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

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

Falling Up (Album Version) 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 seater

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

Think It Over John Hiatt

I ain't the only man with his heart in his throat I gotta spit it out, spit it out, spit it out before I choke I don't wan't you to be any more than I see in my arms tonight Think it over but let your

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 sister

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

Smoke That Cigarette John Hiatt

Well I wanna tell you all a story about a girl I used to know She told me that she loved me that was a long time ago I wanna tell you all my story but first I wanna smoke this cigarette I ain't over

Some Fun Now John Hiatt

Now your private life Is in the public domain And your one true love is just a lipstick stain And your point of view Is just a figure of speech Well I rest my case, you're out of reach CHORUS

When You Cut Me, I Bleed John Hiatt

Keep it in mind Don't throw your weight around Everything's so heavy in this God-damn town They go off the bridge They laugh in the wind There's only one hole you could put me in CHORUS: 'Cause

Slug Line John Hiatt

' hands with my picture First we sterilize it Then we merchandise it Everybody tries Everybody buys it Well that's fine Put me on the slug line Punch a pretty hole in my mind Show me where to

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

Come Back Home John Hiatt

home to me Wish you'd come back home, back where you belong I know that you're out there, cold and hold up somewhere I take back every song, all that I've done wrong I wish you'd come home to me Winter in

When My Love Crosses Over John Hiatt

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 a riverbank in

Circle Back John Hiatt

plains people They're different somehow You spent your life leaning into a hard wind I guess you're less likely to take a bow All these stories buried out here They're calling to me Like the earthquakes in

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

She Runs Hot John Hiatt

Sittin' on the line Tryin' to change her mind Red light, yellow light, green light time You're standing on it buddy But she's chilly as a Tastee Freeze Ease it over, son I'll show you how she

One Step Over The Line John Hiatt

' to give in Now let's go one step over the line I know it's just your daddy's car Your daddy never went this far Baby, we know who we are Let's go one step over the line I can feel you're driving

Tip Of My Tongue (Live) John Hiatt

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 of my

Something Broken John Hiatt

There's something broken in my heart Oh it was nothin' you'd done There's something broken in my heart I guess that's just the way it comes There's something broken in my heart Something I just

Ain't Ever Goin' Back John Hiatt

danced the room and she made it fine I sang a song about a crooked line I ain't ever goin' back no more And she's my first love and she's my last Don't ask me how it ever came to pass 'Cause I ain't ever

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

Love In Flames John Hiatt

One in one and one makes three Baby, you know that it ain't no big mystery Just from where you're at You never had these feelings to burn You took my love and baby you turned [Chorus:] Is it all in my

Overnight Story John Hiatt

They took enough of my mind To make a calculator Addin' up the figures, they'll find That love's a dumbwaiter Waitin' for the dream to fade Right into you hit parade Maybe I've made that long

Ocean John Hiatt

The moon is my sorrow. The moon is my lantern. I search for you so long, These dark lonely beaches. Oh where can you be? This restless sea, These empty nights, Have swallowed me.

Damn This Town John Hiatt

They killed my brother in a poker game Damn this town, I\'m 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,

Fly Back Home John Hiatt

He said, "Subdivisions have taken my home There's no more pray to eat" I said, "Where we gonna live?"

Little Head John Hiatt

I'm dirty as a man hole cover I'm lookin for my long lost lover She turned me out and now I'm sinkin' I'm just so easily led when the little head does the thinkin' I'm talking with a tight red

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

Cry Love (Live) John Hiatt

And bleed all over the milky way The stars in your eyes look red today Cry love, cry love The tears of an angel, the tears of a dove Spilling all over your heart from above Cry love, cry love The trust

Your Love Is My Rest John Hiatt

These are the words That cry 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

Cross My Fingers John Hiatt

Baby when I put my mind to it I slip into another gear And I travel in another syncopation When all I wanna be is here with you And I'll be true to you cross my fingers I'll be good to you cross

Something Happens John Hiatt

I get jumpy Wanna step on the gas Drive right out of this place fast She says, "Red light I'll take those keys" Out of my mind and On my knees CHORUS: Something happens And I don't know why

Modern Machinery John Hiatt

I'm still young give me that gun Come over to my house and ask me what's wrong You don't fit is that it Modern machinery for a modern song Deep in the night his prayers are so tight He feels so

Tip of My Tongue John Hiatt

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 heart With the back of my

My Dog And Me John Hiatt

Keeps me high as an eagle when I'm on the skids I guess you gotta come down eventually Buddy, I coulda gone that extra mile For an extra bark or an extra smile 'Cause I never felt so free It was just my

I Want Your Love Inside Of Me John Hiatt

Unlock these chains and let me out I want the love you're talkin' about I want a job, I wanna care I want to find you everywhere I want a house and a fireplace Screw the pain, I want a smile on my

Say It With Flowers 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

The Usual 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

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

The Most Unoriginal Sin John Hiatt

What there was left of us Was all covered in dust and thick skin A half eaten apple Or the whole Sistine Chapel Painted on the head of a pin A life long love's worth Gone up in a smurk And you

Old School John Hiatt

Old school He's the old school he don't say when he's hurtin' he'll just hide away 'till it 's over and tears are dry he's the old school and you can't see him cry He was young once just like you a heart

Love Like Blood John Hiatt

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 on my

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

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 on my

Love Like Blood (Album Version) John Hiatt

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 on my

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

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

True Believer John Hiatt

Kickin' at the gravel in a parking lot Runnin' cross the street to the record shop Talkin' to my buddy 'bout some hip hop tune Hotter than a firework and it's still June Sun's about to burn itself

It Hasn't Happened Yet John Hiatt

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 Happened Yet Your friends come over

Cry Love John Hiatt

him out I know you're not afraid To go alone But this was a marriage of spirit, flesh, and bone Now whatcha gonna do When the planet shifts Whatcha gonna do Gonna slit your wrists Bleed all over