Back To The War (Album Version) John Hiatt

You're different from me All the boundaries are defined If we keep up with these truces One of will lose their mind And I consciously object to your weapons detector Hedging bets in the private sector

Back To Normal (Album Version) John Hiatt

Naturally I heard the doctor say Cut the cord and give the child away So you had him over for dinner Carving beans with a butcher knife I'm back to normal He's going over her I'm back to normal With his

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

When We Ran (Album Version) John Hiatt

Could have been the kiss of my life Could have been the 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

Washable Ink (Album Version) John Hiatt

to change But we'll try Not to leave any scars Washable ink If you think it stinks you can cry it away They don't want to hear your sad story today Everybody's busy whoever they are Washable ink Put it

Radio Girl (Album Version) John Hiatt

the real world Transistor sister That's right mister The Radio Girl And everybody's waiting for Fairy Godmother to show You ain't holdin' your breath anymore Turn up that the radio Here's a song just

Slug Line (Album Version) John Hiatt

I went to the marketplace They said they liked my face Better than a digital watch You got it we're pros and we can spot it So I thought it was some disease But they were all on their knees Shakin' hands

Falling Up (Album Version) John Hiatt

Dress my girlfriend up like a cheetah I'm gonna sign my checks Yours sincerely For all the money that you hold dearly When my ego swells and my output dwindles You can tell the world that youve been swindled

Book Lovers (Album Version) John Hiatt

I heard the news from every fool in town You got somebody new And I never hurt so bad The strangest fiction just came true Crowds will gather for a twisted wreck Well all right stare at me Its just another

The Usual (Album Version) John Hiatt

I'm trippin over dumb drunks at a party Girlfriend just ran off with the DJ I give her everything but she refused it It doesn't matter she don't know how to use it My confidence is dwindling Look at the

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

Cop Party (Album Version) 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 Cop party

Pink Bedroom (Album Version) John Hiatt

She paints her fingernails forbidden tones She wants nervous youth on the telephone He don't call she sticks another pin In her doll and puts him next to her stuffed animals She got the tube top she got

New Numbers (Album Version) 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 I just

I Don't Even Try (Album Version) John Hiatt

I thought I had your number there must be some mistake I dialled 6 3 7 11 88 I got some geezer said his girlfriend's on the town I said I've got the wrong number and I slammed the phone down Thought about

Face The Nation (Album Version) John Hiatt

is finally clearing What is this sound I'm hearing Chainsaws on bone and gristle Carving out a new epistle I've got my pencil sharpened I will not be disheartened I won't be disenchanted Even though the

Death By Misadventure (Album Version) John Hiatt

flyers And walked next door to the laundromat and blew his brains out in the drier And the tag on his toe read Death by misadventure Ain't that some way to go Death by misadventure Well Harry's wife Estella

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

Down In Front (Album Version) John Hiatt

I spend so much time tryin' To learn all your languages I got nothin' to say It's all cheap talk in kind And a matter of time Some fool gets his way Down on his knees he says I got this feelin' That you're

Back to the War John Hiatt

You're different from me All the boundaries are defined If we keep up with these truces One of will lose their mind And I consciously object to your weapons detector Hedging bets in the private

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

You May Already Be A Winner (Album Version) John Hiatt

Dry your eyes pretty girl I just got news from the outside world I dont know how they got our names But yesterday this letter came Mr and Mrs Resident Dweller your lucky number is You may already be a

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

You said that I would be sorry If you went away You said I wouldn't be happy Without hell to pay You said the teardrops would fall Between the bedroom walls You said that I would regret Well it hasn't

She Loves The Jerk (Album Version) John Hiatt

We've talked it to death cryin' on the telephone Nights when he drinks at home she has to whisper throught her tears Johnny she says you'd never do these things to me But I can never make her see he's

Say It With Flowers (Album Version) John Hiatt

My clothes are dirty and my shoes are worn through And you want me to feel sorry for you I dont know why I try to do my best The rules are all written girl youre giving me an oral test I try to talk my

Riding With The King (Album Version) John Hiatt

I blew it all at the penny arcade. A hundred dollars on a kewpie doll. No pretty chick is gonna make me crawl. Get on a TWA to the promised land.

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

Good Girl, Bad World (Album Version) John Hiatt

Put your make up on Though your face is long Clothes that fit you wrong What's wrong with you Last night's Romeo He just had to go I don't wanna know What else is new Good girl bad world Didn't you say

Girl On A String (Album Version) John Hiatt

never feels better than ever just so so Like a shrunken head on a rear view mirror She rides along in his atmosphere Like furry dice or some voodoo thing Hes got that girl on a string Since they tied the

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

I Spy (For The F.B.I.) (Album Version) John Hiatt

I spy for the FBI I spy for the FBI I spy for the FBI I spy for the FBI I got an x ray camera hidden in your house That sees what I can't see And that man you were kissin' last night Definitely was not

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

She Said The Same Things To Me (Album Version) John Hiatt

Till the line of trash she's talkin' Just gets more and more absurd Well I'm here to tell you brother She said the same things to me It was at another party But to her I guess they're all the same

Circle Back John Hiatt

Drove that wagon train out West Right along this interstate Cross the high plains of Kansas To the Colorado line Spent a lot of sleepless nights 'round the campfire They had mountains on their minds Those

Seven Little Indians John Hiatt

yonder in the kitchen somewhere Boiling up some hot water for them to all get up to their necks in The seven little Indians new If the rest of the tribe ever scrutinized their household Somehow it

Back to Normal John Hiatt

Naturally I heard the doctor say Cut the cord and give the child away So you had him over for dinner Carving beans with a butcher knife I'm back to normal (He's going over her) I'm back to normal

Fly Back Home John Hiatt

He said, "Anywhere you want to, I guess All you creatures walkin' upright 'round here Well, you've really made a mess" I wish we both could fly back home To the green fields of our youth Where friends

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

Back Of My Mind John Hiatt

Well my daddy he 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

Native Son John Hiatt

You finally found the mainstream In the middle of your life You tapped into a vein Of endless gold chains Now you're locked up tight Tearing down the middle of it Splitting it right in half Bobbing

Til I Get My Lovin' Back John Hiatt

I wake in the morning Out of my mind And I used to live for That morning sunshine Now I hide in the darkness It's all I can do 'Til I Get My Lovin' Back My lovin' back from you I can't go out walking Oh

Come Back Home John Hiatt

You said you had to go and get your life together I didn't know you had to go at it alone I guess we all have dreams floating on feathers I wish you'd come back home Rugs pulled out and all the curtains

Bring Back Your Love To Me John Hiatt

girl I can show you how My love is coming on strong And you know, you've been gone away too long Bring back, bring back your lovin' to me Bring back, bring back your lovin' to me All that

Ain't Ever Goin' Back John Hiatt

goin' back no more I ain't ever going back no more Wouldn't even try to find that door I ain't ever goin' back no more I don't care what the past has in store I ain't ever goin' back no more I ain't ever

The River (Album Version) John Martyn

Rowing back down my river, Chasing my tail to the sea; Rowing back down my river, Trying my best to be me.

Here To Stay John Hiatt

Leave the fallow like that when I'm alone Leave the fallow babe when is on my mind Now he gonna bust it, I need you to treat me kind Come back baby, come back, you my baby Come back baby, ooh come back

Rock Back Billy John Hiatt

Get a load of that guy With the dew rag on And the cowboy tie Man that cat is gone Form Memphis to Nashville Then way out west Put that Hollywood party To the acid test Got a little bungalow

Take Off Your Uniform John Hiatt

You've been a good girl, You've been a bad girl You're not a girl anymore Deep in a picture show Unbuttoned in the last row You watched the grown-ups win the war Now that they've got you where

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

The Last Time John Hiatt

Time is runnin' out Friends are too The word is getting' out It's all bad news Scoundrels know my whereabouts They recognize these pointy shoes That's the last time I turn my back on you A friendly little