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

Forever Yours John Hiatt

me, baby, this love don't stand a chance But I'm not gonna sit and cry Though I'm an unlucky guy I'm forever wondering REPEAT CHORUS Yours to have and yours to unfold Who's to say we're just getting

Any Single Solitary Heart John Hiatt

time Only the lonely knows The pain of letting go Before you say no - to my advise Just ask any solitary heart Why the winter night is longer How love can fall apart When the world keeps getting

Heavy Tears John Hiatt

ground Don't they make a terrible sound Maybe she loves you And maybe it's a joke And maybe that fire Was just a whole lot of smoke You don't feel warm But then, you don't feel cold You're just getting

No Business John Hiatt

REPEAT CHORUS Well, now I'm getting desperate, baby, getting illegal I got the law doggies on my trail The hawk's out and I could use an eagle To go my bail.

Inside Job John Hiatt

that it happened Well it might sound strange But after the hurting is all done There comes a change So I went down into myself Where any fool could see All the love I had to give you Wasn't getting

One Kiss John Hiatt

usefulness, baby Let's stay in our own skin too long Till we're so wrinkled all the hatchlings just laugh at us As they crack out of their eggshells at the break of dawn We'll say "Oh are y'all just getting

Woman Sawed in Half John Hiatt

You could appreciate her position Her legs in one way, and her head another She just kept thinking about walking away They tried to put her back together underneath the cover But her heart kept getting

Snake Charmer John Hiatt

her sighs Close enough to get a rise REPEAT CHORUS Bad boys checking out Each others hair style She ain't gonna last in this room for the reptiles Hair comes up blood starts to rush Music getting

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

High John Hiatt

this all together chartin' out my youth Like a map of stars or weather well sometimes it is the truth We explode into existence with a universal sigh Two kids out on a summer night doin' nothin' but getting

Riding With The King John Hiatt

A red cape and shiny cold 45 I never saw his face but I saw the light Tonight everybody's getting their angel wings Dont you know we're riding with the king?

Better Get It While You Can John Hiatt

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 that ain't enough, Lord, she plays the guitar Just like Mississippi John

Riding with the king John Hiatt

A red cape and shiny cold 45 I never saw his face but I saw the light Tonight everybody's getting their angel wings Dont you know we're riding with the king?

Blind Faith John Hiatt

blind faith Talk is cheap babe, but I think you could sell me 'bought the farm when I heard your body speak Burning bushes could not anymore than tell me when you talk in that tongue babe my knees getting

Walk On John Hiatt

Someone called out to you And it sounded just like crying On a street where nobody Even knows your name Your mind was getting high on the sweet air As your spirit was flying Steam rising from

Back to Normal John Hiatt

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 thermometer) I'm back to normal (She's getting

Back To Normal (Album Version) John Hiatt

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 thermometer I'm back to normal She's getting

Love Gets Strange John Hiatt

Well I said what I wanted to say But the words just got in the way Maybe we can never work it out Seems like all we ever do is scream and shout And your drift is getting harder to catch This love

Riding With The King (Album Version) John Hiatt

Tonight everybody`s getting their angel wings. And don`t you know we`re riding with the king?

Cane Breaks John Hiatt

to their stations Don't you wanna take another look around Down at the cane breaks Down at the cane breaks Men are shaking hands it's feeling like an earthquake Down at the cane breaks cheaters getting

Straight Outta Time John Hiatt

Hot summer night, I was counting all the starlight on your skin Airtight, as I watched you breathing out, I'm breathing in By the lake, so humid that the moon was getting wet For our sake the crickets

Something Wild John Hiatt

wild- tell me love is Something wild- tell me love is There's a hole where the wind blows through And some curtains hung But I cant hid a thing from you You know where I come from Well I tried getting

Uncommon Connection John Hiatt

Shit flying in my head from every direction Oh, I'm thinking about an uncommon connection An uncommon connection, an uncommon connection An uncommon connection Well, you can say what you want, I'm not getting

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...

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...

Have A Little Faith In Me John Hiatt

When the road gets dark And you can no longer see Just let my love throw a spark And have a little faith in me And when the tears you cry Are all you can believe Just give these loving arms a try...

Hold On Tight John Hiatt

CHORUS: Hold on tight Hold on tight Please don't say we're through Hold on tight Hold on tight Or love'll will slip away on you CHORUS 2: Down at the line Down at the line I'm outta my mind it's ...

Pirate Radio John Hiatt

Well, those electric sheep to the valley they keep walkin On the radio waves selling tennis shoes and beer It induces sleep when that DJ starts his squawkin' I'm lookin' for one song to save me on...

Take Another Look John Hiatt

Maybe you have seen my party And you think I won't do But inside you see I'm lonely And I need someone true Maybe I look like a spider man But just the word and I'll learn to fly Take another loo...