lights 'till it wipes out the place Put on your pants cause she's put out a trace on you She's found a future it's been localized Brought out the

Spy Boy (Cruising / Soundtrack Ver.) John Hiatt

here tonight but a fellow's gotta eat I see those vampires sucking blood I hear those dull thuds I guess it's trick or treat I'm a Spy Boy I'm a Spy Boy Oh this music is hell Man why don't you turn it up

Don't Wanna Leave You Now John Hiatt

I woke up a day late and a dollar short Thank god, I was wrapped up in your arms I don't want to read the morning news or watch the weather report I'd rather be grateful for your charms I've done a lot

The Negroes Were Dancing John Hiatt

would write a letter to the editor about the little holes in her dress She said oh, I'm so bored She said oh, tell me more She popped him on the dick until he got a little bigger then she just blew up

Paper Thin John Hiatt

I was gonna get up off that bar stool Just as soon as I could figure it out Why I was overlooked at the car pool Stood up at the dance with no twist and shout When you're burnin' with your last

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

The Action John Hiatt

the break of dawn Now, you don't want to walk on down To The Action 'Cause once you get in there You're gonna want to use your feet And when the music starts a gettin' hot There's gonna burn up

Across the Borderline John Hiatt

to find When you reach the broken promised land And every dream slips through your hands Then you'll know it's too late to change your mind 'Cause you pay the price to come so far Just to wind up

Little Goodnight John Hiatt

Jimmy met Mary on the fourth of July Independence Day, you shoulda seen her brown eyes She came up from behind and started tugging on his coat, uh huh When his fireworks blew she was pushing like

Thing Called Love (Live) John Hiatt

even have our dignity no This could be just a prideful thing But baby we can choose you know We ain't no amoebas But Are you ready for this thing called love Don't come from you and me It comes from up

Lincoln Town John Hiatt

What I feel is like an old freight train Five miles long in the pouring rain Rolling out of Detroit loaded up with shiny cars And I'm sitting in a Cadillac smoking on a big cigar What I feel's like

Your Love Is My Rest John Hiatt

out of me in the night Like a buffalo herd From a shotgun blast scattered in flight I got a one track mind Going down a one train line Living on dreams half the time Going West I gotta pick up

Little Blue Song For You John Hiatt

Girl you live here, With the sun way up in the sky. CHORUS: When you're sad, Let that sad come through. Singing little blue song for you, Little blue song for you. Let your heart go.

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 hospital

Permanent Hurt John Hiatt

What is that fallin' out of your eyes What is that rollin' on down your shit Thunder and lightning from the bloodshot skies This time its feeling like a permanent hurt What is that lipstick up

Please Call Home John Hiatt

Well I thought you were in Houston or maybe San Antone I'm up here in Nashville hung up on the phone calling ollie ollie in free baby please call home It's not a new invention it's no monopoly Use

Madonna Road John Hiatt

yeah, yeah, yeah He says you almost need a bodyguard Just to go walking down the boulevard Little girl with their club feet You try to be so neat but they're messy when you eat When they gobble up

Already Loved John Hiatt

we don't have to install it Comes completely assembled unconditionally guaranteed Been in love before, sure baby I must have left it hanging by her pyjamas on the bedroom door Or maybe holding up

One For Then One For Me John Hiatt

most recent fashion Some women want money for love Some live on wishes and some do the dishes And you are the woman that I'm thinking of CHORUS: So it's one for the one for me One for the stars up

New Numbers John Hiatt

Stand before it to the nines Hurry up and get in line They've got your ashes scattered Before you even burn Blasting off for baby town Wearing cars like angel gowns Even though I'm wearin' tatters

Ethylene John Hiatt

I'm sitting on the toilet With my sunglasses on Wondering what you are up to This hotel's got bathroom telephones But I don't want to interrupt you You might be painting your nails With your hot

Face Of God John Hiatt

eyes are blind from crying Don't know how many more tears I've got They say God is a devil Until you look him in the eye They say God is a devil Until you look him in the eye I can barely lift my head up