Your Dad Did John Hiatt

Well the sun comes up and you stare your cup of coffee, yup Right through the kitchen floor You feel like hell so you might as well get out and sell Your smart ass door to door And the Mrs. wears

Your Dad Did (Live) John Hiatt

Oh one two three four Well the sun comes up and you stare your cup of coffee yup Right through the kitchen floor You feel like hell so you might as well get out and sell Your smart ass door to door And

Angel Eyes (Live) (1994 / State Theater, Portland, ME) John Hiatt

Girl you're looking fine tonight And every fella's got you in his sight What you're doing with a clown like me Is surely one of life's little mysteries So tonight I'll ask the stars above How did I ever

Back Of My Mind John Hiatt

stood at the foot of the stairs He was calling to me at the time And I knew even then, I could die for the thoughts That I kept in the back of my mind But I dared not to speak How I felt for my dad

Angel Eyes John Hiatt

Girl, you're looking fine tonight And every fella's got you in his sights What you're doing with a clown like me Is surely one of life's little mysteries So tonight I'll ask the stars above How did

Come Home to You John Hiatt

There's a mad little kid at the top of the stairs And his eyes, they gather no lies Well, his mom and his dad, they're too high to care And his cries drift off in the night And I been that kid, yes

Cry Love John Hiatt

A moment of steel A dry-eyed house Did he say goodbye to you Or did you kick him out I know you're not afraid To go alone But this was a marriage of spirit, flesh, and bone Now whatcha gonna

Tip Of My Tongue (Live) John Hiatt

An empty house Is the only thing standin' Between our lives And the speed of sound Some words flew out And made a crash landin' No love survived Not a trace could be found I broke your heart With the back

Cry Love (Live) John Hiatt

A moment of steel a dry-eyed house Did he say goodbye to you or did you kick him out?

Big Love John Hiatt

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

Tip of My Tongue John Hiatt

An empty house Is the only thing standin' Between our lives And the speed of sound Some words flew out And made a crash landin' No love survived Not a trace could be found CHORUS: I broke your

Georgia Rae John Hiatt

I know a girl, mess with your mind, She'll come to you in the summer sometime She'll talk about things you don't understand, But you better keep to the matters at hand Before the whole damn thing

The Penny Drops John Hiatt

Well I have felt the weight of words screaming from your open mouth But it was love I thought I heard and not your anger crying out Oh I could not turn the other cheek to where the softest blows

Sure Pinocchio John Hiatt

You told me you'd hold me Now I know better All you did fold me honey Like a dear John letter You put me in a box With God and his uncle Like a pair of gym socks Lookin' like Artie Garfunkle

You Used To Kiss The Girls John Hiatt

I see you singing like a camera I see you staring from your mouth I see you spittin' out your algebra You think you've got it figured out I saw you on American Bandstand I saw you on the Mickey

Graduated John Hiatt

I used to stumble up to your door Three thousand kisses on the living room floor But we don't do that kind of thing anymore Cause we both graduated We used to talk until the morning light Bout

Trudy and Dave John Hiatt

things he shouldn't be thinking about Like how it wasn't them at all, just life that was mean And how a twenty dollar pistol made him feel so clean REPEAT CHORUS Didn't mean to do it baby, but I did

Real Fine Love John Hiatt

Well I never went to college, babe I did not have the luck Rolled out of Indiana in the back of a pickup truck With no education higher Than the street of my hometown I went lookin' for a fire

Riding With The King John Hiatt

I dreamed I did a good job and I got well paid Blew it all at the penny arcade A hundred dollars on a kewpie doll I guess no white chick is gonna make me crawl On a TWA, to the promised land Every

Riding with the king John Hiatt

I dreamed I did a good job and I got well paid Blew it all at the penny arcade A hundred dollars on a kewpie doll I guess no white chick is gonna make me crawl On a TWA, to the promised land

My Old Friend John Hiatt

I thought we were gonna make that bridge, what did I know Me and my expectations was always high \"Like a Rolling Stone\" is playing on the radio It made you cry But we got by CHORUS: My old friend

I Look for Love John Hiatt

Why did she wear that dress tonight Why did she bring that stranger She looks put out in the party lights Which leaves us all in danger When she drops her perfumed hankie CHORUS: I look for love

Wrote It Down And Burned It John Hiatt

She wrote it down and burned it Jimmy loves who knows who Well he wasn't from around this town And mister neither are you She was listening into that Monon line For the Wabash Cannonball Put your

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

The Crush John Hiatt

First time I laid eyes on you I checked myself right on outta this world Just one thing can bring me back from this here heart attack And that's your sweet lovin', girl Ooooh your huggin' and kissin

The Crush (Album Version) John Hiatt

First time I laid eyes on you I checked myself right on outta this world Just one thing can bring me back from this here heart attack And that's your sweet lovin' girl Ooooh your huggin' and kissin' I

I Look For Love (Album Version) John Hiatt

Why did she wear that dress tonight Why did she bring that stranger She looks put out in the party lights Which leaves us all in danger When she drops her perfumed hankie I look for love I look for love

Over in My Mind John Hiatt

ground Over impressed with gravity Me and Joe H- we rode 'em tall like sailing ships Two Magellan's heading on out to the sea And up on those eaves, just about anything you'd believe You could get your

Since His Penis Came Between Us John Hiatt

something that I might have missed You haven't heard a word I've said Since his penis came between us Since his penis came between us Well I don't mean to seem angry But I'm a bit taken back What did

Back On The Corner John Hiatt

Back on the corner I'm singing the blues I can see my reflection In the shine of your shoes Like Momma used to say No news is good news And I'm back on the corner again Back on the corner Got my seeing

Damn This Town John Hiatt

leaving Daddy stayed drunk and he died insane Damn this town, I\'m leaving Momma had to work, barely raised the kids Damn this town, I\'m leaving I ain\'t gonna tell you what her youngest boy did

Sail Away John Hiatt

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 that we exploded in Oh yes, we did

(No More) Dancing In The Street John Hiatt

Out in the street They're tryin' to arrest my friend They put him on ice now twice But he's back again Well he did that dance in Harlem All across the USA From the Tappan Zee To the Golden Gate

Overcoats John Hiatt

Overcoats I ain't never heard you sing Overcoats Overcoats Take off that silly thing Well, I looked her in the eye With a slave-like stare And said, "I'm here to talk about the rent" Well, she did

Hangin' Around The Observatory John Hiatt

Is it all green cheese so to speak Well now listen boy These are the facts The moon is white The sky is black And you are a speck on this crummy Earth And a dollar and a half is all you're worth Why did

Getting Excited John Hiatt

Just a basement party with some high school friends Boys touching girls, like they did back then But that fat boy you invited He's getting excited Underneath red lights he can't believe his eyes

Slow Turning John Hiatt

matter anyway My only pride and joy Was this racket down here Bangin' on an old guitar And singin' what I had to say I always thought our house was haunted But nobody said boo to me I never did

The Night That Kenny Died John Hiatt

He was the kind of kid you did not want to sit by He kept his boogers in his desk he wore a neck tie And he never washed his hair You wished he wasn't there But everybody cried The night that

When We Ran John Hiatt

of me Could have been that I was just too scared To wait around and see You could have been a guardian angle I could have been the wicked one Besides the buttons on our shirts, girl, What else did

When We Ran (Album Version) John Hiatt

death of me Could have been that I was just too scared To wait around and see You could have been a guardian angel I could have been the wicked one Besides the buttons on our shirts girl What else did

When My Love Crosses Over John Hiatt

Made a pact Lying there on our backs Swearing to every star that the sky did hold Promising our love was true Promising to see it through Then we headed due southwest across the Muscle Shoals We slid down

Twenty-One John Hiatt

they could not see what had come to be all the lovers that he leave behind CHORUS: Twenty one - His eyes were glowing Who gave him the gun his guts were showing Setting sun, we wanna know, where did

Through Your Hands John Hiatt

You were dreamin' on a park bench 'Bout a broad highway somewhere When the music from the carillon Seemed to hurl your heart out there Past the scientific darkness Past the fireflies that float

Love Like Blood John Hiatt

Take it easy baby But take as much as you can Cause I got all the sweet loving You could possibly stand I'll take your tears for drinking water Make your pain sweet company You can lay all your

Learning How To Love You / Band Introductions (Live) John Hiatt

Take it easy baby But take as much as you can Cause I got all the sweet loving You could possibly stand I'll take your tears for drinking water Make your pain sweet company You can lay all your burdens

Love Like Blood (Album Version) John Hiatt

Take it easy baby But take as much as you can Cause I got all the sweet loving You could possibly stand I'll take your tears for drinking water Make your pain sweet company You can lay all your burdens

They All Leave Town John Hiatt

funny hair Those northern girls like to cut loose when you're spitting that tobacco juice Oh, but they all leave town when summer rolls around I really miss those kids All that higher education we did

Leave Your Shoes With The Shoeshine Boy John Hiatt

Leave your shoes with the shoeshine boy Leave your shoes with the shoeshine boy Well come back in a week with his smile on your feets Leave your shoes with the shoeshine boy Don't you dance with

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

You Must Go John Hiatt

When that howling wind Comes to carry you again Just like your next of kin You must go To a far away place Where you don't recognize one face Don't unpack your old suitcase Cause you must go