Down in Front John Hiatt

I spend so much time tryin' To learn all your languages I got nothin' to say It's all cheap talk in kind And a matter of time Some fool gets his way Down on his knees he says I got this feelin'

Down In Front (Album Version) John Hiatt

I spend so much time tryin' To learn all your languages I got nothin' to say It's all cheap talk in kind And a matter of time Some fool gets his way Down on his knees he says I got this feelin' That you're

Face Of God John Hiatt

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 say God is a devil Until you look him in

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

I Killed An Ant With My Guitar John Hiatt

I killed an ant With my guitar Underneath romantic Indiana stars He was a fool I was so cruel The power of music is no tool So I hit him in the head And now he's dead I killed him there By

Here To Stay John Hiatt

it, I need you to treat me kind Come back baby, come back, you my baby Come back baby, ooh come back to me my baby I treat you good, don't say our love is dead I know girl, I love you, but you walk on front

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?"

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

Down Home John Hiatt

gettin' late But I know that he's lyin' I got me no important dates My, how time is flyin' CHORUS: Well I keep on, keep on fallin' I keep on, keep on fallin' I keep on, keep on fallin' Fallin' down

Old People John Hiatt

Old people on the hill They don't have too much time Cut a head on the buffet line Got back for a dollar and 50 Then I argue with the girl They lived so much behind them They try to slow down this god

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

Skin Game John Hiatt

Ay, Amigo ---------------- -- got everything that money can buy Now it's a place where a face ain't got no name Down here everybody's playing that ol' skin game Down in Mexico, mexico Well a boy

Howlin' Down The Cumberland John Hiatt

"Caught like a deer in my own headlights Frozen on this road tonight I had a fix on the brightest star Now I'm not sure, where you are North is south and east is west Where's the love that I knew

Wrote It Down And Burned It John Hiatt

There's a dead girl's body By the railroad track She's waiting for a train Jimmy left town like a fade to black In his Camero in the rain She wrote it down and burned it Jimmy loves who knows

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

One More Time John Hiatt

Mama's in the bathroom Waitin' to be saved Papa's in the bedroom Just diggin' up his grave Brother's in the kitchen Playin' with a knife Sister's in the attic Just laughin' at her life CHORUS

Cane Breaks John Hiatt

hidin' in the bushes Take the bait, boys, you're gonna get hurt Before you drive it, I need my rental ???

My Edge Of The Razor (Album Version) John Hiatt

We've been training Now we look like each other Face down and Booked and printed for young lovers Even as I write out of this song The ink wears off but the beat goes on I pledge my edge of the razor

Buffalo River Home John Hiatt

airport's closed And how much thicker this fog is gonna get god only knows Just when you think that you've got a grip Reality sneaks off it gives you the slip As if you ever knew what it was taking you down

Find You At Last John Hiatt

We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee We don't take no trips on LSD We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street We like livin' right, bein' free And we don't make no party out of lovin' We like holdin

Drive South John Hiatt

hurt 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

Too Late John Hiatt

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 It's too late and it's too bad, too bad No inbetween either you're living in

Big Fine Car John Hiatt

I got no money for a set of wheels and how I acts and how I feels The better women living in this town they want some big wheels to roll around Oh, I would sell my soul for an automatic with a cruise

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

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

Master of Disaster John Hiatt

Close some air Choking in clean underwear Bleeding tongue 8-Ball pounding in my lungs Ship to shore I can't see the coastline anymore I shouldn't be here I thought, I made that loud and clear But the master

Sure As I'm Sittin' Here John Hiatt

Get up; ya get down Get lost and then ya get found Sure as I'm sittin' here Sure as I'm sittin' here Ya get a laugh; ya get a cry Get 'em all before you die Sure as I'm sittin' here Sure as I'm sittin'

My Edge of the Razor John Hiatt

We've been training Now we look like each other Face down and Booked and printed for young lovers Even as I write out of this song The ink wears off but the beat goes on CHORUS: I pledge my

Blue Telescope John Hiatt

got a blue telescope, I'm looking at the world tonight Through a blue telescope; I wish I may, I wish I might Not see what I see - sheet metal on sheets of ice Looking through this blue telescope down

Native Son John Hiatt

You finally found the mainstream In the middle of your life You tapped into a vein Of endless gold chains Now you're locked up tight Tearing down the middle of it Splitting it right in half Bobbing

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

Dust Down A Country Road John Hiatt

Could not get to sleep It was on my wedding night I was tangled in the sheets And I was dreaming of a light Pouring from her window Coming up through the floor Lifting up the darkness Crashing

All the Lilacs in Ohio John Hiatt

Well, you met her there on a New York City stair You were throwing up on your shoes Tryin' to write the great book when it really had you shook With a bad case of wintertime blues So you drag her down

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

One Step Over The Line John Hiatt

When I look into your eyes See the world cut down to size Baby don't apologize For taking me one step over the line When I touch your secret skin Babe I know it ain't no sin I feel you startin

Already Loved John Hiatt

don't have to know what to call it, no It's already loved and it's calling on you and me It's already loved we don't have to install it Comes completely assembled unconditionally guaranteed Been in

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

Long Night John Hiatt

3 on a fever, down in the dumps the 1st one hollers, the 2nd one jumps the 3rd writes a letter to his family says I'd kill everyone if it was up to me Early in the bathroom, looking for a drain

Ashland City John Hiatt

Well I don't know how I found her Love works in mysterious ways I could hardly afford a cup of coffee back then Weren't exactly me sadder days (Saturdays?)

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

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

My Dog And Me John Hiatt

She marked our trail up the back bone ridge How many times can one dog pee 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

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

Paper Thin John Hiatt

soon as I could figure it out Why I was overlooked at the car pool Stood up at the dance with no twist and shout When you're burnin' with your last desire And every memory haunts you You write it down

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

Full Moon John Hiatt

There's a wind inside my soul, Burnin' secrets in the cold. My spirit rages. And the faces in my field, Only flesh made out of him. My body ages. Houses made of stone and ice.

Rock Back Billy John Hiatt

a load of that guy With the dew rag on And the cowboy tie Man that cat is gone Form Memphis to Nashville Then way out west Put that Hollywood party To the acid test Got a little bungalow In

Ethylene John Hiatt

got bathroom telephones But I don't want to interrupt you You might be painting your nails With your hot curlers on Each one a different color Or listening to that Beach Boys sailing song Sloop John

The River Knows Your Name John Hiatt

suffering and pain Oh the river knows your name And the river hears you cry As the lightning cracks the open sky As your Momma sings a lullaby Oh the river she knows why Let the river wash you down

Stood Up John Hiatt

schooling years But I stood as much as I could stand I guess that's why I'm still standing here Yes, and CHORUS: I stood up When love called my name, baby I stood up Even when that love was all in