Ride Along John Hiatt

You get up in the morning You get on the bus You don't think about nothing You don't raise no fuss You come home in the evening Turn the TV on You ain't going nowhere You just ride along, ride

Buffalo River Home John Hiatt

Tearing through the cotton fields and bus shelters of the south running helter skelter down through the Mississippi delta with no place to call your own mixing up drinks with mixed feelings all along

The Other Side John Hiatt

someone who could clearly see My grandfather n' my grandmother Someone who's been here before Walked on by through the heart of darkness Come and hear me open up this door CHORUS: Wanna take that ride

Detroit Made John Hiatt

I got me a deuce and a quarter, babe She will ride you right Pick you up about half past nine We can ride all night I came up from the country, baby City's where I stay Got me a deuce and a quarter, babe

I Can't Wait John Hiatt

scream Too much take off, too much landing No such love, no understanding [Chorus:] I can't wait baby till you're by my side I can't wait baby though you know I've tried I can't wait baby just one more ride

Cross My Fingers John Hiatt

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 my fingers I'll be true to you cross my fingers Sure as a snake along

Lincoln Town John Hiatt

whine Well rubber or steel honey baby I don't mind REPEAT CHORUS When you see that old black smoke You know it's time to pack you a coat Meet me at the station about a quarter to nine You can ride

Face Of God John Hiatt

does them show up yesterday Like a rain come down from the cloud I just didn't showed up yesterday Like a rain come down from a cloud I was blood from the enemy Long before my neighbors got proud They ride

I Look for Love John Hiatt

When she drops her perfumed hankie CHORUS: I look for love I look for love I look for love I look for love I hate the way we carry on These fashion consultations Do all these wires we sing along

Modern Machinery John Hiatt

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 guilty for dragging you along

I Look For Love (Album Version) John Hiatt

leaves us all in danger When she drops her perfumed hankie I look for love I look for love I look for love I look for love I hate the way we carry on These fashion consultations Do all these wires we sing along

You Never Told Me, You Were Gonna Go John Hiatt

passon in my eyes But you had to go and tell me That true love never dies And now I'm crying on your suitcase full of clothes You never told me you were gonna go Go down to the station Catch a ride

Girl On A String John Hiatt

Well hes got her going up and down like a yo-yo And she 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

Girl On A String (Album Version) John Hiatt

Well hes got her going up and down like a yo yo And she 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

Train to Birmingham John Hiatt

REPEAT CHORUS Well every year I ride this train To Alabama in the rain When I get that lonesome feelin' in my bones I never get to Birmingham But gettin' there ain't the plan I just like the feel

Here To Stay John Hiatt

you walk on front door Back on the halaa way, run off on front door My stove is cold baby why you wanna leave Explain me, since the summer is blow away Spread his'summer hangs and blow away Even if you ride

Is Anyone There? John Hiatt

Oh, I need somebody to be To know that I'm good enough for love To walk beside me And as a woman in this world Well you must have felt like this That a man might come along With another hard luck

Some Fun Now John Hiatt

eight, nine Goin' outta my mind And it's a fast free fall From a long hard climb REPEAT CHORUS And you wonder how You ever got it so far From a Mel Bay book Into a long black car And all along

Living A Little, Laughing A Little John Hiatt

Laugh everyone at the clown He's the best one in town, Ummm ummm Ride on his merry-go-round Spinning faster than sound Uuuuh huh Uuuuh huh Laugh as the funny man cries Though his makeup is smeared

Smiling In The Rain John Hiatt

lady of the house goes up in ashes He crawled out through the future but the past came back too soon And the present just occurs in sudden flashes CHORUS: But in your eyes I see the pain Help me ride

Angel John Hiatt

It is a hurtin' thing you don't wanna talk about it Pain in your heart well it's takin' your breath away You left it in lipstick on the mirror no use talkin' about it Love like this just don't come along

Far As We Go John Hiatt

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 as we go He wants a ride

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

Only The Song Survives John Hiatt

what the tears cost REPEAT CHORUS But I woke up sweating to breakfast in bed And there were my children, and there was my wife Post-traumatic stress, of just a bump on the head Or maybe the ride

Over in My Mind John Hiatt

by the deep blue sea REPEAT CHORUS What I was thinking, yeah, somewhere in my brain Me and Joe H -- might have had it right Just high enough to see what we did not wanna be I think I'm gonna ride

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

Meet Me Halfway John Hiatt

Handing us this dream tonight Can't you hear those motors humming There ain't no telling how far we can fly the fourth dimension on this rocker ride The question is love That's the answer to this

Tennessee Plates John Hiatt

Bakersfield that my trial will have to wait Down here they're lookin' for a Cadillac with Tennessee plates It was somewhere in Nevada, it was cold outside She was shiverin' in the dark, so I offered her a ride

Cold River John Hiatt

Well, he packed up his suitcase 'Cause the deal gone down She was slipping on her stockings Lord it made the sweetest sound There was a baby in the reeds Along the river outside of town As he wound his

Thunderbird John Hiatt

of My Thunderbird, my Thunderbird Put your head on my shoulder Don't say a word We'll cut across town in my Thunderbird From the old Volkswagen Back to the Model T A lot of men died Just so you could ride

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...

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 ...

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...

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'...