The Dead Of The Night (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

It is the dead of the night On the dead of the night I live on a dream, it came to me When I was young I brought it here, and now for years The streets of London keep it safe and warm Every morning it

Cry Like An Angel (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

The streets of my town are not what they were They are haloed in anger, bitter and hurt And it's not so you'd notice but it's a sinister thing Like the wheels of ambition at the christening So I went out

Stranded (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

Was it really two summers ago Or was it outer space We both had nowhere to go In search of a state of grace All in all we never had time When we met each other we stopped on a dime Floating nowhere Suspended

The Story (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

Well we pounded the pavement between dotted lines But we always belonged to the fugitive kind We were never the best but we were better than this To be made to bow down among princes I got thrown around

Steady On (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

China gets broken And it will never be the same Boats on the ocean Find their way back again I am weaving like a drunkard Like a balloon up in the air I am needing a puncture and someone To point me somewhere

Shotgun Down The Avalanche (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche Tumbling and falling down the avalanche So be quiet tonight the stars shine bright On this mountain of new fallen snow But I will raise up my voice into the void You

Another Long One (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

If losing sleep were any indication Of the loving that I've missed I would wrap myself around you But how likely can that be when I feel like this And if life were not unfortunate And reason blew like

Something To Believe In (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

You will wander around And it won't be the same All the signs will be down And it's starting to rain out It's a lonely place That you've brought it to now You wanted to love You didn't know how but There

Ricochet In Time (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

I've been sleeping fair Lately I could swear I'm thinking clearer and clearer And I've been working hard Looking at my punch card and my mirror, my mirror But I daydream in my room I'm baying at the moon

Diamond In The Rough (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

As a little girl I came down to the water With a little stone in my hand It would shimmer and sing And we knew everything As a little girl I came down But in a little while I got steeped in authority Heaven

That Don't Worry Me Now Shawn Colvin

Before you knew me An angel came to me I wrestled him down to the ground He said he could cure me I said That don't worry me now Those angels just bore me The same old damn story They were lost oh but

Suicide Alley Shawn Colvin

Wait for me by the banshee tree Let me be your wailing companion Pass 'em on by, don't look 'em in the eye Suicide Alley is callin' You thought you were dreaming You could wake up dead And you'll

Polaroids (Live Version) Shawn Colvin

Please no more therapy Mother take care of me Piece me together with a Needle and thread Wrap me in eiderdown Lace from your wedding gown Fold me and lay me down On your bed Or liken me to a shoe Blackened

Kill The Messenger Shawn Colvin

dry face of steel As you're dragging your red rowing boat Cross the forever fields See Jane something's gone dead Inside my head There's nothing but fear Jane the rivers of grief The tears of relief Seem

One Small Year Shawn Colvin

One small year It's been an eternity It's taken all of me to get here The hands of time They pushed my down the street They swept me of my feet to this place And I don't know my face Now all through the

Object Of My Affection Shawn Colvin

Jump into the night Gas up and downshift Cruise up the coast On the FM drift It's a crazy world On the head of a pin Some other time Some other star I might've cried but now You only need to look so far

Tuff Kid Shawn Colvin

My mama had me But she didn't get me I guess I broke her at the age of five My daddy hit me But he couldn't quit me We showed each other how to feel alive Say hey everybody at the old schoolyard Took it

This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) (Live at the Bottom Line, NYC, NY - August 1993) Shawn Colvin

Home Is where I want to be Pick me up and turn me 'round I come home Born with a weak heart I guess I must be having fun But the less we say about it the better Let's make it up as we go along Feet on

This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) Shawn Colvin

Home Is where I want to be Pick me up and turn me 'round I come home Born with a weak heart I guess I must be having fun But the less we say about it the better Let's make it up as we go along Feet on

Even Here We Are Shawn Colvin

Beautiful flower in your garden But the most beautiful by far Is the one growing wild in the garbage dump Even here we are.

Window To The World Shawn Colvin

Neon flickers with a pale glow And all the shadows that come and go Sometimes I can hear them laugh and cry In my lonely room with a view I can't sleep and so I think of you And watch the world as it passes

When The Rainbow Comes Shawn Colvin

C'mon, pack your bags, clear the floor Let's step out through the open door Leave a note that says goodbye And build a new house down by the sea Get to the place we were meant to be And you'll

All Through The Night Shawn Colvin

Sleep, my love And peace attend thee All through the night Guardian Angel God will send thee All through the night And soft the drowsy eyes are creeping Heal and fade in slumber Sleeping Love along His

Silent Night Shawn Colvin

Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright Round you virgin mother and child Holy infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace Silent night, holy night Shepherds quake

Windy Nights Shawn Colvin

Whenever the moon and stars are circling Whenever the wind is high All night long through the dark and wet The man goes riding by Late in the night when the fire's all out Why does he gallop and gallop

Time (Album Version) Shawn Mullins

I said something wrong, it never fails It kept us up all night But time has her own way of showing Today in a different light Friends come and they go, everyone knows That's the way it goes But Time has

Close Your Eyes Shawn Colvin

Close your eyes Close your eyes Go to sleep now, my darling There's a Sandman Old and white Bringing happy dreams to you Tattle Tail Go to sleep Til the quiet night passes You are safe in my arms In my

These Four Walls Shawn Colvin

I'm gonna die in these four walls I had enough and I tried it all I watch the daybreak and I see the night fall In these four walls Show me trouble, I'll take him down I drew a line on this patch of ground

Polaroids Shawn Colvin

than oxygen Tough as a whore I said you can lie to me I own what's inside of me And nothing surprises me anymore But forests in Germany Kids in the Tuileries Broken-down fortresses In old Italy

Twilight (Live at the Bottom Line, NYC, NY - August 1993) Shawn Colvin

Over by the wildwood, hot summer night. We lay in the tall grass, til the mornin' light come shining If I had my way I'd never get the urge to roam.

Bound To You Shawn Colvin

rather die But if you can stay, then darlin' so can I And you know I will Yeah, you know I will Chorus ('Cause) I'm bound to you, and all that it means I'm bound to you, there's no in-between It's like (the

The Chain Shawn Colvin

Listen to the wind blow Watch the sun rise Run in the shadows Damn your love Damn your lies And if You don't love me now You will never love me again I can still hear you saying You would never break the

There's A Rugged Road Shawn Colvin

Sill) There's a rugged road on the prairie Stretchin' all across the last frontier There a stranger strives solitary Blessed is the lonesome pioneer Roll on, roll on, roll on Night birds are flyin

Valentine (Album Version) Shawn Mullins

From all that is in me, I say these words with freedom on my tongue I give to you all of me, In this crazy world, life has just begun No one can take that away, It just keeps pourin' out like juice from

We Run (Album Version) Shawn Mullins

In the town that Iwas born in There rides a boy and a girl in love And the answer came without warning Just like an angel from heaven above They run down moreland into the neon night They left the others

Now The Day Is Over Shawn Colvin

Now the day is over Night is drawing on Shadows are beneathing Steal across the sky Give to little children Visions sweeter thee Guard the sailors all sing On the deep blue sea When the morning awakens

Whole New You Shawn Colvin

You have the right to get down on your kness You have the right to make yourself believe You don't know my name But I don't care You can do it Cuz you have the right To shake the loneliness and shine the

Another Plane Went Down Shawn Colvin

the crash was sabotage I wanna know if everyone is dead I remember when I was fifteen me and Liz would ride around We liked to smoke in the car in the winter with all the windows rolled down I had a dream

Seal Lullaby Shawn Colvin

Oh hush thee, my baby The night is behind us And black are the waters that sparkled so green The moon or the cold looks downward to find At rest in the hollow that wrestle between Where pillow meet pillow

Little Road To Bethlehem Shawn Colvin

As I walk down the road I sit up some The lambs were coming homeward one by one I heard a sheepbell softly calling them Along the little road to Bethlehem Beside an open door as I drew night I heard sweet

Fill Me Up Shawn Colvin

And the color of dawn, From this plane that I'm on, Is the day breaking in your eyes. I'm a still-life now, on a tabletop. I'm a case-study in French Blue.

Tennessee Shawn Colvin

some hot spells, summer lights Shinin' on your back roads Tennessee Somebody hit me hard Right in my own backyard Somebody put a hope lock on my heart Runnin' down your back roads Tennessee Oh you got the

Fall Of Rome Shawn Colvin

The city is crumbling Like Rome or Pompeii And there’s nothing to do But get out of the way When you know you can save no one Like an empty old bottle The ship has gone down The Titanic is sinking

Set The Prairie On Fire Shawn Colvin

Full full moon and That same sad nature I wanna cover every inch of you Like ink on paper Like the blind parade of souls Consumed by religion I can't wait 'til I get you In that defenseless position Chorus

Seven Times The Charm Shawn Colvin

The first rose to rise up in the ruins of the flood You brought me down like a hawk to your glove But a poor girl is made out of sorrow and blood Some hearts survive but mine isn’t one And we go once

Up All Night (Album Version) Shawn Mullins

He never got to say goodbye And he has to wonder why It keeps him up all night The way she wore her hair It keeps him up all night Her voice is everywhere It keeps him up all night She's out there Searchin

The Neon Light Of The Saints Shawn Colvin

The saints all hang their heads The avenue is long They’re muffling their voices In the cold breaking dawn The saints are in their element The elements are brave The voices and the wrecking crew

Satin Sheets (Live at the Bottom Line, NYC, NY - August 1993) Shawn Colvin

I wish I was a millionare I'd play rock music and grow long hair Tell you boys I'd buy a newRolls-Royce Pretty people come to me I'd give 'em all the third degree I'd give 'em satin sheets And keep 'em

American Jerusalem Shawn Colvin

American Jerusalem - Shawn Colvin New York City rain Don't know if it's makin' me Dirty or clean Went for the subway but there was no train And the tunnel was grumbling for repairs again And the

Get Out Of This House Shawn Colvin

Go jump in the lake, go ride up the hill Get out of this house It's a house of your making, it's a house of ill will Get out of this house Go listen to Buddha, go listen to Joe Get out of this house