Find You At Last John Hiatt

woo We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy Like the hippies out in San Francisco do And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee A place where even squares can have a ball We still wave Old Glory down at

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

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

Alone in the Dark John Hiatt

in the dark now baby I'm all alone on my knees at last Alone in the dark It's extreme self pity And frozen fear 'Cause I want you with me And you're not here So I rub my nose in it babe 'Til

Alone In The Dark (Live) John Hiatt

It's a lonely picture Of an empty glass It's a still life study Of a drunken ass And he howls at the moon Hoping the sun don't come up too fast I'm all alone in the dark now baby I'm all alone in the dark

Sometime Other Than Now John Hiatt

Maybe your mama didn't treat you right, Maybe her intentions weren't even very good Maybe my daddy lay awake at night Imagining himself in some other neighborhood Left to our own devices Like

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

The Rest Of The Dream John Hiatt

You were a tiny spark Caught in your parents' eyes When they made love in the dark You were the big surprise And the old man came through Gave his very best for you And your mother's arms They

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

The Last Time John Hiatt

Time is runnin' out Friends are too The word is getting' out It's all bad news Scoundrels know my whereabouts They recognize these pointy shoes That's the last time I turn my back on you A friendly little

Paper Thin John Hiatt

I was gonna get up off that bar stool Just as 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

Ain't Ever Goin' Back John Hiatt

finally met my fate And I ain't ever goin' back no more She 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

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

New Numbers John Hiatt

Stand before it to the nines Hurry up and get in line They've got your ashes scattered Before you even burn Blasting off for baby town Wearing cars like angel gowns Even though I'm wearin' tatters

Something Wild John Hiatt

Sometimes I don't even move a muscle Baby when you lie awake at night I think I've got nine lives in these corpuscles Girl, you know sometimes I don't think right I hear voices in the hall I wake

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

Circle Back John Hiatt

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 high plains people They're different somehow You

New Numbers (Album Version) John Hiatt

Stand before it to the nines Hurry up and get in line They've got your ashes scattered Before you even burn Blasting off for baby town Wearing cars like angel gowns Even though I'm wearin' tatters I just

Stood Up John Hiatt

guess she never understood what she could do With all her flaming red hair But I could not stand the heat in her kitchen So, Jack, I got out of there I stood up to get a pack of cigarettes Down at

Come Home to You John Hiatt

There's a mad little kid at the top of the stairs And his eyes, they gather no lies Well, his mom and his dad, they're too high to care And his cries drift off in the night And I been that kid, yes

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

Love's Not Where We Thought We Left It John Hiatt

bread crumbs Yeah but somebody ate 'em Always thought we'd make it here But here keeps movin' How much blood, how many tears It's never been proven Love's not where we thought we left it Who took the last

Since His Penis Came Between Us John Hiatt

It was a wonderful world The picture tube was bright There was so much to do on a Saturday night Plenty of talk during commercials Sometimes even popcorn in bed I've been a model provider You

I Got A Gun John Hiatt

tears From an old fruit jar She rubbed it on her belly Where he left his scars She's such a fragile thing Like pigeon bones He couldn't whip my little brother He wouldn't leave her alone So if you

No Business John Hiatt

Yes, I'm lonely-hope you don't catch it Don't want to be down where I last behaved I broke his heart now I can't patch it This time it's grave I kept track of all the love that I gave him And

Blue Telescope John Hiatt

I've 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

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

Memphis In Meantime (Live) 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 on the

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

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

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

Through Your Hands John Hiatt

To an angel bending down To wrap you in her warmest coat CHORUS: And you ask, "What am I not doing?"

Mile High John Hiatt

sweetness For all the sugar in the world Girl, and I know you'll always be The sweetest part of me These bitter tears we've cried All of the smack in Manhattan Could not keep me high Why do you

Good Girl, Bad World John Hiatt

Put your make up on Though your face is long Clothes that fit you wrong What's wrong with you Last night's Romeo He just had to go I don't wanna know What else is new?

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

Too Close John Hiatt

I'm &endash; with my baby Like a brand new pair of cheap shoes The kind that don't last as long as they should You wear 'em out fast when it starts feeling blue To be close almost too close CHORUS

Learning How to Love You John Hiatt

I'm 34 years old now And I've come to you Baby I don't even know how I got through From the first kiss in the schoolyard 'Til the last heart broke in two I didn't know it would be so hard Learning

Any Single Solitary Heart John Hiatt

You've lost that love before You never closed that door This time it's hurtin' for - the last time Only the lonely knows The pain of letting go Before you say no - to my advise Just ask any

The Action John Hiatt

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 Till the break of dawn Now, you

Real Emotion John Hiatt

CHORUS: Real emotion you never could show Real emotion you couldn't let go of the notion that real emotion isn't so You cut and you chisel and you render your image of man Then you live like a

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

Snake Charmer John Hiatt

Bye bye I Got news for you It's all right Bad girl whatya gonna do My My Long blond hair Short black dress Standing there unimpressed CHORUS: She's a snake...charmer, yeah She's a snake

Good As She Could Be John Hiatt

arm There was a hole some place else About as big as dady 10.000 acre farm CHORUS: Oh, she was dying for it For all the world to see Ah, she was as good as she could be Well she had a baby at

Good Girl, Bad World (Album Version) John Hiatt

Put your make up on Though your face is long Clothes that fit you wrong What's wrong with you Last night's Romeo He just had to go I don't wanna know What else is new Good girl bad world Didn't you say

Marianne John Hiatt

Oh, Marianne Please don't marry that insurance man I just saw your picture in the paper Surrounded by extensive wedding plans Tell me this is just one of your capers Say you haven't met with their

Right Now John Hiatt

You said the tables were turning Sure enough they turn your way (????)

It Hasn't Happened Yet John Hiatt

You said that I would be sorry 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

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 Wreck of the Barbie Ferrari John Hiatt

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 they look like a family but they're really not at

When You Hold Me Tight John Hiatt

I don't have to use the phone To call you Baby when you hold me tight We can count heartbeats and squeeze Baby when you hold me tight You can really make a man say, please When I'm down to my