Motorboat To Heaven John Hiatt

whistles for his drink and his cane And shows everyone his scar You're lovely, and you're cruel You got me in a trance You put my soul in those hot, hot coals And you make my spirit dance CHORUS: Motorboat

Heaven Help Us All John Hiatt

Heaven help the child that ain't got a home Heaven help him who walks the streets alone Give him up the roses the mouths begin to foam Heaven help us all Heaven help the blind man that suffers

Meet Me Halfway John Hiatt

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 to open wide The hardest part is learning

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

This Secret Life John Hiatt

I dreamed I was being kept alive To bear the brunt of a family joke About which no one spoke To multiply and divide This hideous thing, this human kind With something else on his mind I was

Blue Telescope John Hiatt

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 a moonstruck road tonight Blue breath on my windshield, I came to

Inside Job John Hiatt

You took it to heart That is my love And I thank heaven that I found you I thank the stars above The way that it happened Well it might sound strange But after the hurting is all done There comes

Feelin' Again John Hiatt

I thought I had to cut off from my head down to my toes But heaven knows that I was wrong, I'm feeling again Holding my breath and holed up in this cheap motel, I feel like hell I'm holding my own heart

Fly Back Home John Hiatt

Saw a red tailed hawk eatin' road kill Said, "Man, what happened to your dignity?" He said, "Subdivisions have taken my home There's no more pray to eat" I said, "Where we gonna live?"

Motorboat Sioen

Tell me what's the cause That you can be the one Living on a motorboat Living in the sun Get a tan, perfect gear And you'll be prepared For the time to step in And be the queen Going in time

Back to Normal John Hiatt

(With his thermometer) I'm back to normal (She's getting normal) I'm back to normal now Back to normal Back to normal Back to normal now You tell him to try and kiss away All those little things

Back To Normal (Album Version) John Hiatt

thermometer I'm back to normal She's getting normal I'm back to normal now Back to normal Back to normal Back to normal now You tell him to try and kiss away All those little things we could not say And

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

Adios To California John Hiatt

Smoky room and a thin blue light Her arms were pale as white Trying to outlast the night Howling at the moon Living in the Canyon Inn Hangdown hanna and whiskey jim Dirty jeans and mudslide hymns It all

Here To Stay John Hiatt

Leave the fallow like that when I'm alone Leave the fallow babe when is on my mind Now he gonna bust it, I need you to treat me kind Come back baby, come back, you my baby Come back baby, ooh come back

Cross My Fingers John Hiatt

Baby when I put my mind to it I slip into another gear And I travel 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

Back to the War John Hiatt

You're different from me All the boundaries are defined If we keep up with these truces One of will lose their mind And I consciously object to your weapons detector Hedging bets in the private

Back To The War (Album Version) John Hiatt

You're different from me All the boundaries are defined If we keep up with these truces One of will lose their mind And I consciously object to your weapons detector Hedging bets in the private sector

Rose John Hiatt

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 see her.

Take Time To Know Her John Hiatt

She was every thing I've ever been dreaming of But she was bare I wouldn't know it You see her pretty little smile didn't show it When I knew I could see that I wanted her for me I took her home to

Circle Back John Hiatt

high plains people They're different somehow You spent your life leaning into a hard wind I guess you're less likely to take a bow All these stories buried out here They're calling to me Like the earthquakes

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

My Baby Blue John Hiatt

Minutes turn to days Years just melt away In the park at dawn Just a flower on I keep callin' to you My baby blue, my baby blue I keep callin' to you My baby blue, my baby blue We discovered love In the

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

Listening To Old Voices John Hiatt

They have come to haunt the children They have come to walk the wind I can hear them as they rustle through the trees Looking for the love that killed them So that they might live again It's a simple

She Said The Same Things To Me (Album Version) John Hiatt

tell you brother She said the same things to me It was at another party But to her I guess they're all the same You know she'll ask you for a lite But as soon she wants to know your name ooh yeah

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

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

Washable Ink John Hiatt

playin' with the moonlight Shine it on me, shine it on me There's a cloud over my light and its troubling me, troubling me Such a world, such an invitation Come as you are, come as you are Subject to

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

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

She Said The Same Things To Me John Hiatt

conversation Like some others call their children in Tho you can't believe one sentence Man you hang on ev'ry word Til the line of trash she's talkin' Just gets more and more absurd Well I give it to

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

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

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

Perfectly Good Guitar John Hiatt

down form the top of the stairs Beautiful women were standing everywhere They all got wet when he smashed that thing But off in the dark you could hear somebody sing CHORUS: Oh it breaks my heart to

The Action John Hiatt

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 don't want to

Warming Up To The Ice Age John Hiatt

Baby shaved her head and gone Now she's got black stockings on I think she's warmin' up to the ice age Baby spreads her little wings Now the boys say awful things I think she's warmin' up to the

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

It Hasn't Happened Yet (Album Version) 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

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

Already Loved John Hiatt

How much you resist assists just the one sweet kiss Baby you're crazy if you believe this One night is not enough It's fluff but if I may speak off the cuff It might take a lifetime to call your

I'm A Real Man John Hiatt

I'm a real man I got a real guitar I'm a real man don't even know where the boys are I don't want to frighten you little girl you're so sweet and nice But I don't want to have to tell you twice I'm a real

Snake Charmer John Hiatt

gonna do My My Long blond hair Short black dress Standing there unimpressed CHORUS: She's a snake...charmer, yeah She's a snake...charmer I wanna look, I'm a basket case I get shook Where to

Missing Pieces John Hiatt

I spent 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

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

Twenty-One John Hiatt

Was at night when they called the little sheppard boy made him leave his sheep Was a night wind howling on a wild dog growling Or a bird that flew all he never knew were doing to his darkest sleep

You Must Go John Hiatt

When that howling wind Comes to carry you again Just like your next of kin You must go To a far away place Where you don't recognize one face Don't unpack your old suitcase Cause you must go

You Never Told Me, You Were Gonna Go John Hiatt

You should have been a gypsy With a diamond in your tooth You could have told my fortune You could have told the truth About the roses in the tmmbstones And the passon in my eyes But you had to

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?