The Rest Of The Dream John Hiatt

kept you warm Like no other arms could do CHORUS: When you couldn't find the light At the top of the stairs When you cried in the night Well, you knew they were there Will the light of the day

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

Ring a Bell John Hiatt

Ring a bell for a baby child is born Ring a bell to keep her safe and warm Ring a bell so she will not come to harm Ring a bell for the rest of her life Ring a bell for his grandpa's bravery Ring

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

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

Thunderbird John Hiatt

Henry Ford's building me a Thunderbird My Thunderbird, my Thunderbird Put your head on my shoulder Don't say a word We'll cut across the country in my Thunderbird We're from Pennsylvania Welsh men of words

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

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

Book Lovers 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

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

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

One For Then One For Me John Hiatt

Some women where passion like a most recent fashion Some women want money for love Some live on wishes and some do the dishes And you are the woman that I'm thinking of CHORUS: So it's one for

Long Gone John Hiatt

As the darkness sets like a hand on a stone And the stars become your body All those places I have known And the -- -- -- down the miles of memory Well I wake up in the dreaming Do you ever dream

Thirty Years Of Tears John Hiatt

Is this a place I can rest my poor head To gather my thoughts in sweet silence Is this a place where the feelings aren't dead From an overexposure to violence And is this a place I can slowly face

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

Lipstick Sunset John Hiatt

There's a lipstick sunset Smeared across the August sky There's a bitter sweet perfume Hanging in the fields The creek is running high And I left my lover waiting In the dawn somewhere to wonder

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

Missing Pieces John Hiatt

all day staring at a leaf I know that my time here is brief I'd like to get some details down Before I move on to another town I met a man, he lost both arms He got 'em caught up in her charms She took the

Too Late John Hiatt

It's too late for tear drops turning around You make me beg like a dog on this cold cold ground There'll be no forgiveness for all that you see You're just a hole to crawl out of there's no sympathy

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

I Could Use An Angel John Hiatt

This was her dream for revenge She had to tell you CHORUS: I could use an angel Can't refuse an angel Got business with an angel She was no angel Wearing that coat You look like an amateur

My Sweet Girl John Hiatt

My sweet girl with you eyes so bright Don't leave me in the dark tonight The sun's turned down, the moon is low And I know secrets you don't know Do you hear the wind whispering "You're the one

When We Ran John Hiatt

Could have been the kiss of my life Could havebeen the death of me Could have been that I was just too scared To wait around and see You could have been a guardian angle I could have been the

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

How Bad's The Coffee John Hiatt

Its been thirty years or so Since I bothered lookin' back It was right in front of me But now I'm runnin' behind To get my butt caught up, well, I need a cup Of the nastiest shit you can find So how bad's

Little Goodnight John Hiatt

Jimmy met Mary on the fourth of July Independence Day, you shoulda seen her brown eyes She came up from behind and started tugging on his coat, uh huh When his fireworks blew she was pushing like

Meet Me Halfway John Hiatt

CHORUS: You don't give up you just give and take You got to work around these little heartaches The question is love that's the answer to this riddle We're not a bunch of ???

Drive South John Hiatt

anymore That's how you learn, you just get burned But we don't have to feel like dirt anymore Though love's not earned, Baby it's our turn We were always looking for true north With our heads in the

Across the Borderline John Hiatt

There's a land so I have been told Every street is paved with gold And it's just across the borderline And when it's time to take your turn There's one lesson that you must learn You could lose

Loving A Hurricane John Hiatt

You answer questions like a natural disaster Voices in the wind- you let em call her out The whole foundation just went flying past her She puts her heart into it - and you just yank it out You

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

Angel Eyes John Hiatt

Girl, you're looking fine tonight And every fella's got you in his sights What you're doing with a clown like me Is surely one of life's little mysteries So tonight I'll ask the stars above How

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

Angel Eyes (Live) (1994 / State Theater, Portland, ME) John Hiatt

Girl you're looking fine tonight And every fella's got you in his sight What you're doing with a clown like me Is surely one of life's little mysteries So tonight I'll ask the stars above How did I ever

They All Leave Town John Hiatt

Those northern girls like to cut loose when you're spitting that tobacco juice Oh, but they all leave town when summer rolls around I really miss those kids All that higher education we did The

The Action John Hiatt

Now, there's a jumpin' little place I go Called The Action It's just about a mile or so Down the street And there's a part goin' on in there Down a lot of funky stairs And everything will be rare

Through Your Hands John Hiatt

You were dreamin' on a park bench 'Bout a broad highway somewhere When the music from the carillon Seemed to hurl your heart out there Past the scientific darkness Past the fireflies that float

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

Master of Disaster John Hiatt

of disaster Gets tangled in his telecaster He can't play it any faster When he plays the blues When he had the heart to ask her And every note just shook the plaster Now he's just a mean ole bastard When

The Lady Of The Night John Hiatt

Oh the moon hangs down Like some old evening gown Forgotten by some lovely southern maiden Oh the stars are her tears And the sky a skin of years That she has most graciously given Now who

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 Crush John Hiatt

is real They say you gotta take time to know her But I just can't wait that long You put the crush on me Little girl can't you see That I'm gone You put the crush, crush Ooooooh what a rush

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

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

Face Of God John Hiatt

Tell me how much more suffering Before you see the face of God Tell me how much more suffering Before you see the face of God Now my eyes are blind from crying Don't know how many more tears I've got They

The Wreck of the Barbie Ferrari John Hiatt

Saturday night he comes home stinking Sunday morning she wakes up thinking and thinking and thinking and thinking does she need to get the kids dressed to go to church he's pulled a shotgun out of

Number One Honest Game John Hiatt

Well the Ace of Spades, walkin' on the water The joker's only daughter, in love with the king of hearts Ooooh and the Jack of Clubs is kissin' the Queen of Diamonds Oh, she's such a shy one, until

Cry Love John Hiatt

A moment of steel A dry-eyed house Did he say goodbye to you Or did you kick him out I know you're not afraid To go alone But this was a marriage of spirit, flesh, and bone Now whatcha gonna

The Love That Harms 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

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