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

Pink Bedroom 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 tubetop

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

The Wreck of the Barbie Ferrari John Hiatt

heads for the TV room starts to search his problems swollen like a river and his reality's shrinking he finds them huddled by the toy box and splatters 'em all the ken and the midge and the skipper doll

Paper Thin John Hiatt

those tavern walls I was just mixing up some chemicals You could've heard a pin drop, could have heard time crawl And every once in a while You could hear you're own heart pound Maybe some paper doll

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

Doll Hospital Ricky Nelson

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

Riding With The King (Album Version) John Hiatt

A hundred dollars on a kewpie doll. No pretty chick is gonna make me crawl. Get on a TWA to the promised land. Every woman, child and man Gets a Cadillac and a great big diamond ring.

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...

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...

Cane Breaks John Hiatt

I met a preacher down by the cane breaks Sat there the devil right there at his side Bolt of lightning struck that cane break You should have seen the preacher jumpin' on back Double dealers there...

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...

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

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 the...

Think It Over John Hiatt

I ain't the only guy ever made you come ever made you tired with a firin' gun (?) 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 d...

A Crazy Girl is Hard to Find John Hiatt

I'm sorry you're so crazy I'm sorry you're so blue I'm sorry that this sad old song's for you Just when we had a good thing going You had to go and lose your mind Sane girls are so easy But a cr...

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 ...

Old Habits John Hiatt

When the snake of love Starts pullin' you under And it wont let go 'Til it starts to thunder And there's not a cloud in the sky Gonna make him shake I guess old habits are hard to break Cause eve...

Far As We Go John Hiatt

Broken love out on the highway I thought I knew you like the back of my hand Pick him up, he's just a ghost from the old days That's just about as far as we go from here That's just about as far a...

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 ...

Train to Birmingham John Hiatt

I've been riding on this train Drinking whiskey for the pain Another good ol' boy going home And every town I see Seems to take a part of me That's the price that you pay when you roam CHORUS: We...

When You Hold Me Tight John Hiatt

(let me hear ya get funky now) When your heart touches mine And my thoughts explode When our wires get crossed And the fire burns my soul Then I know you're home When you shine your light And I d...

Confidence Man John Hiatt

Well, I lost you at the border, When you crossed it. Had your number, baby, But I lost it. I know your love Was just a flimflam. Well, you can't pull the wool over me, 'cause I'm a confidence man...

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 g...

(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 H...

Whistles In My Ears John Hiatt

Stumblin' down the road I gets to thinkin' as I leave her, I've left so many times before. That old north wind's a-blowin' circles round my feet. What is this sorrow ever for? She was an angel wh...

Seven Little Indians John Hiatt

There were seven little Indians Living 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 yon...