Wounded heart I cannot save you from yourself
Though I wanted to be brave it never helped
'Cause your trouble's like a flood ragin' through your veins
No amount of love's enough to end the pain
Tenderness and time can heal a right gone wrong
But the anger that you feel goes on and on
And it's not enough to know that I love you still
So I'll take my heart and go for I've had my fill
If you listen you can hear the angel's wings
Up above our heads so near they are hovering
Waiting to reach out for love when it falls apart
When it cannot rise above a wounded heart
Struck by the moon
Risin' too soon
I feel a pain deep inside me
Cold northern winds
fist in my chin
Makin' me wild for you baby
What can I do
To get back to you
I'm feeling desperate and lonely
The city's a river
Of cold misery
Makin' me wild for you baby
I'm down on my knees
Hear me cry for you baby
Cold misery
I would die for you baby
I pray you will see
These tears I cry
Nites I can't sleep
My tears are cheap
I'm losin' hold of my senses
I can't contain
All of this pain
And it's makin' me wild for you baby
I'm down on my knees
Hear me cry for you baby
Cold misery
I would die for you baby
I pray you will see
I can't, I can't make love to your memory
I can't put my arms, around what used to be
Everything I had, was a part of me
Well you went and it walked out that front door with you
My friends tell me, it'll be alright
But my friends never, no, never held you close at night
Every dream I had, that could see the light
Well you went and it walked out the front door with you
Well you went and it walked out the front door with you
I never knew, I never thought that you'd take my love and tear it apart
I gave you my best, when I gave you my heart
Oh, are you listening? Or is this all in vain?
I still can't believe, you're never comin' back again
Everything I had, oh, except my pain
Well you went and it walked out the front door with you
Well you went and it walked out that front door with you
Well you went and it walked...
Well you went and it walked right out the front door with you
Well you went and it walked right out
Never comin' back no more
Doctor Feelgood sleepin’ on a concrete bench
Can I get a witness?
Miss South Carolina 1975, somebody stole your crown.
You were sleeping in your happy home, when you woke up baby,
Your life had come and gone. Now you’re mystified, standing with the rest of us
Who used to rule the world.
Brother Lovejoy rappin’ up a blue streak
Can I get a witness?
Miss Hurricane can’t keep your hands still long enough to count your change.
You were wrapped up in your daily grind, the cost of living
It didn’t even cross your mind. Now you’re mystified, standing with the rest of us
Who used to rule the world.
Mr. Blueprint used to have it figured out
Now you can’t find your car.
Miss Cocktaill dress standing at the bathroom sink looking for a back way out.
You can’t believe your very eyes. Everything that you were counting on was nothing but a pack of lies.
Now you’re mystified, standing with the rest of us
You're just into looking after #1
Only thing you worry 'bout is having your fun
First sign of trouble and it's understood
You'll get going while the going's still good
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary
You're a secret agent got a hidden agenda
Got me in your sights, think I'm a real big spender
Stick around baby pretty soon you'll see
I ain't got no money but my love's for free
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary
You're a gun for hire when a war breaks out
Loving on the front line 'til the money runs out
Finger on the trigger, baby pull it and see
If your mercenary tactic's gonna work on me
You're a gun for hire when a war breaks out
Loving on the front line 'til the money runs out
Your finger's on the trigger, baby pull it and see
If your mercenary tactic's gonna work on me
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary
So very unnecessarily mercenary
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary
You're so very unnecessarily mercenary
So now there's somebody new,
These dreams I've been dreaming, have all fallen through.
You say I'll be fine, it only takes time
Someday, that may be true
But it's too soon to tell
It's too soon to say
Maybe someday I'll be able to wish you well
But right now, it's just too soon to tell
It's all for the best, so you say
You never intended to hurt me this way
You want to hear
I won't drown in my tears, well, baby the best that I can say
Is it's too soon to tell
It's too soon to say
Maybe someday I'll be able to wish you well
But right now it's just too soon to tell
When you get home baby
Write me a few of your lines
When you get home little baby
Write me a few of your lines
That'll be consolation
Lord Honey oh my worried mind
Left my baby
Standin' in the backdoor cryin'
Well I left my little baby
Standing in the backdoor cryin'
I never felt so sorry
Lord Honey till he said goodbye
Kokomo me baby
Kokomo me right
Kokomo your mama,
She'll be back tomorrow night
I'd like to cry in your arms tonight
Baby don't you wanna go?
Right on to Lemon Light City
Sweet home Kokomo
Go on down to the river baby
Goin' to sit down on the ground
Well I'm goin' down to the river baby
Goin' to sit down on the ground
And let the way of the water
Lord Honey wash my troubles down
Kokomo me baby
Kokomo me right
Kokomo your mama,
She'll be back tomorrow night
I gotta cry with you baby
Baby don't you wanna go?
Right on to Lemon Light City
All the ways I cared for you
Are working like you want them to
As I break down and you stay strong
I write my own forgiveness song
I try to lie down and sleep it off like a drug
But it's not your concern
Another night and it's only right
I toss and I turn in the bed I made
The wine dark room, the flashing eyes
That hung me from my string of lies
You said you were numb from wondering
I guess I wasn't listening
I try to lie down and sleep it off like a drug
But you're not concerned
Another night and it's only right
That I toss and I turn in the bed I made
With my own hands
I fashioned this frame
And into the wood
I carved out my name
I try to lie down and sleep it off like a drug
But you're not concerned
Another night and it's only right
That I toss and I turn in the bed I made
And it's only right
That I toss and I turn in the bed I made
Gonna get into it babe
Down where it’s tangled and dark
Way on into it, baby
Down where your fears are parked
Gonna tell the truth about it, babe
Honey, that’s the hardest part
When we get through it, baby
You’re gonna give up your heart
Gonna get into it, baby
Gonna give them demons a call, babe
Way on into it, baby
Gonna find out once and for all
Gonna get a little risky, baby
Honey, that’s my favorite part
When we get through it, baby
Gonna give up our hearts
Gonna give up our hearts
Well, there’s no turnin’ back
No turnin’ back this time
Well, there’s no turnin’ back
No turnin’ back
No use in runnin’
It’s always the same
You can count on the panic
I'm takin' my time
So please don't rush me
Tryin' to sort out some things
I didn't know existed
I've been here before
I know where the traps lie
You only take what's there
'Cause the rest doesn't matter
Well I'm tired of talk
So please don't push me
You know I want the same
Kinda things that you do
You're wasting your time
The way you come on to me
Slow down your rhymes
And try to reason
Can't make things move any faster
By second wishing them to death
You seem to be living on a level
It's decent enough
You got what you wanted
So why do you tell me
That I'm on the wrong track?
I'm doin' the best I can do
I try to out guess the situation
That I know your not even fully aware of
And I want you to know if it keeps on this way
Can't keep on letting you bring me down
Well they all said louise was not half bad
It was written on the walls and window shades
And how she'd act the little girl
A deceiver, don't believe her that's her trade
Sometimes a bottle of perfume
Flowers and maybe some lace
Men brought louise ten cent trinkets
Their intentions were easily traced
Yes and everybody knew at times she cried
But women like louise they get by
Well everybody thought it kind of sad
When they found louise in her room
They'd always put her down below their kind
Still some cried when she died this afternoon
Lousie rode home on the mail train
Somewhere to the south I heard it said
Too bad it ended so ugly
Too bad she had to go this way
Ah but the wind is blowing cold tonight
Sittin’ here worryin’ while you’re lookin’
to find yourself .. somebody else.
Me lovin’you and wantin’ you, baby,
you not knowin’ what you want yourself.
Why do you treat me so mean .. it hurts so bad.
All you wanna do is just sit around at a bar and jive.
You don’t even know this woman’s alive.
And I’m sittin’ here worryin’ while you’re lookin’
to find yourself .. somebody else.
Ain’t gonna be no Sugar Mama no more.
Well, you can’t have love, people, when you’re keepin’ score.
All you pretty boys that used to catch my eye,
I just want one who wants to satisfy.
Ain’t gonna be no Sugar Mama no more.
Sittin’ here worryin’ while you’re lookin’
to find yourself .. somebody else.
Me lovin’ you .. nobody but you...
And you not knowin’ what you want yourself.
All you pretty boys that used to catch my eye,
I just want one who wants to satisfy.
Ain’t gonna be no Sugar Mama no more.
No, I ain’t gonna be no Sugar Mama no more.
You see, I ain’t gonna be no Sugar Mama no more.
Just another homesick child
Tired of running wild
Ready to stand trial and move on
Though I?m guilty in your sight
Have some mercy tonight
I can?t make it through the fight alone
Oh but Lord, no don?t make it easy
Keep me working 'til I work it on out
Just please shine enough light on me
'Til I?m free from this shadow of doubt
Keep me out of the shadow of doubt
As I try to make some sense
Of this world I?m up against
Well I know my best defense is Your love
When the struggle gets insane
And the lesson?s full of pain
Keep me calling out Your name with love
Oh but Lord, no don?t make it easy
Keep me workin? 'til I work it on out
Just please won?t You shine
Enough light on me
'Til I?m free from this shadow of doubt
Keep me out of the shadow of doubt
Well I whisper in the dark
From the bottom of my heart
And I?m searchin' for one star to shine
I will shout from mountain high
And I?ll reach into the sky
'Til You open up my eyes so blind
Oh but Lord no, don?t make it easy
Keep me workin? 'til I work it on out
Just please, please shine enough light on me
?Til I?m free from this shadow of doubt
As I walk along I wonder what went wrong
With our love, a love that was so strong
And as I still walk on I think of the things
We've done together while our hearts were young
I'm a walking in the rain, to the bone I feel the pain
Wishing you were here by me to end this misery
And I wonder, I w-w-wonder, why, you ran away
And I wonder if you will stay, my little runaway, my runaway
I'm a walking in the rain, to the bone I feel the pain
Wishing you were here by me to end this misery
And I wonder, I w-w-wonder baby yeah, you know why, you ran away
And I wonder if you will stay, my little runaway, my little runaway
Come back baby
(Run, run, runaway)
You left me standing in the rain
(Run, run, runaway)
Come back baby
(Run, run, runaway)
Standing in the rain
I guess you got me in a sentimental mood
Never thot I'd feel this way again
Lyin' here with my dreams
I get so lonely thinking of you
[Chorus:]
River of Tears
Oceans of heartbreak
I want to feel
What your love can be
I close my eyes
Chances that I take
Got me so blind
Til I can't see
I never let you know just what's been on my mind
Never thot I'd hurt so bad for you lovin' this long
Lyin' here at nite alone
I keep on wonderin' just what went wrong
[Chorus]
River of Tears
River of Tears
Don’t want no secret agent
Don’t need no long Cadillac
I don’t want nobody with no problems
I don’t need a man with a monkey on his back
I want a real man
I said, “A real man”
I need a real man
Ain’t messing with no toy
I don’t need no baby boy
Don’t need to send me no flowers, babe
Sending flowers is real nice
Way I’ve been feeling, my hearts been a-reeling
I need a man that loves me once
I want a man that loves me twice
It’s a sticky situation, babe
Keep me up late at night
Honey, don’t know the difference
Wanna go left when you shoulda gone right
I want a real man
I said, “A real man”
I need a real man
I’ve been around the world
I’m a woman not a girl
I don’t want to million dollars
I don’t need no diamond ring
You can twist and shout
For to knock yourself out
I don’t care about material things
I want a real man
I need a real man
I want a real man
I said, “A real man”
I want a real man
I need a real man, baby
I want a real man
I want a real man
Real man
Ain’t messing with no toy
I don’t need no baby boy
I’ve been around the world
I’m a woman not a girl
Real man
I said, “A real man”
I want a real man
Got a real man, real man
You remind me, you remind me
That it's a trick to know you.
I don't even know
How, I fel in love with you.
Was it your eyes, or was it your clothes,
Was the way you greeted me when the sun rolls, the sun rolls.
I was lonely when I first called you.
We were kids just foolin' with lovin'
You took me in, and you didn't even know me or my games.
Chorus: (3 times) I was out on the road, acting a lady
I was with him for one night for some love and a song
Then you came along, you don't care about money
You don't care about time,
And ourlove just keeps rolling, rolling along
Say hey don't you worry,
Cause we can get along
If were pleasin' each other
Pleasin'each other, pleasin' each other,
Last night I thought I found you
I saw it in a dream
I was tangled in the rushes, baby
You were caught up in the stream
And the more I tried to reach you
The more you slipped away
And when I woke up in the darkness
I was callin' out your name
(Chorus)
You and we dance around it
Why is the truth so hard to say
We long for true love, well
We've found it, it's just
One Belief Away
There's a shadow in the garden
And it's coiled around our hearts
Won't you help me to believe you, baby
Won't you show me where to start
The more I try to reach you
The more you slip away
I want to wake up in the darkness
and hear you callin' out my name
Seems like such a long time, since I held you in my arms
And felt you close and warm beside me
Another night is getting late and I'm alone with just the ache
And the memory of you inside me
Darling, I've never been so blue
I've tried to see it through, there's nothing I can do
I won't make it on my own, so won't you please hurry home
'Cause nothing seems to matter without you
Last time I saw you, there was nothing we could say
We knew it was a time for a change
A time to think you said that night and I lied and said, "All right"
And I left you in the morning, I watched you in the window
And Mexico will never be the same
It was time to be apart, but somehow it seems this heart of mine
Will never find a way to live without you
And now I'm out here on the road and I'm feeling bought and sold
And tonight I just can't but think about you
Darling, I've never been so blue
I've tried to see it through, there's nothing I can do
I won't make it on my own, so darling won't you hurry home
Because nothing seems to matter without you
Chorus
I was in a daze, movin in the wrong direction
Feelin that I'd always be the lonely one
then I saw your face, on the edge of my horizon
whisperin that I wasn't the only one
The lonely one.
One chance intervention, see what it can signify
The slightest misapprehension, baby
And we'd have passed each other by
When I heard your sweet voice callin
Saw your light come shinin through
I couldn't stop my heart from turning
Churnin out my love for you, my love to you.
Chorus
True love or perfection
It seems like it's overdue
Then just when you least expect it
It comes sneakin up on you
When I thought that I was dreaming
Felt your body close to mine
Now love takes on a different meaning,
Together till the end of time.
Chorus
I was in a daze, movin in the wrong direction
Feelin that I'd always be the lonely one
then I saw your face, on the edge of my horizon
whisperin that I wasn't the only one
Well I'm calling you
Cause you deserve to know
You are not the reason I had to go,
Late at night in the hotel room
I think of all I've lost,
What I've put you through
And if I knew the reason
I would tell you why somehow
The feeling slipped away
I only did what I had to do
Not cause I wanted to.
I've got a guilty heart
And a troubled mind
No matter where I go
You're never far behind
I'd like to think that you'd forgiven me
But forgiveness ain't enough
To wash my conscious free
Oh if I knew the reason I would tell you
Why somehow the feeling slipped away
I only did what I had to do
She don't need anybody to tell her she's pretty
She's heard it every single day of her life
He's got to wonder what she sees in him when theres so many others
Standing in line
She gives herself to him, but he's still on the outside.
She's alone in this world
She's nobody's girl
She's nobody's girl
She shows up at his doorstep in the middle of the night
Then she disappears for weeks at a time
Just enough to keep him wanting more
But never is he satisfied
And he's left to pick up the pieces
Wondering what does he do this for
She's off in her own little world
She's nobody's girl
She's nobody's girl
He said, Before I met her, I didn't love nothing.
I could take it or leave it,
That was okay, but, she brings out a want in me, of things I didn't even
Know that I need.
She does anything she wants, anytime she wants to.
With anyone, you know, she wants it all.
Still she gets all upset over the least little thing
When you hurt her, it makes you feel so small.
And she's a walking contradiction, but I ache for her inside.
She's fragile like a string of pearls,
She's nobody's girl.
She's nobody's girl.
Yes, I'm lonely- hope you didn'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 on paper, well, it looked pretty good
He left a note that said he couldn't stay here
As if I could...
I guess my love's got no business, no business calling his name
I guess my love's got no business, nobody to blame.
One of these days I thought we'd get it together
After all that boy was made for me
But all he left me was a mouth full of feathers
Little bird got free.
He always said my love was one sided
I tried to keep up with supply and demand
But there was one way that pie was divided
It was a big piece plan.
I guess my love's got no business, no business calling his name
I guess my love's got no business, nobody to blame.
Well, now I'm getting desperate, baby, getting illeagal
I got the law doggies on my trail
The hawk's out and I could use an eagle
To go my bail.
You say you're itching baby, so go ahead and scratch it
But if it jumps off, don't look at me
You swore to God that I couldn't catch it
But your dog's got fleas.
I guess my love's got no business, no business calling his name
You dust the bottles on the bar counter
You're writing screenplays on the side
Three nights a week can keep a girl workin
Sometimes it's good to lose your pride.
These things we do to keep the flame burnin
And write our fire in the sky
Another day to see the world turnin
Another avenue to try.
It's in the Luck of the Draw, Baby
The Natural Law
Forget those movies you saw, little Baby
It's in the Luck of the Draw, Baby
The Natural Law
(flame keep on burnin)
Forget those movies you saw, little Baby
(wheel ever turnin).
You turn around and say it's last orders
You fix the ribbon in your hair
Tomarrow's letter by the hall doorway
Who'll take the only hearts they got
And throw them into the fire?
Who'll risk their own self respect
In the name of desire?
Who'll regret everything they've done
And who will get the bill?
Lovers will
Who'll hurt each other all the time
And never give it a thought?
Who'll lie about where they've been
And hope they never get caught?
Who'll say each other's kisses
No longer thrill?
Lovers will
Lovers will do almost anything
For the thrill that only love can bring
If love is a healer, who'll be the first ones ill?
Lovers will
Who'll never know what they've got
Until it's just about gone?
And whose arms will gather up what's left
To carry on?
And who'll stalk that little bit of love
That hasn't been killed?
I ain't blue, baby
Just a little bit lonesome for some lovin'
Everything is fine
Just don't want to be all by myself
On a rainy day
I'm feelin' kind of funny
Dreaming 'bout some loverman who'll call me honey
Yeah and a good lookin' man
My heart inside
A lonely smile and lovin' in his eyes
No I ain't blue, baby
But I'm just a little bit lonesome for some love again
Everything is fine
Just don't want to be all by myself
Sit around the house
Readin' magazines
All the time thinkin' 'bout those same sweet dreams
Yeah, walk down the street
My heart jumps a beat
Every time I see some sweet man I want to meet
No I ain't blue, baby
But I'm just a little bit lonesome for some love again
Everything is fine
Traveling at night, the headlights were bright
And we'd been up many an hour
And all through my brain
Came the refrain
Of home and it's warming fire
CHORUS
And Home
Sings me of sweet things
My life there has it's own wings
Fly over the mountain
Though I'm standing still
The people I've seen
They come in between
The cities of tiring life
The trains come and go,
But inside you know
The struggle will soon be a fight
CHORUS
Traveling at night,
The headlights were bright.
But soon the sun came through the trees
Around the next bend
The flowers will send
The sweet smell of home in the breeze
Hey mister, we want you to know
We think you've taken this about as far as it can go
It's about to blow
You got nowhere to run
Why don't you sit back and watch the show
Used to drop your little darlin' off at Sunday School
Family values while you're gettin' some Behind the pool
She's nobody's fool
So don't be actin' surprised when your daughter
Wants it bad as you
You jack up the rent, you call in a loan
Clear your intent is to screw 'em out of all they own
Throw the dog a bone
Well you'll be cryin' for mercy when your karma
Calls you On the Phone
Times are hard...Ain't it a bitch
Japanese are makin' you twitch
All your investments are turnin' sour
Kinda spoils your happy hour
Look around, we're comin' your way
It's a wonder to us how you ever thought you'd
Get away
What you say
Well, the way it looks from here
You won't have to wait
The way it looks from here
No need to hesitate
Have a party celebrate
The way it looks from here
Heaven help the child who never had a home
Heaven help the girl who walks the streets alone
Heaven help the roses if the bombs begin to fall
Heaven help us all
Heaven help the black man if he struggles one more day
Heaven help the white man if he turns his back away
Heaven help the man who kicks the man who has to crawl
Heaven help us all
Heaven help us all, heaven help us all
Heaven help us, Lord, hear our call when we call, yeah
Heaven help the boy who won't reach twenty-one
And heaven help the man who gave that boy a gun
Heaven help the people with their backs against the wall
Oh Lord, heaven help us all
Heaven help us all, heaven help us all
Heaven help us, Lord, hear our call when we call, help us all
Now I lay me down before I go to sleep
In a troubled world, I pray the Lord to keep
Keep hatred from the mighty and the mighty from the small
Heaven help us all
Heaven help us all, heaven help us all
Heaven help us all, heaven help us all
Heaven help us all, heaven help us all
Heaven help us all, heaven help us all
Heaven help us, heaven help us
Hey!
Shut up.
Don't lie to me.
You think I'm blind but I have eyes to see
Hey!
Mister, how do you do.
Oh pardon me I thought I knew you.
Would you stand back baby 'cause I want to get a better look.
The big man who couldn't handle the little bit of love you took.
Hey, hey, have a heart, hey, have a heart.
If you don't love me, why don't you let me go?
Have a heart, please, oh don't you have a heart?
Little by little you fade while I fall apart.
Oh darling, I love you so.
I told you yes, and then you told me no.
Baby, how can you say
You should be free and I should pay and pay
And you talk and talk about you and what you need
But sooner or later your love is gonna make me bleed.
Hey, hey, have a heart, hey, have a heart.
If you don't love me, why don't you let me go?
Have a heart, please, oh don't you have a heart?
Little by little you fade while I fall apart.
Oh, Oh.
Talk on, talk on, but love is what you need.
And sooner or later that love is gonna make you bleed.
Hey, hey, have a heart, hey, have a heart.
If you don't love me, why don't you let me go?
Have a heart, please, oh don't you have a heart?
Little by little you fade while I fall apart.
Yes baby, I've been drinking
I shouldn't come by I know
But I found myself in trouble darling
And I had no place else to go
I got some whiskey, yeah from a bar man
Got some cocaine from a friend
And I had to keep on moving
Till I was back in your arms again
Well I'm guilty, yeah I'm guilty
And I'll be guilty for the rest of my life
How come I never do what I'm supposed to do?
Nothing that I try to do ever turns out right
You know how it is with me baby
You know I just can't stand myself
It takes a whole lot of medicine, darling
I've got you on my mind, I'm feeling kind of sad and low,
I've got you on my mind, feeling kind of sad and low.
I'm wondering where you are, wondering why yoiu had to go.
Tears begin to fall every time I hearr your name.
Tears begin to fall every time I hear your name.
And since you went away, nothing seems to be the same.
No matter how I try,
My heart just don't see why
I can't forget you.
If ever it shoud be
You want to come back to me,
You know I'd let you.
First Verse
Chorus
First Verse
I'm wondering where you are, wondering why you had to go.
God was in the water that day
Pickin' through the roots and stones
Trippin' over sunken logs
Tryin' not to make his presence known
God was in the water that day
Wadin' in careful steps
Bubbles risin' from his feet
Comin' up from the muddy depths
Castin' out a line
Castin' out a line to the shadows
Castin' out a line but no one's biting
I am at my pitiful desk
Starin' at he colorless walls
Wishin' I was any place else
Down into a dream I fall
Sittin' in a tiny boat
Driftin' on the mindless sea
And if I disappear
At least I'm floating free
Castin' out a line
Castin' out a line to the darkness
Castin' out a line but no one's biting
God was in the air that day
Breathin' out a haunted breeze
Tryin' not to make a sound
Shufflin' through the dried up leaves
God was in the air that day
Circlin' like a drunken hawk
Sweepin' with a hungry eye
Over the ground I walk
Castin' out a line
Castin' out a line to the darkness
Castin' out a line but no one's biting
Castin' out a line
Castin' out a line to the shadows
Let's run naked through these city streets
We're all captives of captivity
Let's wear madness like a crucifix
Let's tattoo Bible quotes across both our hips
Let's get back to the fundamental things
Let's get back to the elements of style
Let's get back to simple skin on skin
Let's get back to the fundamental things
Let's dance barefoot over broken glass
Slither like a snake does through the wet, cold grass
Howl and tremble in a sleepless grind
Let's do the braindrain, leave it all behind
(Chorus)
You can sit in your room and worry
You can contemplate the end
Or let your house burn down behind you
Run bare-ass through the streets again
You can hide out on your rooftop
Wishing you had never been
Or go down to Hal's bar and grill
Find your innocence again
Bonnie Raitt - I ain't gonna let you break my heart again
(D.Lasley/J.Lasley)
from: Nick of time
there ain't no use in me trying to tell you how I feel
'cause what I feel ain't what you're feeling
I don't know what we did wrong
I just know if you come home
I ain't gonna let you break my heart again
there ain't no use in me trying to find out where you've been
where you've been ain't where I'm going
'cause if I ask you where you've been
the hurting starts and it don't end
so I ain't gonna let you break my heart again , no
I ain't gonna let you break my heart again , no o
(bridge)
tears don't become me
pain ain't my friend
it seems like you enjoy my crying , baby
you always said that I was strong
but I believe that you were wrong
lately , God knows , I have been trying
there ain't no use in you trying to kiss away the hurt , baby
'cause it hurts where it's deep down inside of me and it's hiding
if you decide you're coming home
you walk in , it won't be like before
'cause I ain't gonna let you break my heart again , no
ain't gonna let you break my heart again , no no
Something in your eyes, makes me want to lose myself,
Makes me want to lose myself, in your arms.
There's something in your voice, makes my heart beat fast.
Hope this feeling lasts, the rest of my life.
If you knew how lonely my life has been,
And how low I've felt so long.
If you knew how I wanted someone to come along,
And change my life the way you've done.
CHORUS:
Feels like home to me, feels like home to me,
Feels like I'm on my way back where I come from.
Feels like home to me, feels like home to me,
Feels like I'm on my way back where I belong.
A window breaks down a long dark street,
And a siren wails over my head.
But I'm all right, 'cause I have you here with me.
And I can almost see through the dark there's light.
If you knew how much this moment means to me,
And how long I've waited for your touch.
If you knew how happy you are making me --
I've never thought I'd love anyone so much.
CHORUS
Girls, you've been in love too long
I said girls, you've been in love too long
When just his smile takes all your pain away
And you find yourself believin' whatever he may say
Now when he gets you cryin'
But your heart tells you Girl keep right on tryin'
You know Girls, you've been in love too long
chorus: You're a fool for your baby
Bonnie: Girls, you've been in love too long
chorus: You're a fool for your baby
When you accepted wrongs, just to share his kiss
Even your lonely nights, you know they're filled with happiness
You know Girl you're in trouble
You know your…heart is seein' double
Cuz when you're head tells you to run
but your heart tells you "Girl he's the only one.."
You know you have…been in love too long
Cuz when a week of loneliness can be erased with just one sweet caress
Girl…you've been in love too long
When his wrong looks right…though he always treats you bad
You find little excuses for all the sadness and abuses
You came up on me like a landslide
Once in a while I get taken like that and I like it
I've got a Thunderbird parked right outside
Give me a minute to finish this thing and we'll light it
In all this heat it's a job keepincool
And I could fry an egg on you
You came up on me like a landslide
Once in a while I get taken like that and I like it
You're gonna get what's cominYou been asking for it two days running
You're gonna get what's cominYou're gonna get what's cominto you
I hope that you're half as intrepid as you make out
Often or not, but you never got what you asked for
Keep on pouring until you hear me shout
And turn up the sound if you want me to drive any faster
Caution went out when you walked in the room
If it never came back it would be too soon.
You're gonna get what's cominYou been askin' for it two days runnin'
You're gonna get what's comin'
You're gonna get what's cominto you
You came upon me like a landslide,
Once in a while I get taken like that and I like it
You're gonna get what's comin',
You been askin' for it two days runnin'
You're gonna get what's comin'
You're gonna get what's comin' to you
1. ' told me baby,
You were just too tired to try,
There was nothing left for you to give
and no more tears to cry.
I know she hurt you,
but you know I've been hurt too.
You just come to me, we'll see
what a love can do.
2. ' told me baby,
I was still too young to know,
all the ways that love was going to drag you down,
and just how low I'd go.
In love and time between us,
makes no difference at all.
You know, You're as desperate to get back up,
as I am not to fall.
bridge:
Oh, baby, I've been looking for a man like you. . .
Oh, darling,
After all we've been through
There's no one left to fool;
Nothing left for us to do,
except me and you.
instrumental break
3. ' told me baby,
to find somebody new.
Do you really think that I'd come this far,
just to lose a man like you?
You know you've got to take a chance,
if only you will stay.
And if you've got the time baby, I've got the love,
We might just find a way (4x).
You can make me do what you wanna do
But you got to know how,
You can make me cry, you can make me sigh,
But you got to know how,
You can make me do like this, you can make me do like that,
Woh, baby, but you got to know how.
Once a pal of mine stole a guy of mine,
But I got him back, now,
It's the same old song, she couldn't keep him long,
'Cause she didn't know how.
Well, I love my man, I make him holler,
Woh, my,
Yessir, I really know how.
Technique ain't tough, if you care enough,
You can learn to know how,
I might drop a hint how to strike my flint
If you yearn to know how,
Well, don't tell me about the life you led,
Don't try to drink me into bed,
No, baby, no, that ain't the way how.
You got to take your time, you know it ain't no crime
If it lasts all night.
I think you'll be ideal when you begin to feel
That you're doin' right.
When you love me right, you hear me holler,
Woh, my,
Yessir, when you really know how.
(instrumental break)
And if you stay with me, who knows how it will be
When we finally know how,
We'll get a house in town, no need to move around
When we really know how,
Well, there's tricks that I don't even know,
Ones we'll make up as we go.
Woh, mister, when we really know how.
Yes, mister, when we really know how.
Everytime I look
Into your lovely eyes
I see a love that money
Just can't buy
One look from you
I drift away
I pray that you
Are here to stay
CHORUS
Anything you want
You got it
Anything you need
You got it
Anything at all
You got it
Baby
Everytime I hold you
I begin to understand
Everything about you
Tells me I'm your best friend
I live my life
To be with you
No one can do
The things you do
CHORUS
I'm glad to give
My love to you
I know you feel
The way I do
Nobody else could make me happy
No one could hurt me like you do
You were the only one That mattered
Then you were gone...Love had moved on
Left me alone thinking of...
You...There was never any other
You...and I were created to be true
Isn't it Love that keeps us breathing
Isn't it love we're sent here for
Wasn't that love that we were feeling
(That was something baby)
Deep in our soul...Deeper than we know
Keeping me holding out for
You...There was never any question
You'll be forever on my mind
You and I, we were meant to be together
True hearts in a world where love is dyin'
And I might as well have been dyin' when
We were apart
When you came back I felt the beating of my heart
You...There was never any question
You'll be forever on my mind
You and I, we were meant to be together
You...and only you
It was you...only you
As simple as breathing
I picture your face,
All tangled in daydreams
And shielded with grace.
I feel you beside me.
Wherever you may be
Lift up your hand for me.
There's somewhere in my heart
Only for you.
If I must do without
I'll let these sparks fly out
Across the wilderness
From me to you.
As certain as sunrise
Your image unwinds.
You're clearer than crystal.
You fill up my mind.
Now I have you by my side.
Wherever you may be
Lift up your hand for me.
There's somewhere in my heart
Only for you.
Though Continents devide,
And lonely thoughts collide
Our heaven will allow no distance now.
I can always close my eyes
Take your absence by surprise,
Hold my breath and make believe.
As simple as breathing
I picture your face,
All tangled in daydreams
And sheilded with grace.
There's somewhere in my heart only for you.
If I must do without
I'll let these sparks fly out
Across this wilderness
From me to you.
Wherever you may be
Lift up your hand for me.
There's somewhere in my heart only for you.
How does one decide
That the methods he's using,
they just don't jive
to truly believe and keep trying
Over and over again
Living in hopes,
that someday you'll be in with the winners
when will one change his mind
and jump the fence
for the dial a sign
Its a sad thing, its a bad thing
but so necessary
living in hopes,
that someday you'll be in with the winners
now what, what, (i dont know, can you tell me what)
what is success?
is it do your own thing?
or to join the rest
and if you truly believe it,
and try over and over again
living in hopes
that someday you'll be in with the winners
oooh, tell me what it is
sweet success
oooh, tell me what it is
sweet success
So you think the man is crazy
He eats up your lies like they're good for him
Apple pie
He don't even cry
He is not a fool
He's just tryin' to do what his heart says to
To love you
As you take to the wind (to the wind again my friend)
As he breaks down within (within within wthin)
[Chorus:]
He waits for you patiently
Hopin' that one day you'll see
That all he really wants to be
Is yours and yours alone eternally
What do you want the boy to do?
Don't you see you're breaking the child in two?
What do you want the boy to do?
All he really wants is you...
He knows what you are
Still he'll be your game (say the word today)
You'll know better (build a world around him)
Now and then you'll promise
All the way-out things that you're gonna get
(You will see, you will be
so damn glad that you finally found him free to go)
As he watches you come and go (for your show)
As he watches your promises zero (zero zero zero)
He waits for you patiently
Hopin' that one day you'll see
That all he really wants to be
Is yours and yours alone eternally
What do you want the boy to do?
Don't you see you're breaking the child in two?
What do you want the boy to do?
Don't you see that you're breaking the child in two?...
[Chorus]
Maybe I'm a dreamer
maybe just a fool
Lately I can hardly see the sun
If you had a secret I could take a guess
Nothin in your eyes seems to hold me
Truth or consequences
which one will it be
Someone said that time would ease the pain
Of two lives love has torn apart
But, I believe whoever wrote that song,
never had a broken heart
One of us is hiding
One of us can tell
Cause no one likes to be the first to know
Someone has to answer
Cause someone has to ask
Keeping on like this is torture
and going undecided is twice as bad for sure
Someone said that time would ease the pain
Of two lives love has torn apart
But, I believe whoever wrote that song
never had a broken heart
You said that your love was just for me
That's why I've got to be yours
You told me the day will never come
When you would walk out and leave
'Cause you know that
[Chorus:]
True love is hard to find
'Cause you know that
True love is hard to find
Everybody knows
True love is hard to find
Hard to find
Very hard to find
I say (true love)
True love (true love)
True love (true love)
True love is hard to find
You told me that you know I would have to travel all over
You would take care of my business for me
Darlin', all I ask of you
Is to leave those business alone and save it just for me
[Chorus]
And glory fills my heart with joy from heaven
With love for you
Darlin', I always think of you
Always have my arms filled with love for you
'Cause you know that
[Chorus]
[guitar break]
[Last chorus:]
Just because I know
True love is hard to find
I believe in love
True love is hard to find
Everybody should know that
True love is hard to find
You know that
True love is hard to find
I say (true love)
True love (true love)
True love (true love)
True love is hard to find
Hard to find
True love (true love)
True love (true love)
True love is hard to find...
How many teardrops are gonna fall tonight?
How many hartaches must a woman have in her life
I lost a lover, lost my friend, I'm through with love
I just can't win
I'm a three time loser, I'm a three time loser
How many hours of your love I'm gonna wait
How many heartaches do you really think I'm gonna set and take
I lost a lover, lost my friend, I'm through with love
I just can't win
I'm a three time loser, I'm a three time loser
Instrumental Repeat 2nd Verse
I lost it once, lost it twice
Will you might have been good baby but you just weren't worth the price
Instrumental
I'm a three time loser, three time loser (3 times)
And I don't have to take it anymore END
Don't have to humble yourself to me,
I ain't your judge or your king
Baby, you know I ain't no Queen of Sheba
We may not even have our dignity,
this could be just a powerful thing
Baby we can choose you know we ain't no amoeba
CHORUS:
Are you ready for the thing called love
Don't come from me and you,
it comes from up above
I ain't no porcupine,
take off your kid gloves
Are you ready for the thing called love
I ain't some icon carved out of soap
Sent here to clean up your reputation
Baby, you know you ain't no Prince Charming
We can live in fear or act out of hope
For some kind of peaceful situation
Baby, how come the cry of love is so alarming ...CHORUS
BRIDGE:
Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans
And glide off down the lake
Whether your sunglasses are off or on
You only see the world you make
CHORUS OUTRO:
Are you ready for the thing called love
Don't come from me and you,
it comes from up above
I ain't no porcupine,
take off your kid gloves
Are you ready for it
Are you ready for the thing called love
Don't come from me and you,
it comes from up above
I ain't no porcupine,
take off your kid gloves
Are you ready for it
Are you ready for love, baby
Oooh yeah babe
Are you ready for love
I told you once the day we met
I wouldn't be your queen.
Your little darlin', sweet coquette
Just what my routine
You've been around enough to know
There's really no one else
When I hear that siren call, baby
I just can't help myself
I gotta go
I hope you'll understand
I love you so
Want you to be my man
I hear it callin'
Sound so sweet and plain
I gotta go, baby,
'Cause the road's my middle name
Well, it's hard enough to love someone
When they're right close to home
Don't you think I know it's hard, honey
To squeeze the sugar from the phone
Guess the road is in my blood
'Cause I'm my daddy's kid
Just have to learn how to let me go
Just like my momma did
I gotta go,
I hope you'll understand
Oh, I love you so
Want you to be my man
I hear it callin', baby
Sound so sweet and plain
I gotta go
'Cause the road's my middle name
Here it come
And it sounds so sweet and plain
I gotta go
'Cause the road's my middle name
I gotta go
'Cause the road's my middle name
Oooh, I gotta go, darlin'
'Cause the road's my middle name
I need a drink
Don't want to think
I drink too much
But who's to say
What's right or wrong?
I guess you think you see
You're tellin' me
That I don't know
When it's passed the point
Of feelin' good
I run around and find
I just can't get satisfied
Tonight
Now there's a phone
I hear the sound
I needed to talk
But it's too late
For talkin' now
I guess I'll go alone
I feel a glow...
here i am
here i am
here i am
What I need is a friend tonight
what I need is a friend
What I need is someone
What I really deed is just one more drink
Tonight
Tonight...
If he walks by and the women get engrosed
If he winks an eye and the bread slice turns to toast
He's got a lot of what they call the most
You know the boy can't help it
He was born to please
And if he's got himself a figure that's just made to squeeze
Won't you kindly be aware that the boy can't help it
If he mezmerizes each and every one
And, Lord when he smiles the beefsteak becomes well done
He even makes my grandma feel like she's twentyone
You know the boy can't help it
He was born to please
And if i got to go down to him on bended knees
It's because I'm hoping, obviously
That some day his answer will be
The boy can't help it
He's in love with me.
The time has come
Before our yesterday is here
I said, the time has come now baby
For you and me to get a few things clear
I might be right or I might be wrong
What does it matter if I'm weak or strong
I might be rich I might be poor
Please don't ya ever close that door
Come home and talk to me
Tell me what is on your mind
You better tell me baby
Tell me while there's still enough time
Well I gave you everything that I had
Now you're sayin' you're a little bit mad at me
I taught ya everything I knew
There ain't too much more I can do for you
You feel there's somethin' wrong?
Then you'll have to tell me it's wrong
You know it too
There's somethin' wrong with you
Don't hold it in
Come on baby, I'm still your friend
Why don't you talk to me
Tell me what is on your mind
Now ya better tell me baby
Tell me while there's still enough time
[Guitar break]
I might be right or I might be wrong
What does it matter if I'm weak or strong
I might be rich I might be poor
Please don't ya ever close that door
Come home and talk to me
Tell me what is on your mind
You better tell me baby
Tell me while there's still enough time
hello my love
i heard a kiss from you.
red magic satin playing near too
all through the morning rain i gaze
the sun doesn't shine
rainbows and waterfalls run though my mind.
in the garden i see
west purple showers, bells, and tea
orange birds and river cousins dressed in green.
pretty music i hear
so happy and loud
blue flowers echo from a cherry cloud
feel sunshine sparkle pink and blue
playgrounds will laugh if you try to ask
is it cool or is it cool
if you arrive and don't see me
i'm gonna be here with my baby
i'm free
flying in her arms
over the sea
feel sunshine yellow candy screens
see speakers of kite
with velvet roses digging freedom's flight
a present from you
strawberry letter 22
the music plays
I told you before
You know it may take a little while
I'd like to go there with you but
Runnin' just ain't my style
You want me to stay, well
You got to take it nice and slow
I'll show you the way
Just tell me if you want to know
I remember the time
When we thought we'd never get enough
Tryin' to make a new love
And makin' it all at once
We wonder how we keep it up
After all these years
You worry 'bout your end, baby
I'll bring up the rear
I love you baby
Don't you put me up against the wall
I ain't gonna jump every time
You need an overhaul
Maybe it'll take all night
But we'll do it 'til we get it right
And we'll be standin' by the same old love
That made us fall
There's a lot more to love
Than seein' how much love we can make
There's the kindness that makes it
So sweet 'til your little heart could break
And I want you to know
That I'm not just along for the ride
And I won't settle for less than
Everything I've got inside
I love you baby
Don't you put me up against the wall
I ain't gonna jump every time
You need an overhaul
Maybe it'll take all night
But we'll do it 'til we get it right
And we'll be standin' by the same,
Standin' by the same
Well, we'll be standin' by the same old
Oughta be standin' by the same old love
Oooo, standin'
Standin'
[Starts to fade...]
Why aren't ya standin'?
Oughta be standin'
Why aren't you just standin'?
Why aren't you just standin'?
Why aren't you just standin'?...
There's a time when the light inside of us feels the night
And we're runnin', there's no place to hide
There's a time when we have to stand alone
With our eyes on a world that we never have known
Where can you run to
But somewhere inside your heart
What can you hold to
But all that you were from the start
[Chorus:]
Stand up to the night
Though it's comin' down on you
You're the only one you have
That you can hold onto
Stand up to the night
Though you're crying no one hears
If you feel your soul would light the darkness disappears
Stand up to the night
There's a time and a place in your life when you realize
That the stranger will always be there
There's a cold in the heart of the world you know
No one cares if the night comes and takes you below
Where can you run to
But somewhere inside your heart
What can you hold to
But all that you were from the start
[Chorus]
[Guitar break]
[Chorus]
There's a howlin at my window, baby
I hear him closin in
That green-eyed jackal's got the scent
Knows I'll let him in
He slinks in by me at the fire
More bitter than the cold
And it's a rage as old as Hades
That'll sputter on these coals
I'm callin on the Furies, to let the toast begin
I'm roasting on the spit of love again
I never have believed you
But I stick around for more
Somethin bout that hollow in your eyes
There's a darkness at the core
Well, it's got me slowly turnin
I'm basting on the bone
I'm skewered like some drunken fool
In juices all my own
Callin the Furies' carrion choir
Singin me back upon the pyre
I'm roasting on that spit of love again
You can call it what you want
But it's lyin just the same
There's no mercy in these ashes, baby
When your love's a cryin shame
And they're howlin in moonlight, baby
They're here to call my bluff
they're wonderin if there'll ever come a day
When I'll have finally had enough
I'm callin on the Furies, to let the toast begin
I'm roasting on that spit of love again
So far
There was not a second thought
No heart
Ever got close enough
You are
Watching as I am caught
In a moment off-gaurd
So close
I can nearly taste it
Suppose
This is that one promised love
God knows
All that I've wasted now
Never letting it start
Now all my resistance
I feel it slip away
Now all of the distance
Ever less with every day by day
So far
There was no connection
No spark
Out of which a fire grows
I start
In your direction I'm
Ever so close
Now all my resistance
I feel it slip away
Now all of the distance
Ever less with every day by day
So far, I have never been
So close
Sometimes I lie awake at night
And wonder
Where my life will lead me
Waiting to pass under
Sleep's dark and silent gate
I found my love today
Runnin' round day after day
Lookin' for the time to play
While my old friends
They slipped away
Never should've had to try so hard
To make a love work out, I guess
I don't know what love has got to do
With happiness
But the times when we were happy
Were the times we'd never tried
Sittin' down by the highway
I don't know where I been
I don't know where I'm going
Oh, God this is some kind of shape I'm in
When the only thing that makes me cry
Is the kindness in my baby's eyes
[Guitar break]
Sometimes I lie awake at night
And wonder
Where the years have gone
They have all passed under
Sleep's dark and silent gate
I've found my love today
I've found my love today
I've found my love today
Don't know where I'm goin'
Don't know where I been
(I found my love)
Oooooo, I found my love
I found my love today.
Well it was alright at midnight and you fell out at three
So I made you warm and stoked the dying fire
When it all came down this morning you were lying next to me
How sweet the wine of desire
Well we cheated on a friend and cheaters never win
Oh the truth I know would be a small relief
I could never be the one to say
Her best friend took you down
Gonna run in the night hide when ever it's light
Gonna run in the night like a thief
Just ain't no use think it over I was blind but now I see
Well she's coming back and I know just what I'll do
If it comes right down to you leaving her or staying here with me
How sweet the memory of you
Well we cheated on a friend and it looks like I lose again
I could never be the one to say
Her best friend took you down
I'd rather run in the night hide when ever it's light
Gonna run in the night like a thief
Like a thief in the night hide when ever it's light
Gonna run in the night like a thief
What good is that happy lie
All you wanted from the start was to cry
Well it looks like another fall
My friends they don't help at all
And I'm feeling kind of cold and small
Think I'll look up my rainy day man
And it does me no good to pretend
When he's made a hole much too big to mend
And it looks like I lose again my friend
Guess I'll have to look up my rainy day man
Rainy day man
He don't like sunshine
Don't chase rainbows
He don't need good times
Grey days roll in
And then you'll see him
It's an empty feelin'
Now I need him
All those noble thoughts they don't belong
If you can't hide the truth with a happy song
And since I knew where I stood all along
Think I'll look up my rainy day man
Simple pleasures all evade you
And the store-bought treasures none can save you
Look for signs to ease the pain
I said, ask again
Why don't you pray for rain
Oh, it looks like another fall
And my friends they don't help at all
And I'm feeling kind of cold and small
Think I'll look up my rainy day man
All I have to do is look at my baby
Look up my rainy day man
Oooo, look up my rainy day man
All I have to do
Is look up my rainy day man...
Yes, I'm lonely- hope you didn'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 on paper, well, it looked pretty good
He left a note that said he couldn't stay here
As if I could...
I guess my love's got no business, no business calling his name
I guess my love's got no business, nobody to blame.
One of these days I thought we'd get it together
After all that boy was made for me
But all he left me was a mouth full of feathers
Little bird got free.
He always said my love was one sided
I tried to keep up with supply and demand
But there was one way that pie was divided
It was a big piece plan.
I guess my love's got no business, no business calling his name
I guess my love's got no business, nobody to blame.
Well, now I'm getting desperate, baby, getting illeagal
I got the law doggies on my trail
The hawk's out and I could use an eagle
To go my bail.
You say you're itching baby, so go ahead and scratch it
But if it jumps off, don't look at me
You swore to God that I couldn't catch it
But your dog's got fleas.
I guess my love's got no business, no business calling his name
I guess my love's got no business, nobody to blame.
A lady stands before an open window
looking so far away
she can almost feel the southern winds blow
gently touching his restless day
He turns from his window to me
sad smile his apology
sad eyes reaching to the door
Daylight loses to another evening
still he spares me words goodbye
sits alone beside me fighting his feelings
struggles to speak but in the end can only cry
Suddenly it's so hard to find
the sound of the words to speak his troubled mind
so I'm offering ease to him as if to be kind
There's a train every day
leading either way
there's a world you know
there's a way to go
I soon believe it's just as well
this is my opening farewell
A child's drawings left there on the table
and a woman's silk is lying on the floor
I would keep them here if I were able
to lock you safe behind it's open door
Suddenly it's so clear to me
that I'd ask you to see what you may never see
now my kind words find their way back to me
There's a train every day
leading either way
there's world you know
got a way to go
I soon believe it's just as well
this is my opening farewell
This is my opening farewell.
There is an aching in my head
From the bed I can抰 get used to
In these little hours of the dark, I pray
As I spend my first night alone without you
Honey, half of me has gone away
With all the love I learned to cling to
Tomorrow I抣l have to find another way
To live the rest of my life alone without you
Taught me how to live
How to be myself,
And how to give
Oh, but now it抯 you
Who抯 given up on giving
Lost the thing, the one to teach
Changing and now you抮e out of reach
And my life tonight just don抰 seem worth the risk,
No, no
I抳e been sitting learning how to read
Cause back in school I never liked to
It抯 just one of those little things I抦 gonna need
As I put my life together, baby, without you
You come home late from work, baby
You wonder why it ain't on the table
After the day that I've had
I don't believe I'm able
You give me every little reason in the book
But there's one thing that I think you've overlooked
you say you're tired, well so am I
Baby you've got to try and
Meet halfway or we ain't gonna make it, baby
Meet halfway if you want to get it right
Meet halfway cause I ain't gonna take it, baby
Meet halfway in the middle of the night
Our love is kind of stalled, baby
But it aint about the sex
I'd trade the roses and the negligees
If we could just connect
I go deeper when you look into my eyes
There's a place where neither one of us can hide
And it's up to us to reinvent the game
Love it when you call my name and
Meet halfway, ain't no doubt about it, baby
Meet halfway, and we're halfway home
Meet halfway, got to scream and shout it, baby
Meet me halfway and I'll shake you to the bone
Rainy Night, I'm All Alone
Sittin' Here Waitin' For Your
Voice on the Phone
Fever Turns to Cold, Cold Sweat
Thinkin' About the Things We Ain't Done yet
Tell me now, I've got to know,
do you feel the same
Do you just light up at the mention of my name?
Don't worry baby, it ain't nothin' new
That's just love sneakin' up on you
If your whole world's shakin' and you feel like I do
That's just love sneakin' up on you
Nowhere on Earth for your heart to hide
Once love comes sneakin' upon your blindside
And you might as well try to Stop the Rain
Or stand in the tracks of a Runaway Train
You just can't fight it when a thing's meant to be
So come on let's finish what you started with me
Don't worry baby, it ain't nothin' new
That's just love sneakin' up on you
If your whole world's shakin' and you feel like I do
That's just love sneakin' up on you
I might forgive, but I won't forget
Believe me, baby
You swear you changed your ways
You ain't proved it yet
Well my friends try and tell me
Say that I must be mad
If I'm gonna take you back
After the pain I've had
Well, I explain my position
That I made my decision
I'll grant you love on one condition
Love on one condition
Do me right, don't do me wrong
Come home every night, no more carryin' on
I explain my position
I'll grant you love on one condition
Well my friends try and tell me
Say that I must be mad
If I'm gonna take you back
After the pain I've had
Well, I explain my position
That I made my decision
I'll grant you love on one condition
Love on one condition
Sittin' in front of your house,
Like rain in early dawn
Workin' on a Love Letter
Got my radio on.
Got my eye on your window pane
and I smoked a lot of cigarettes.
Mercy, Mercy but love is strange
and you haven't even kissed me yet.
Look comes to push,
push comes to shove,
shove comes to touch,
touch will come to love.
Workin' on a Love Letter,
Listenin' to a love song,
I'm writing you a love letter, love letter,
got my radio on...radio, radio
Hope you get the message baby.
I know that you're gonna let me in.
It's real in your neighborhood
and this is more than I'm gonna bend.
Look comes to push,
push comes to shove,
shove comes to touch,
touch will come to love.
Why don't sit waitin'
Why don't behavin'
Love's waiting in the car,
In the car and rain now.
Workin' on a Love Letter,
Listenin' to a love song,
I'm writing you a love letter, love letter,
got my radio on...radio, radio
Guitar Solo
Look comes to push,
push comes to shove,
shove comes to touch,
touch will come to love.
(3 times with adlibs)
Workin' on a Love Letter,
Listenin' to a love song,
I'm writing you a love letter, love letter,
got my radio on...radio, radio
Let's keep it between us
These people meddling in our affairs
They're not our friends
Let's keep it between us
Before the whole door closes
And it comes to an end
They'll tell you one thing, me another
'Til we don't know who to trust
Oh darlin', let's keep it between us
Let's keep it between us
We've been through too much together
That they'll never share
They've had nothing to say to us before
Now all of a sudden it's as if
They've always cared
All we need is honesty
A little humility and trust
Oh darlin', can we keep it between us?
I know we're not perfect
Then again, so what!
Ain't no reason to treat you like a snake
Or to treat me like a slut
And it's makin' me so angry!
Could we just lay back for a moment
Before we wake up and find ourselves
In a game that we both have lost?
These easy cures and easy handsomes
Somethin' tells me we can't afford the cost
There's some things not fit for human ears
Some things don't need to be discussed
Oh darlin', can we keep it between us?
[Instrumental break]
They'll tell you one thing, me another
'Til we don't know who to trust
Oh darlin', let's keep it between us
Let's keep it between us
Before the whole thing breaks down
And goes too far
If we can't settle our differences by ourselves
Then we must be worse off than they think we are
Back seat drivers don't know the feel of the wheel
But they sure know how to make a fuss
Oh darlin', can we keep it between us?
Can we keep it between us?
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No bar line = chord gets entire measure's time
Within bar lines chords divide measure accordingly
/^/ = split the beat (ex.: /^G7 )
[Number system for any key: in C, 1=C, 2=D-, 3=E-, etc.]
[Bass notes are key scale numbers: in C, 1=C, 2=D, 3=E, etc.]
[Number in parens = vocal notes from key scale: in C, 1=C, 2=D, 3=E,
etc.]
3- ¦/ ¦6- ¦/ ¦
If you got to make a fool of somebody
3- ¦/ ¦6- ¦6-/5 ¦
If you got to make a fool of someone
4 ¦2- ¦5s ¦/ ¦
Do you really gotta hurt me
1 ¦4 ¦1 ¦1 /2 /#2 ¦
I抦 the one that抣l worry
Repeat
(2 3)
2- ¦5 ¦
Daytime Nitetime
(1 1 7 6 5)
1 ¦6- ¦
Anytime at all
2- ¦5 ¦
I抣l be there waiting
1 ¦6- ¦
Anytime you call
2- ¦5 ¦
Just to be near you
(6 6^5)
You know
( 1 1 7 6 6^5)
¦/ ¦2- ¦
That anywhere I抣l go
(6 7 1 7 7 6^5)
2- ¦/ ¦5 ¦¦ 3-
How could you hurt me so
Verse break
alternate bass line: ¦ 3-/5 ¦3-/#4 ¦6-/3 ¦6-/6 ¦
Baby, won't you come and tell me
Tell me what we're gonna do...yeah, baby
I've tried everything I know just to,
Just to try and get along with you
Wake up in the morning and already
You are aimin for a fight
No matter what I say or do
I'm never gonna get it right
But ain't we gettin kind of tore down
Always layin it on the line
I don't think that when they called it love
This what they had in mind
(Chorus)
(Hey) Baby, don't you know that
I'm on your side
All you got to do now, darlin...
Take my little heart and open wide
Hey baby, I know we can work it out
Might take a little mojo workin, baby
But ain't that what love is all about?
Hey, Baby, must be somethin bout this
push and pull
makes me wonder if we stir it up...
just to make sure things'll never get dull.
Come on baby take the gloves off
and then untie those shoes
I got something more tantalizin
For you left and right to do
(Chorus)
That was then this is now
Found my way back here somehow
Knew you'd have to let me go
Told you once I told you so
Take me down
You can hold me but you
Can't hold what's within
Pull me round
Push me to the limit
Maybe I may bend
But I know where I'm not going
I will not be broken
I will not be broken
I will not be...
Someone other than who I am
I will fight to make my stand
Cause what is livin' if I can't live free
What is freedom if I can't be me
Take me down
You can hold me but you
Can't hold what's within
Pull me round
Push me to the limit
Maybe I may bend
But I know where I'm not going
I will not be broken
I will not be broken
I will not be...
I won't let you near it
I will let my spirit fly
High
Oh take me down
Take me down
You can hold me but you
Can't hold what's within
Pull me round
Push me to the limit
Maybe I may bend
But I know where I'm not going
I will not be broken
I will not be broken
I will not be...
It's such a clever innocence with which you do your sorcery
As if somehow the years just bow and let that young girl go free
I thought I was a child until you turned and smiled
I thought I knew where I was going until I heard your laughter flowing
And came upon the wisdom in your eyes
Surprise--
I've spent my whole life running 'round
Chasing songs from town to town
Thinking I'd be free so long as I never let love slow me down
So lonely and so wild until you turned and smiled
By now I should have long been gone
But here I am still looking on
As if I didn't know which way to run
It's such a clever innocence with which you show myself to me
As if you know how it feels to never be who you wanted to be
I thought I was a child until you turned and smiled
I thought that I was free but I'm just one more prisoner of time
Alone within the boundaries of my mind
I thought I was a child
You didn't have to love me like you did
But you did
Yes you did
And I thank you
You didn't have to hold me like you did
But you did
Yes you did
And I thank you
If you took your love somewhere else
I wouldn't know what it meant to be loved to death
You make me feel, Like I've never felt
Kisses so good I've got to holler for help
You didn't have to shake it like you did
But you did
Yes you did
And I thank you
You didn't have to make it like you did
But you did
Yes you did
And I thank you
All my life I've been short changed
Without your love baby, it's a crying shame
Now I know what the girls were talking about
When they say that ya.....oooooooooooooh
I wanna thank you baby
Thank you honey
I've got to thank you Oooooh hoooooo
Baby yeaahhhh
Bonnie Raitt
I gave my love a candle
A promise at life
And I told æ…½m when my number comes up
Winds would fill the sky
Me I抦 fixinto die
Moving down that same lonesome road
No I don抰 know why
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
You didn抰 have to fool me
You didn抰 have to lie
My love comes 憆ound like a thief in the night
But only love can make you cry
And we have walked side by side
Moving down that same lonesome road
No I don抰 know why
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Your love was like a diamond ride a wave
on a sea that calms my mind
Moving onward to a distant shore
Where the boats sail in a line
We have danced to a fateful rhyme
Moving down the same lonesome road
No I don抰 know why
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
You didn抰 have to fool me, no
You didn抰 have to lie
If it all came out so ugly
It抯 only my love that could make you cry
And we have walked side by side
Moving down that same lonesome road
And I still don抰 know why
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Ooh ooh ooh
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Sleepless nights aren't so bad
I'm staying up, I'm staying sad
I don't want anything to change
I don't want anything to change
I like it lonely I like it strange
I don't want anything to change
You left a mess you're everywhere
I'd pick it up but I don't dare
I don't want anything to change
I don't want anything to change
There's nothing I would rearrange
I don't want anything to change
I can feel you fading
But until you're gone
I'm taking all the time I can borrow
The getting over is waiting
But I won't move on
And I'm gonna wanna feel the same tomorrow
I know the truth is right outside
But for the moment it's best denied
I don't want anything to change
I can feel you fading
But until you're gone
I'm taking all the time I can borrow
The getting over is waiting
But I won't move on
And I'm gonna wanna feel the same tomorrow
And I don't want anything to do
With what comes after you
I don't want anything to change
I don't want anything to change
I don't want anything to change
where were you when i was fallin down
Buzzin round your heart
Why'd you wait till i was moving on
to come out of the dark
to say i'm what you need
and you could spend your life with me
chorus
well i can't help you now
(sorry baby, i can't help you )
no, i can't help you now
(keep away, i've fallen in love)
maybe there was a time
but sometimes time runs out
and i can't help you know
forty days since i stopped countin the days
and countin the ways that i loved you
good long while since i found
good enough reasons to stop believin that you
are what i really want
and now that you you do baby, i don't
chorus
now you sayi'm the one you need
and you could spend your life with me
but i can't help you know,no
i can't help you know
baby there was a time
and i wish i could somehow
but i can't help you
can't help you know
[Chorus:]
Can't help myself
I'm falling in love
I can't help myself
Can't help myself
I'm falling in love
Billy was a friend of mine
We used to walk down by the river
And he'd hold my hand
We were only ten or twelve years old
Didn't know about love
I found out
That it could hurt ya so
[Chorus]
Jimmie was the one in high school days
We used to drive around the city
Thinking we'd grown up
Must've been just about sweet sixteen
I found a brand new world,
A brand new love
That I had never seen
[Chorus]
No matter how hard I try
I just can't leave it alone
No use in wonderin' why
'Cause my heart has a mind of its own
[Chorus]
But I keep on falling
Can't help myself
I'm falling in love
I can't help myself
I keep on falling
Can't help myself
I'm falling in love
I keep right on falling
Can't help myself
I'm falling in love
I can't help myself...
The man I'm lovin'
Don't worry 'bout me runnin' around
You won't ever find my baby
Hustlin' after me all over town
He don't have to shout
He don't even have to call
Knows I'm comin' home
Even if I got to crawl
He'll get me when he wants me
He's the finest lovin' man around
When he gets up in the morning
Or when he comes home late at night
You know the man's always hungry
Knows I'm gonna cook it up just right
He don't ever hurry
He just takes his time
Just a little taste is all it takes to make him mine
He'll get it when he wants it
He's the finest lovin' man around
Some women they act just
Like their men will never come to no good
You know they are always on the cheat
And never treat him like a good woman should
You want him to do you right
Honey, that ain't the way
You got to love him all night
You do just what he say
And you get just what you give out
That's the only way to gain his faith
[solo]
Now me and my baby
We always know just what we're puttin' down
And we know we'll be together
Til the day when something better comes around
Til that day comes
You won't hear me complaining
I'll take him as like he is
Cause you know I can't change him
I'll love him best I can
He's the finest lovin' man around
Come my love
Come bravely to me
Let your heart be still
For our time
Has come my tender one
To be free of will
And fly
Blind on fearless love
Let them wild winds blow
We'll shine
On all we're fearful of
Then we'll let it go
Let it go
Skippin' stones
Across the great unknown
Safe at water's edge
Don't look down, baby
We're gonna leave this losin' town
(and) leap out from the ledge
And fly
Blind on fearless love
Let them wild winds blow
We'll shine
On all we're fearful of
Then we'll let it go
Let it go
I met you on a Monday
But Tuesday you stole my heart
You gave me everything I ever wanted
And then turned and walked away
You just turned and walked away
[Chorus:]
I get excited (excited)
Whenever you come around
I get excited
Always building me up and never letting me down
(Excited)
As simple as one, two, three
I get excited
That's what you're doin'
What you're doin' to me
(That's what you're doin',
What you're doin')
Just when I thought I was over you
Soon as I was sure you were gone
I see you somewhere standin' 'cross the room
But you turn and walk away
You just turn and walk away
[Chorus]
That's what you're doin'
That's what you're doin' to me
[Saxophone break]
(That's what you're doin',
That's what you're doin')
Now that I know the problem
The answer should be easy to find
It takes common sense to simply convince him
Not to turn and walk away
Tryin' to get that man to stay
[Chorus]
That's what you're doin',
That's what you're doin'
Hey, way to get next to me
Way to get next to me
In my most secure moments, I still can't believe
I'm spending those moments with you
And the ground I am walking, the air that I breathe
Are shared at those moments with you
You love for real,
You show the feel
Of everything that touches you
In the songs I've been singing, quite often a phrase
Comes close to the feeling of you
BUt I never suspected that one of those days
The wish of a song would come true
You love for real,
You show the feel
Of everything that touches you
You are of gracefulness, you are of happiness
You are what I would guess to be most like
What I've been singing of
Love, love, love, love
In the songs I've been singing, quite often a phrase
Comes close to the feeling of you
But I never suspected that one of those days
The wish of a song would come true
You love for real, you show the feel
Of everything that touches you
Love, love, love, love
There are angels singing low inside my head
Cool tango blue and samba red
I want to scratch your name upon my wall
Cause I'm drowning here beneath love's waterfall
Deep water
Deep water
Baby you're love's got a hold on me
You row my boat right out to the sea
See the woman inside the girl
Dancing on the roof of the invisible world
We are walking like the waves beside the sea
There are oceans in my eyes that you can't see
And my arms reach out for you into the dark
I feel your skin where my nails left their mark
Deep water
Deep water
Baby you're love's got a hold on me
You row my boat right out to the sea
See the woman inside the girl
Dancing on the roof of the invisible world
Souls alike
Hands alike
Baby you're love's got a hold on me
You row my boat right out to the sea
See the woman inside the girl
Dancing on the roof of the invisible world
Baby you're love's got a hold on me
You row my boat right out to the sea
See the woman inside the girl
Dancing on the roof of the invisible world
Souls alike
Hands alike
Come on so tough
When you think you got a right
Make love so rough
Until I lose the will to fight
You got that somethin', baby
That turns my darkness into light
And I can't get enough of your love
I never found a man
Who took the time to see
The woman that I am
And not the one he hoped I'd be
And I think we're onto somethin'
And it's good enough for me
I just can't get enough of your...
Aha haaa
Come on so tough
Baby, you know just how to please
You got that stuff
That brings this woman to her knees
I think we're onto somethin'
That is good enough for me
I just can't get enough of your...
I just can't get enough of your...
And I just can't get enough of your love
Can't get enough of your love, aha
Can't get enough of your love
Just can't get it
Can't get enough of your love, aha
Just can't get it
Can't get enough of your love...
Turning into something
Drifting off to old ways
Got to pull myself back in
Holding back the questions
We're bruised with all rejection
Gotta pull myself back in
[Chorus:]
Suffer the breaks
You know I still remember it
It keeps burning away
I know that you may take a while
To come back around
Come back around
I miss you around
Reaching out for someone
Burning out for so long
Got to pull myself back in
There's no new religion
And there's no real solution
Gotta pull myself back in
[Chorus 2x]
Come back around
Come back around
Feel you're going under
So keep on treading water
Got to pull myself back in
Feel no obligation
But no more indecision
Gotta pull myself back in
Any Day Woman – Bonnie Raitt
If you don’t love her, you’d better let her go
You’ll never fool her, you’re bound to let it show
Love’s so hard to take when you have to fake everything in return
You just preserve her when you serve her a little tenderness
If she’s a woman she’ll try to make it last
If you’re a man now, you’d better to end it fast
There’s no reason here, no treason here, just the way of a woman’s mind
She has no blame, she has no shame, she just loves you
It’s not easy to undo what’s done
Or to speak too freely to just anyone
And if this takes more than you’ve bargained form, Boy it’s time you learned
Not to talk so loud or walk so proud
When you’re comin’ on
A little rich girl I knew was fallin' apart
(She had it all)
Lost her dreams to find a piece of his heart
(He let her fall)
Now you're on your own and it's not the same
(Oh, things do change)
There is no one there who will take the blame
You just need some time to figure it out
All day, all night
Your way, this is your life
All day, all night
Your way
Take a look inside yourself and you'll find
(You still can win)
'Cause only you little girl can make up your mind
(You're your best friend)
Don't you worry 'bout that thing that you had
(You've got a chance)
You're lookin' good little girl so don't feel so bad
Spend a little time so you can figure it out
All day, all night
Your way, this is your life
All day, all night
Your way, oooooh
(Take a little time, figure it out
Take a little time, figure it out)
A little rich girl I knew was comin' around
(She's got it all)
Keep lookin' up little girl and don't you look down
Spend a little time so you can figure it out
[Repeat 2x:]
All day, all night
Your way, this is your life
All day, all night
Your way
Struck by the moon, rising too soon
I feel a pain deep inside me
Cold nothern wind, a fist in my chin
Makin' me wild for you baby
What can I do to get back to you
I'm feelin' desperate and lonely
The city's a river of cold misery
Makin' me wild for you baby
I'm down on my knees
Hear me cry for you baby
Cold misery
I would die for you baby
I pray you will see
These tears I cry
Nights I can't sleep, my tears are cheap
I'm losin' hold of my senses
I can't contain all of this pain
And it's makin' me wild for you baby
I'm down on my knees
Hear me cry for you baby
Cold misery
I would die for you baby
I pray you will see
These tears I cry
Makin' me wild for you baby
Goin' wild for you baby
Hear me cry
Hear me cry
For you baby
I've had my dreams
And they're all about you
What will I do with my dreaming?
And I've had my schemes
And it seems that they'll get me through
But will I do without you?
Angel, tell me what will I do
Sailing alone without you?
I know you have made your plans
Angel, now what will you see
Sailing alone without me?
Angel, tell me what will you see
Sailing alone without me?
[Guitar break]
Sailing alone without me
Angel, tell what will you see
Sailing alone without me?
[Guitar for the rest of song]
I'm down here workin' at my job
But I just can't concentrate
You keep messin' with my mind
Yeah, I'm circlin' round the bait
I got to take off early
I got to get you home
Gonna show you little woman why a dog loves a bone
We'll be gnawin' on it
Yeah, gnawin' on it
We be gnawin' on it
Ah, nah, baby don't do that
I dropped the kids at school this morning
Hung the clothes in the back
I'm trying to take care of my business
Nut my mind ain't on the track
You got me feeling kind of squirrelly
I got to get you in this place,
'Cause what I got in mind'll put a grin on your face.
We'll be gnawin' on it
Yeah, gnawin' on it
We be gnawin' on it
Ah, nah, baby don't do that
They say it's hard to keep it going
When you're together for so long
They say combustion's for the youngsters
We should be glad we get along
But they don't know nothin' 'bout it
They way you love me it's a shame
'Cause there ain't nobody better
Blowin' embers to a flame
We'll be gnawin' on it
Yeah, gnawin' on it
We be gnawin' on it
Ah, nah, baby don't do that
When you get home baby
write me a few of your lines
when you get home little baby
write me a few of your lines
that'll be consolation
Lord Honey oh my worried mind
Left my baby
standin' in the backdoor cryin'
Well I left my little baby
standing in the backdoor cryin'
I never felt so sorry
Lord Honey till he said goodbye
Kokomo me baby
Kokomo me right
Kokomo your mama,
she'll be back tomorrow night
I'd like to cry in your arms tonight
baby don't you wanna go?
Right on to Lemon Light City
Sweet home Kokomo
Go on down to the river baby
goin' to sit down on the ground
well I'm goin' down to the river baby
goin' to sit down on the ground
And let the way of the water
Lord Honey wash my troubles down
Kokomo me baby
Kokomo me right
Kokomo your mama,
she'll be back tomorrow night
I gotta cry with you baby
baby don't you wanna go?
Right on to Lemon Light City
Sweet home Kokomo
Turn down the lights
Turn down the bed
Turn down these voices inside my head
Lay down with me
Tell me no lies
Just hold me close
Don't patronize (2x) me
Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Here in the dark
In these final hours
I will lay down my heart
And I'll feel the power
But you won't no you won't
Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
I'll close my eyes
Then I won't see
The love you don't feel
When you're holding me
Morning will come
And I'll do what's right
Just give me till then to give up this fight
And I will give up this fight
Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Here in the dark
In these final hours
I will lay down my heart
And I'll feel the power
But you won't no you won't
Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
When you get home baby
write me a few of your lines
when you get home little baby
write me a few of your lines
that'll be consolation
Lord Honey oh my worried mind
Left my baby
standin' in the backdoor cryin'
Well I left my little baby
standing in the backdoor cryin'
I never felt so sorry
Lord Honey till he said goodbye
Kokomo me baby
Kokomo me right
Kokomo your mama,
she'll be back tomorrow night
I'd like to cry in your arms tonight
baby don't you wanna go?
Right on to Lemon Light City
Sweet home Kokomo
Go on down to the river baby
goin' to sit down on the ground
well I'm goin' down to the river baby
goin' to sit down on the ground
And let the way of the water
Lord Honey wash my troubles down
Kokomo me baby
Kokomo me right
Kokomo your mama,
she'll be back tomorrow night
I gotta cry with you baby
baby don't you wanna go?
Right on to Lemon Light City
Sweet home Kokomo
I Feel the Same (The Bonnie Raitt Collection)
Say goodbye,
Well I know it's true.
I know you're leaving me but I,
I'm leaving too.
You won't forget me,
or the sound of my name.
Please believe me,
I feel the same.
It seems so empty now.
Clo-ose the door.
Ain't it hard to believe that you ever,
lived this way before.
All that nothing,
causes all that pain.
Please believe me,
I feel the same.
(guitar break)
Well this broken soul,
that I know a, a heart that's breakin'.
You can't make it whole
until you know what has been taken.
And all those pieces,
uh that you find them all your own.
(guitar fills in the missing tag lyric)
I said goodbye.
Now you know it's true.
You said you're leaving me, but honey I,
I'm leaving too.
You won't forget me
or the sound of my name.
Please believe me,
I feel the same.
Please believe me,
I feel the same.
(guitar break, and fade)
I don't believe the things I'm seein'
I've been wonderin' 'bout some things I've heard
Everybody's crying mercy
When they don't know the meaning of the word
A bad enough situation
Is sure enough getting worse
Everybody's crying justice
Just as soon as there's business first
Toe to toe, touch and go
Give a cheer and get your own souvenir
Well you know the people running round in circles
Don't know what they're headed for
Everybody's crying peace on earth
Just as soon as we win this war
Straight ahead, gotta knock em dead
So pack your kit, choose your own hypocrite
You don't have to go to off-Broadway
To see something plain absurd
Everybody's crying mercy
When they don't know the meaning of the word
I met you on a midaway at a fair last year
And you stood out like a ruby in a black man's ear
You were playing on the horses
You were playing on the guitar strings
You were playing like the devil wearing wings
Wearing wings, you looked so grand, wearing wings
Do you tie them to your shoulders just to sing
Can you fly? I hear you can! Can you fly?
Just like an eagle doin' his hunting from the sky
I followed through a sideshow to another town
And I found you in a trailer on the camping grounds
You were betting on some lover, shootin' out the dice
And I thought I saw you cheating once or twice
Once or twice, I heard ya did, once or twice
Were you wondering was the gamble worth the price
Now you've packed it in, I heard you did, packed it in
Was it hard to fold a hand you knew you could win?
Lately you've been hiding, it was somewhere in the news
And I'm still at these races with my ticket stubs and my blues
The man calls out the numbers...he sometimes mentions mine
But I feel like I've been working overtime
Overtime, I've lost my fire, overtime
And I envy you the valley that you've found
'Cause I'm midway down the midway
Slowin' down
Broken heart, bloodshot stare
signs of a fool who cared too much
Now she's gone and he can't remember how
to live without her touch
Hopin' to die but surely livin' to tell
When it comes to matters of the heart
there is nothing a fool won't get used to
So he found someone afraid his heart would follow the heat
he could hardly do more than pretend
though she knew in her heart that his love was alive
When it comes to matters of the heart
there is nothing a fool won't get used to
Now of all the things love teaches
all the ways that it opens our eyes
none more profound than the lesson he learned
the day she walked out of his life
Well when the road gets too narrow
it's then he remembers her smile
and he sees these words forming on her lips
across a river of tears he once cried
When it comes to matters of the heart
there is nothing a fool won't get used to
Love me like a man
The men that I've been seeing, baby
Got their soul up on a shelf
you know they could never love me
When they can't even love themselves
But I need someone to love me
Someone to really understand
Who won't put himself above me
Who'll just love me like a man
I never seen such losers darlin'
even though I try…
…to find a mind who can take me home
'stead of taking me for a ride
And I need someone to love me
I know you can
Believe me when I tell you
you can love me like a man
Oh they want me to rock them
like my back ain't got no bone
I want a man to rock me
like my… backbone was his own
baby, I know you can
Believe me when I tell you
You can love me like a man
I Come home sad and lonely
Feel like I wanna cry
I need someone to hold me
Not some fool to ask me why
And I need someone to love me
Darlin' I know you can
Don't you put yourself above me
You just love me like a man
Verse 1
I am an old woman
named after my mother
My old man is another
child who's grown old
If dreams were thunder
and lightning was desire
this old house would've burned down
a long time ago
Chorus:
Make me an angel
that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster
of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing
that I can hold on to
To believe in this livin'
is just a hard way to go
Verse 2
When I was a young girl
I had me a cowboy
He weren't much to look at
Just a free ramblin' man
That was a long time
and no matter how I tried
the years just flow by
like a broken down dam
(chorus)
Verse 3
There's flies in the kitchen
I can hear all their buzzin'
And I ain't done nothing since I woke up today
How the hell can a person
go to work in the morning
Come home in the evening
and have nothing to say
(chorus)
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So now there's somebody new
These dreams I've been dreaming
Have all fallen through
You say I'll be fine
It only takes time
Someday,
That may be true
But it's too soon to tell
Ah, it's too soon to say
Maybe some day I'll be able,
To wish you well
But right now it's just,
Too soon to tell
It's all for the best
So you say
You never intended,
To hurt me this way
You want to hear
I won't drown in my tears
Well, baby the best that I can say
Is it's too soon to tell
Ah, it's too soon to say
Maybe some day I'll be able
To wish you well
But right now,
It's just too soon to tell
Well right now
It's just too soon to tell
Ooh............
Too soon to tell....
there ain't no use in me trying to tell you how I feel
'cause what I feel ain't what you're feeling
I don't know what we did wrong
I just know if you come home
I ain't gonna let you break my heart again
there ain't no use in me trying to find out where you've been
where you've been ain't where I'm going
'cause if I ask you where you've been
the hurting starts and it don't end
so I ain't gonna let you break my heart again , no
I ain't gonna let you break my heart again , no o
(bridge)
tears don't become me
pain ain't my friend
it seems like you enjoy my crying , baby
you always said that I was strong
but I believe that you were wrong
lately , God knows , I have been trying
there ain't no use in you trying to kiss away the hurt , baby
'cause it hurts where it's deep down inside of me and it's hiding
if you decide you're coming home
you walk in , it won't be like before
'cause I ain't gonna let you break my heart again , no
ain't gonna let you break my heart again , no no
I know it's hard sometimes
And things seem larger than they are
But if you need to tell someone
That's what I'm here for.
Cry on my shoulder
I'll help you rise above
Cry on my shoulder, my love
And in the world outside
It can be harsh and cold
But if you need someone
I will be here to hold you
Cry on my shoulder
I'll help you dry your eyes
Cry on my shoulder
My love
My love
I know it's hard sometimes
and theings seem larger than they are
But if you need to let it go
Then you can call on me
Cry on my shoulder
I'll help you dry your eyes
Cry on my shoulder
My love
Cry on my shoulder
I'll help you rise above
Cry on my shoulder
My love
My love
Papa come quick, Joy's gone to the city
What we gonna do now that Jody's gone
She left a note on the TV and Papa it's a pity
What we gonna do now that Jody's gone.
Mama's been cryin in the kitchen since mornin
She cried right through As The World Turns
I seen it myself and papa it's a bitch'n
Let's haul ass before the baby gets burned.
Gas up the old Ford, get out the road map
They got a head start about half a day
Load up the shotgun, put it in the gunrack
Jody's with Chico down in East L.A.
It must have been that wild-eyed, silver-toungued schemer
A girl like Jody don't think for herself.
Him and that Harley and his damn Jalapena
Smokin that stuff'll make you hurt yourself.
Papa come quick
Papa come quick
Papa come quick
Papa come on
First verse
Gas up the old Ford, get out the road map
They got a head start about half a day
Stop at the Mobil, pump up the the flat wheel
Jody & Chico and his ding dang deal.
Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
Midnight, I'm wound up tight
Slowly comin' down in the daytime
I been lyin' low from work, hangin' over from the hurt from you babe
But I'm gonna suffer through the strain, till I get a
Better thing with you, Darlin', me and you.
So far to see ahead
When I can't seem to drag myself out of bed
Gotta find me a good man, a good man, a good man.Yeah.
You better stop, think about what you're saying
I was seriously dedicated, in the game of playin'
You made ten thousand promises you could'nt keep
I forgave you when you lied, pleaded and weeped
Put up with your disrespect and neglect
What an experience, I'll never forget.
Till now, everything I did was wrong. (I'm sorry, baby)
Today you're free, but we live alone.
Gotta find me a good woman...Good woman...Good woman...Yeah.
It was twelve o'clock in the midnight hour
I heard the door slam, and then the shower
When I got up, you were already gone
I slipped and fell, from the water you left on.
Gotta find a good woman
Gotta find a good man
Gotta find a good woman
Sometimes I miss that feeling of falling
Falling on over the ledge
You know I miss that feeling of falling
Falling on over the ledge
And when my mind it gets to worryin'
And I just can't get no rest
Oh Baby, that's when I call you up instead
It's after midnight baby, I'm sittin' here all alone
I tried to call your number baby,
but you weren't at home
I been a good girl baby, through with all that mess
But the way I'm feelin' now, darlin'
Well it scares me half to death
Well I miss that feelin', of fallin'
on over the ledge
That summer night in Texas, baby
Too hot and wet to sleep
I heard you pull up in the distance
You're comin' to get me relief
We went screamin' down the highway, baby
So much faster than we should
You pulled me over in the moonlight
Man, I still can feel that hood
Well I miss that feeling of fallin',
on over the ledge
When that rain starts baby, I want to take a real
Good look at that ledge
It ain't something you get over
You might think you made it through
You can turn your head and walk away
But it never takes it's eyes off you
It'll push your foot right through the floorboard
Make you cut them streamers down his back
You waste what's precious and you can't afford
It runs your life right off the track
Keeps you boilin' in that poison
Only the truly twisted know so well
You don't need drugs to show you heaven, baby
'cause there's plenty clean in hell
That miss that feelin' of fallin'
of fallin' on over the ledge
This old house is falling down around my ears
I'm drowning in a river of my tears
When all my will is gone you hold me sway
I need you at the dimming of the day
You pulled me like the moon pulls on the tide
You know just where I keep my better side
What days have come to keep us far apart
A broken promise or his broken heart
Now all the bonny birds wheeled away
I need you at the dimming of the day
Come the night you're only what I want
Come the night you could be my confidante
Aah aah aah ah
I see you on a street in company
Why don't you come an' ease your mind with me
I'm living for the night we steal away
I need you at the dimming of the day
I want to feel my earth turn over,baby
In this hardened winter ground
Feel my earth turn over, darlin'
Till' I'm rootless and unbound
I want to feel my body tremble
When there's no one else around
Just this cool, clear water runnin'
In this love that I've found
Hey baby
See how it can be
Every time you reveal yourself tome
I'll come runnin'
I want to feel myself go under,baby
Where the deepest river bleeds
I want to feel it pull me under,darlin'
Until it drops me to my knees
I want to know that I can findyou
When there's no more eyes tosee
In this cool, clear water runnin'
You'll come runnin' to me
hey baby
All my life I have known there'ssomething more
A love to blind me like the sun
Deep in dreams, I will wash upon your shore
Now I know that you're the one
When I feelmy babycallin'
It's like awhisper inAnd whenthe softestrain is fallin', darlin'
I will crumble in your hand
And when all that's left is wonder
And no need to understand
Well this cool, clear waterrunnin'
Will be all that I am...
Your sweet and shiny eyes
Are like the stars above laredo
Like meat and potatoes
To me
In my sweet dreams we are
In a bar
And it’s my birthday
Drinking salty marguaritas with fernando
Young and wild
We drove 900 miles of texas highway
To the mexican border
As the day was comin’ on
We crossed the rio grande river
And we swore we’d have things our way
When we happened to walk in to nuevo leon
Your sweet and shiny eyes
Are like the stars above laredo
Like meat and potatoes
To me
In my sweet dreams we are
In a bar
And it’s my birthday
And we’re having our picture taken
With fernando
Home plate 1975
I've been romanced and dined and danced
Crazy nights and wild times
But life has lost its mystery
And love is blind, cannot find me
I'm blowin' away -- and shadows take my love and leave
I'm blowin' away -- these shadows keep takin' my love and leavin' me
I have cast aside my foolish pride
I'm goin' down for the last time
I have searched this earth and sailed these seas
But love is blind, cannot find me
I'm blowin' away -- and shadows take my love and leave
I'm blowin' away -- these shadows keep takin' my love and leavin' me
(Repeat last two lines)
The first time I brought you home
My mama said he ain't good enough
I don't want my girl to be alone
But I wonder is he good enough
I-I-I was doin some worryin' too
And I was thinkin' thinkin'
Am I good enough for you
The first time that I loved you
I know it was a little rough
But when at last we were still
You asked was it good enough
And I cried and looked in your eyes of blue
Cause I been prayin' prayin'
I was good enough for you
Good enough for you
Now I got to set your mind at ease
Got to stop your insecurities
Cause if anything
You're too good for me
Now it's strange how time's gone by
Since the day that we fell in love
And still some times we hafta ask ourselves
Was it good enough
And time is bound to make us see
Just how good
Good enough can be
Good enough can be
Good enough for you baby
Good enough for me
Now, It won't be long
Good enough for me
Keep me warm, baby
For me
Good enough for me
Warm and lovely mystery, fire smiling through
Before this moment fades away I want to know you
I've got lightening in my pocket, thunder in my shoe
Have no fear I've got something here I want to show you
Low, under the falling sky
Easily we will lie
While I bring it to you
It's a low road, a high wire going from me to you
And in your eyes the distance left is closing
I've got a feeling in my oceans
Blood underneath my skin
That into your bright fields this prison is opening
Our shadows wake each day though they don't know why
They hope and try -- live and die
So leave them in their frozen world
Come and be my lover
If only for one stolen moment
We will live forever
Warm and lovely mystery, can you hear the choir?
Voices can no longer hold my desire
Just abandon your sad history and meet me in the fire
Angels wait to take me higher and higher
Higher and higher
1. I've had bad dreams too many times,
To think that they don't mean much any more.
Fine times have gone and left my sad home,
Friends who once cared just walk out my door.
Chorus:
Love has no pride when I call out your name.
Love has no pride when there's no one left to blame.
I'd give anything to see you again.
2. I've been alone too many nights
To think that you could come back again.
But I've heard you talk: "She's crazy to stay."
But this love hurts me so, I don't care what you say.
Repeat chorus
Bridge:
If I could buy your love, I'd truly try my friend.
And if I could pray, my prayer would never end.
But if you want me to beg, I'll fall down on my kneews;
Asking for you to come back...
I'd be pleading for you to come back...
Beggin for you to come back to me.
Repeat chorus
Tag line:
Well, I told you pretty baby, such a long time ago,
If I found you with another, well I'd walk right out your door,
Woh, you might call me crazy, but there's one thing you should know,
Oh honey, if you want me to love you,
You've got to give it up or let me go.
I know it's useless to be jealous, I couldn't tire you if I tried,
But when I think of you messing behind my back
It brings a pain I just can't hide.
Oh baby, I've been true to you.
And if I can make that sacrifice, honey you can do it too.
Well, you come home drunk and nasty, you won't tell me where you've been.
Just when things are nice and sweet, you go back out again.
Why do you wanna mess up a good thing?
I'm gonna find me another man, one who wants to give me everything.
Well, I told you pretty baby, such a long time ago,
If I found you with another, well I'd walk right out your door.
Woh, you might call me crazy, but there's one thing you should know.
Oh honey, if you want me to love you,
You've got to give it up or let me go.
When you just give love, and never get love,
you'd better let love depart.
I know it's so, and still I know,
I can't get you out of my heart.
You made me leave my happy home.
You took my love, and now you've gone,
since I fell for you ...
My life has been such misery and pain.
I guess I'll never be the same,
since I fell for you ...
Well it's too bad, and it's too sad,
that I'm in love with you ...
When you love me, and then you snub me.
But what can I do, I'm still in love with you.
I guess I'll never see the light.
I get these blues most every night,
since I fell for you ...
Well it's too bad, and it's too sad,
that I'm in love with you...
When you love me, and then you snub me.
But what can I do, I'm still in love with you.
I guess I'll never see the light.
I get those blues most every night,
since I fell for you ...
Since you loved me, then you snubbed me
I prayed you put no one above me
Now I抦 black and blue since I fell for you
Since I fell for youFor youyeah
Listen to my blue bird laugh, she can tell you why
Deep within her heart you see, she knows only right, whoa-oh just light
There she sits a lofty bird, the strangest color blue
Flying is forgotten now, she thinks only of you, woo just you
So get all those blues, must be a thousand hues
And each is differently used you just know
You sit there mesmerized by the depth of her eyes
If you categorize she got soul, she got soul, she got soul
Soon she's gon' to fly away, her sadness is her own
Leave beside her bath of tears, she'll go home, going home
Going home, going home, going home, going home
Women be wise, keep your mouth shut, don't advertise your man
Don't sit around gossiping, explaining what your good man really can do
Some women nowadays, Lord they ain't no good
They will laugh in your face, Then try to steal your man from you
Women be wise, keep your mouth shut, don't advertise your man
Your best girlfriend, she might be a highbrow, she changes clothes 3 times a day
What do you think she's doing now, while you're so far away
She's loving your man in your own damn bed
You better call for the doctor, mama, try to investigate your head
Women be wise, keep your mouth shut, don't advertise your man
Women be wise, keep your mouth shut, don't advertise your man
Don't sit around, girl, telling all your secrets,
Telling all those good things he really can do
If you talk about your baby, you tell me he's so fine
Lord honey, I just might sneek up and try to make him mine
Women be wise, keep your mouth shut, don't advertise your man
Willya wontcha doya don'tcha really really wanna love me
Tell me yes or no
Baby let me know
Willya wontcha doya don'tcha really really wanna kiss me
Honey it's all right
I promise I won't bite
Willya willya wontcha
Say you'll let me be the
Only one for you
Come and be my party doll
I need you when I'm feelin' wild
Willya willya wontcha
Say you'll let me be the
Only one for you
Come and be my party doll
I need you when I'm feelin' wild
Willya wontcha doya don'tcha really really wanna squeeze me
Hold me close to you
Feel me touchin' you
Willya wontcha doya don'tcha really really wanna kiss me
Honey it's all right
I promise I won't bite
Willya wontcha doya don'tcha really really wanna love me
Tell me yes or no
Baby let me know
I woke up this mornin', feelin' round for my shoes
You know by that I got these old walkin' blues
Woke this mornin' feelin' round for my shoes
Well you know by that, I got these old walkin' blues
I feel like blowin' my old lonesome horn
I got up this mornin', all I had was gone
Well I feel like blowin' my lonesome horn
You know I got up this mornin', all I, all I had was gone
Well, leave this mornin' if I have to, ride the blinds
I feel mistreated, and I don't mind dyin'
Leavin' this mornin', if I have to ride the blind
Babe, I've been mistreated, baby and I don't mind dyin'
Some people tell me that the worried blues ain't bad
Worst old feelin' I most ever had
Some people tell me these old worried old blues ain't bad
You know they're the worst old feelin', I most ever had
Elgin movements from his head down to his toes
Breaks in on a dollar most anywhere he goes
He's got Elgin movements from his head down to his
Ah, don't let me grow bitter I pray
Give me strength to carry on my way
I'm leanin' on you like a wooden cane
Well, I'm walkin' through, I'm walkin' through
The valley of pain
I'm believin' there's a reason for this trial
This too shall pass in a little while
Oh, Lord have mercy if I complain
Well I'm walkin' through, I'm walkin' through
The valley of pain
Yes, I'm walkin' through, I'm walkin' through
The valley of pain
Paint me in a river of my tears
Whisper hope and truth, courage in my ears
Well, when I'm hurtin' I have a dangerous tongue
And I lose it and use it like a gun
Oh, wont you stop me if you see me takin' aim?
Well, I'm walkin through, I'm walkin' through
The valley of pain
If I'm walkin' through, I'm walkin 'through
The valley of pain
Yes, I'm walkin through, I'm walkin through
The valley of pain
Paint me in a river of my tears
Whisper hope and truth and courage in my ears
Remind me when I reach the other side
I'll be thankful for every tear that I cry
Ah, don't let me grow bitter I pray
Give me strength to carry on my way
Ah, don't let the darkness drive me insane
Well, I'm walkin through, I'm walkin through
The valley of pain
If I'm walkin through, I'm walkin through
The valley of pain
Yes, I'm walkin through, I'm walkin through
No river can hold you darlin'
No covers can hide you tying your shoes
My cupboards are overflowing
The wine is sublime I'm flyin' too
So slide on over and forget it's wrong
We're two lights in the nighttime baby
Come on over and pick up your song it's new
And darlin' so are you
Don't know nothin' 'bout no here and gone
We're two lights in the nighttime baby
Ain't nothin' that a fightin' heart won't do
No no no
My government owns the bible
My government owns the title too
The car that I got this mornin'
The car that I got for me and you
So what's comin' on down that road
It's two lights in the nighttime baby
You know that I'm gonna wanna
Share my load with you
And boy you know it's true
We'll stay together 'til the end of time
We're two lights in the nighttime baby
Ain't nothin' that a fightin' heart won't do
No no no
So slide on over and forget it's wrong
We're two lights in the nighttime baby
Come on over and pick up your song it's new
And darlin' so are you
Don't know nothin' 'bout no here and gone
We're two lights in the nighttime baby
Ain't nothin' that a fightin' heart won't do
No no no
So what's comin' on down that road
It's two lights in the nighttime baby
You know that I'm gonna wanna
Share my load with you
And boy you know it's true
We'll stay together 'til the end of time
We're two lights in the nighttime baby
Ain't nothin' that a fightin' heart won't do
When I was a kid
I had a little record
I played it over and over
Each and every day.
Sung by a man
Named Louie Armstrong.
Saint's marched right in from my Close and Play.
When I was a kid
I had a little picture
And I looked at that picture
All the time.
Painted by a man
Mama said his name was Vinnie.
A farmer sowing seeds on a really nice day.
Mom and daddies get a good idea what your babies like
To help 'em be happy
Like that guy named Mike.
Yeah that groovy old man that fixes my bike
Down there on 'Dumaine Street, New Orleans Louisiana.
When I was a kid
I had a little wiener dog
I loved that little wiener dog
And she loved me.
Spent warm spring days feeding that little wiener dog
Ripe sweet cherries from our cherry tree.
(An') if I ever get older, if I ever die.
If I get to a gate at the end of the sky.
And a beautiful creature says
Now Bonnie what do you want?
Might say a record and a picture and a wiener dog swear to God.
Mom and daddies get a good idea what your babies want
To help 'em be happy
Like that ol' gal named Betty.
Yeah that groovy old chick teaches Tai-Chi on the levee.
Rain or shine she's out there she's dedicated.
She wrinkled but she
Lovely.
She flexible and don't you wish we all were flexible enough to
Dance now?
Dance little children now
The whole round world is your neighborhood.
Dance little children now
Nekkid as a Jaybird.
Dance little children now
The whole round world is your neighborhood.
Dance little children now
Nekkid as a Jaybird.
They're just trinkets.
Little stepping stones
Jesus cried, wept and died
I guess he went up to heaven
I've been downtown such a long, long time
I'll never make it home by seven
Won't you come & take me home
I've been too long at the fair
And, lord, I just can't stand it anymore
Well I went down to chason's
Walked 'til my feet got sore
I never knew what laughin' was
'til you walked out the door
Won't you come and take me home
I've been too long at the fair
And, lord, I just can't stand it anymore
Well, you can give my soul to abraham
Give my soul to saul
Give my bones to canada
My feet they don't hurt at all
I don't know who made the highway
I guess that's just my pride
But I have heard the prince of darkness
On his charger ride
The silver blade is gleamin'
The scales are in his hands
I swear another night is fallin',
Don't you lose another man
Won't you come and take me home
I've been too long at the fair
In the early rush of morning
Trying to get the kids to school
One's hanging on my shirttail
Another's locked up
In her room
And I'm yelling up the stairs
Stop worrying 'bout your hair
You look fine
Then they're fightin' in the backseat
I'm playing referee
Now someone's gotta go
The moment that we leave
And everybody's late
I swear that I can't wait
'Till they grow up
(Chorus)
Then they do
And that's how it is
It's just quiet in the morning
Can't believe
How much you miss
All they do
And all they did
You want all the dreams
They dreamed of
To come true
Then they do
Now the youngest is starting college
She'll be leavin' in the Fall
And Brianna's latest boyfriend
Called to ask if we could talk
And I got the impression
That he's about to pop the question any day
I look over at their pictures
Sittin' in their frames
I see them as babies
I guess that'll never change
You pray all their lives
That someday they will find happiness
(Chorus)
Then they do
And that's how it is
It's just quiet in the morning
Can't believe
How much you miss
All they do
And all they did
You want all the dreams
They dreamed of
To come true
Then they do
No more Monday PTA's
No carpools
Or soccer games
Your work is done
Now you've got time
That's all your own
You've been waitin' for so long
For those days to come
(Chorus)
Then they do
And that's how it is
It's just quiet in the morning
Can't believe
How much you miss
All they do
And all they did
You want all the dreams
They dreamed of
To come true
Storm warning, feels like a heavy rain
Winds on the coast tonight
We may get tossed tonight
Storm warning, he’s made it pretty plain
He’s fallen for another
Found a new lover
And he won’t be back again
Can’t stop a river
When it’s burst its banks
I’ve seen the look in his eyes
He’s in love and hypnotised
Time of mourning
There’s already been a flood of my tears
Such a sense of loss tonight
Nought to do but ride it out
Can’t stop a river
When it’s burst its banks
I wonder how long it’s gonna take
To get over this heartbreak
Storm warning, feels like a heavy rain
Winds on the coast tonight
We may get tossed tonight
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
People are talkin', talkin' about people
I hear them whisper, you won't believe it
(Ah ha)
They think we're lovers kept under covers
(Ooh hoo)
I just ignore it, they keep sayin'
Laugh just a little too loud
(A little too loud)
Stand just a little too close
(Too close)
Stare just a little too long
Maybe they're seein', somethin' we don't darlin'
Let's give 'em somethin' to talk about
(Somethin' to talk about)
Let's give 'em somethin' to talk about
(Somethin' to talk about)
I want a little somethin' to talk about
I want your love
(Love love love love)
Well I feel so foolish, I've never noticed that
(Ah ha)
Baby you're actin' so nervous like you're fallin'
(Ah ha)
It took a rumor to make me wonder
(Ooh hoo)
Now I'm convinced that they're goin' under
An I think 'bout you everyday
(Everyday)
Dreamin' 'bout you every night
(Every night)
Hopin' that you feel the same way
Now that we know it, let's really show it baby
(Darlin')
When you come there'll be somethin' to talk about
(Somethin' to talk about)
A little mystery to figure out
(Somethin' to talk about)
I want you somethin' to talk about
I want your love
(Love love love love)
Give 'em something to talk about, babe
I got some mystery, Why don't you just figure out?
Let's give them somethin' to talk about
How about love?
(Love love love love)
Ooh hoo let's give 'em somethin'
(Somethin' to talk about)
Hey a mystery won't hurt
(Somethin' to talk about)
There is somethin' to talk about
How about love? Alright
(Love love love love)
(Somethin' to talk about)
(Somethin' to talk about)
Take this silver lining
Keep it in your own sweet head
And shine it when the night is burning red
Shine it in the twilight
Shine it on the cold, cold ground
Shine it till these walls come tumbling down
We were born with our eyes wide open
So alive with wild hope now
Can you tell me why
Time after time they drag you down
Down in the darkest deep
Fools and their madness all around
Know that the light don't sleep
Step into the silence
Take it in your own two hands
And sprinkle it like diamonds all across these lands
Blaze it in the morning
Got to wear it like an iron skin
Only things worth living for innocence and magic, amen
We were born with our eyes wide open
So alive with wild hope now
Can you tell me why
Time after time they drag you down
Down in the darkness so deep
Fools and their madness all around
Know that the light don't sleep
There's a brand new dance
That just hit this town
Makes you feel so good
This dance they call the round and round
Round and round, up and down
Round and round, up and down
You know the kids got a bloodhound
Out in the playing ground
And when they wanna have some fun
They start to goin' round and round
Round and round, up and down
Round and round, up and down
I got a elevator man
In the heart of town
And when he's feelin' right
He will carry you round and round
Round and round, up and down
Round and round, up and down
Baby don't be jealous when I come to town
'Cause I'm just a country girl
Everybody's tryin' to push poor me around
Round and round, up and down
Round and round, up and down
Round and round, up and down
Round and round, up and down
You need a man that'll treat you like the woman you are
Those little boys are just fooling around with your heart
Whatcha gonna do now that you're all alone?
You need a rock not a rollin' stone
Yeah, so when I'm bored, it just ain't enough
You need a man made of stronger stuff
Get ready
Rock steady all night long
Rock steady till the light of dawn
Slow and easy tried and true
Rock steady
Just me and you
Just me and you, baby
You need somebody who will help you with your heavy load
Well I've been there baby, Lord give me a rock and roll
Well I can bend but I won't break
'Cause you ain't got what I can take
So when you're tired of those little girls
You want a woman that'll rock your world
Get ready
Rock steady all night long
Rock steady till the light of dawn
Slow and easy tried and true
Rock steady
Just me and you
Rock steady, baby
Amateurs are clearly taught
They can't give you what you really want
When all the other have been untrue
I'll give you something you can hold on to
Rock steady all night long
Rock steady till the light of dawn
Slow and easy tried and true
Rock steady
Baby, me and you, oh yeah
Rock steady, rock steady
You know what I'm talking about
Oh oh oh, rock it baby
I want you to rock it baby
Come on and rock it baby
Let me get rock it baby
You know I need your love
You've got that hold over me
Long as I've got your love
You know that I'll never leave
When I wanted you to share my life
I had no doubt in my mind
And it's been you woman
Right down the line
I know how much I lean on you
Only you can see
The changes that I've been through
Have left a mark on me
You've been as constant as a Northern Star
The brightest light that shines
It's been you woman right down the line
I just wanna say this is my way
Of tellin' you everything
I could never say before
Yeah this is my way of tellin' you
That every day I'm lovin' you so much more
'Cause you believed in me through my darkest night
Put somethin' better inside of me
You brought me into the light
Threw away all those crazy dreams
I put them all behind
And it was you woman
Right down the line
I just wanna say this is my way of tellin' you everything
I could never say before
Yeah this is my way of tellin' you
Everything I could never say before
Yeah this is my way of tellin' you
That every day I'm lovin' you so much more
If I should doubt myself, if I'm losing ground
I won't turn to someone else
They'd only let me down
When I wanted you to share my life
I had no doubt in my mind
And it's been you woman
Papa come quick, joy's gone to the city
What we gonna do now that jody's gone
She left a note on the tv and papa it's a pity
What we gonna do now that jody's gone.
Mama's been cryin in the kitchen since mornin
She cried right through as the world turns
I seen it myself and papa it's a bitch'n
Let's haul ass before the baby gets burned.
Gas up the old ford, get out the road map
They got a head start about half a day
Load up the shotgun, put it in the gunrack
Jody's with chico down in east l.a.
It must have been that wild-eyed, silver-toungued schemer
A girl like jody don't think for herself.
Him and that harley and his damn jalapena
Smokin that stuff'll make you hurt yourself.
Papa come quick
Papa come quick
Papa come quick
Papa come on
First verse
Gas up the old ford, get out the road map
They got a head start about half a day
Stop at the mobil, pump up the the flat wheel
When he looks in her eyes, he sees only the truth
Tellin’ him he’s been livin’ a lie
Over and over like a line in a song
About all the love he let pass him by
To her he might be the man of her dreams
To find where she’s been hiding inside
Broken or battered, it don’t really matter
Her heart’s like a wave and he’s the tide
They’re not forever, just for today
One part be my lover, one part go away
He’s like a boxer who had to retire
After winning but killing a man
All of the moves and none of the courage
Afraid to throw a punch that might land
Not too much later, she can’t meet his glance
You see her start pulling away
Over and over, like fire and ice
One is color, one is gray
They’re not forever, just for today
One part be my lover, one part go away
If you know how, why don’t you say ‘em a prayer?
They’re gonna need all the help they can get
They remember too much about what went wrong
It might be they should learn to forget
Forget themselves in each other
And leave what belongs in the past
Carry their hearts like a newborn child
‘Cause its only the moment that lasts
They’re not forever, just day to day
One part be my lover, one part go away
One part go away
A friend of mine, she cries at night
and she calls me on the phone
She sees babies everywhere she goes
and she wants one of her own
She's wait in line enough, she said
and still she can't decide
Pretty soon she'll have to choose
and it tears her up inside
She is scared
scared to run out of time
I see my folks are getting old
and I watch their bodies change
I know they see the same in me
and it makes us both feel strange
No matter how you tell yourself
It's what we all go through
those lines are pretty hard to take
when they're staring back at you
Oh oh oh
Scared to run out of time
When did the choices get so hard
with so much more at stake
Life gets mighty precious
when there's less of it to waste
Mmm, mmm, mmm
Scared to run out of time
Just when I thought I had enough
and all my tears were shed
No promise left unbroken
there was no pain for words unsaid
You came along and showed me
I can leave it all behind
You opened up my heart again
and then much to my surprise
I found love, baby
Love in the nick of time
(Love in the nick of time)
I found love, darling
Love in the nick of time
(Love in the nick of time)
I found love, baby
Love in the nick of time
Ooh ooh ooh, yea baby
Ooh ooh
Found love
In the nick of time
Thought I'd given up
given up, baby
Oh baby
Three days of snow in a burnin' hell,
Bet you're wonderin' where I am,
Rang that number all night long,
Got no comfort on the telephone,
Went out and caught me a midnight flight,
Thought a little love would make it all alright,
But the landlord said you moved away and left me all of your bills to pay,
Look out baby I think you might have made your move too soon.
He left me with a Keno card, livin' in Vegas ain't too hard,
I ran it up to about 50 grand, counted it out and held it in my hand,
That kinda word will get around, and make a lost love come up found,
I hear ya knockin' baby at my door, but you don't live here no more,
Oh no, I think he made his move too soon.
Instrumental
I've been from Spain to Tokyo, from Africa to Ohio,
I never try to make the news, I'm just a man who sings those low down blues,
I'll take my lovin everywhere, I come back to know they still care,
One love ahead, one love behind, one in my arms, one on my mind,
One thing baby never make a move too soon
Yeah baby, never make your move too soon,
Well you can count on this baby, we never make a move too soon
I come to you, sweet man
And I'm, I'm fallin' on my knees
I come to you, pretty papa
Fallin' on my knees
Ask if you don't have nobody
Won't you kindly take me please
Cause I'm a mighty tight woman
I'm a real tight woman
Lord I'm a jack of all trades
I can be your sweet woman
Also be your slave
Lord I can do things so good
You will swear that I behave
I got all of them sayin'
That I'm tight in everything I do
I got all the men cryin'
I'm a broad that will never be blue
What I need is a good man
And I will make him happy too
If you're a married man
You ain't got no business here
Cause when you're out with me
I might make your wife she'd a tear
Cause I'm a mighty tight woman
Bonnie Raitt & Elton John
Love letters straight from your heart
Keep us so near while apart
I'm not alone in the night
When I can have all the love you write
I memorise every line
And I kiss the name that you sign
And darling then I read again right from the start
Love letters straight from your heart
I memorise every line
And I kiss the name that you sign
And darling then I read again right from the start
Love letters straight from your heart
And darling then I read again right from the start
They all said Louise was not half bad
It was written on the walls and window shades
And how she'd act the little girl
The deceiver, don't believe her, that's her trade
Sometimes a bottle of perfume
Flowers and maybe some lace
Men brought Louise ten cent trinkets
Their intentions were easily traced
Yeah everybody thought it kind of sad
When they found Louise in her room
They'd always put her down below their kind
Still some cried when she died this afternoon
Louise rode home on the mail train
Somewhere to the south I heard them say
"Too bad it ended so ugly
Too bad she had to go that way"
Ah but the wind is blowing cold tonight
I heard you say
Life can't go on this way
And you need to change your view.
So you packed up and moved out of my life.
To find a world of your own.
Even now that you've up and gone.
For you there's still a place in my heart
Only real love in my life
That even time can't erase.
So darlin'
Keep this heart in mind
Whenever the lights of love don't shine.
Darlin' keep this heart in mind
Everytime.
I knew you cared
Cause in your letters you would write and say
That you missed my lovin' every day.
Well if that's true,
All I'd ever why
Aren't you next to me.
And you call me on the telephone
Afraid because you're all alone
Well, Baby, just remember
Oh love will abide
So darlin'
Keep this heart in mind
Whenever the lights of love don't shine.
Darlin' keep this heart in mind
Any old time
You got your tuned in
Baby by your side
And your pretty little cool ride
It feels so good
You got the top pulled in
Wind in your hair
Destination you don't care
Now move it on up
You know it's steerin' all rite
Foot's to the floor
But you think that you can domore
Wind shield clean
And the nite is so brite
Baby so near
And She's givin' you a green lite
Great sound on the radio
She feels something
Now you know there's no place that you'd rather be
Great sounds..
Any old time
You got your tuned in
Baby by your side
Their eyes are down and the track looks slow
It don't look like a good thing
Your horse could jump it when the pack runs wild
It don't look like a sure thing
You must be crazy
To gamble this way
The kids are crying
And your bills ain't paid
Gamblin' man, ramblin' fool
I must be crazy to gamble on you
The deal is done so you slip right in
You got the depth but you can't win
The cards are cold and the cut feels thin
You got the deck but you can't win
You must be crazy
To gamble this way
The kids are hungry
And your brain ain't paid
Gamblin' man, ramblin' fool
I must be crazy to gamble on you
Gamblin' man, you're a ramblin' fool
Lookout boy your bound to change
You can't ever stay the same
Cause if ya keep on sayin the same ol'lies
Your gonna look around boy and find
Yourself outta time
Watchout girl the words you say
Don't really fit the play
Somebody else you might talk to now
And knows what ya say and what ya mean
But don't help this time
CHORUS
You might say that you ain't
Got a, hold on yourself
You might say that you only try your best
You might say that you only need a rest
You might say you can only fool yourself
Fool yourself, fool yourself
Don't believe the words you read
Their written on the street
Evry time you try to lay their game
Their gonna knock you down
And take your pride away
See how bad you need to cry
But no matter how hard you try
Its the same old story once again
You always hide from the one
Who calls you friend
I call you friend
Darlin', I'm feeling pretty lonesome
I'd call you on the phone some
But I don't have dime
Darlin', you're so far behind me
Tomorrow is gonna find me
Further down the line
Take a piece of paper
A pencil in my hand
I'm gonna write
Darlin', I know I feel the cold nights
Thinking of the old nights
Spent alone with you
Darlin', tears are in my eyes now
Know that I should try now
To make it back to you
Darlin', I love you more than ever
I wish we were together
Darlin' mine
Darlin', I'm feeling pretty lonesome
I'd call you on the phone some
But I don't have a dime
Darlin', you're so far behind me
Tomorrow's gonna find me
Further down the line
Darlin', tears are in my eyes (oh, in my eyes)
You that I should try now (I should try to make it back to you)
You bring me roses
You give me kisses
You bring me moons and stars
That shine so high up in the sky
My heart is beating wild and crazy
Hope that I can find
A cure for this love
Could be you want me
Could be you care
Could be the words you say,
Are things I just want to hear
You me nervous, got me shaking
Maybe I can find
A cure for this love
La la la la...
Doctor, doctor
Give me healing, so I can stop this feeling
It's getting so much stronger
And I just can't go on much longer
Doctor please
Find me a way out of love
When the phone rings
And no one answers
The letters comeback saying
"Lover cannot be found"
Don't go looking, don't bother searching
You see it's 'cause your baby
Found herself a cure for love
Life isn't easy
Love never lasts
You just carry on
And keep moving fast
I turned off the highway
Pulled into town
I'm fancy free darlin'
And I've travelled round
Sometimes I'm up
Sometimes I'm down
Tell me where can I run to
Tell me how have I sinned
When you cry like a rainstorm
And howl like the wind
So who shall I start with
Tell me how to begin
When you cry like a rainstorm
And howl like the wind
My thoughts are lost in memories
That keep me free
Know if all the stars were shining
They would not help me see
Don't you know that
Sometimes I'm up
Most times down
Where can I run to
Tell me how have I sinned
You cry like a rainstorm
And you howl like the wind
Well my life isn't easy
And my love never seems to last
So I'll keep on carrying on darlin'
I'll just keep moving fast
I turned off the highway
Pulled into town
And I'm still fancy free
And I keep travellin' round
Sometimes I'm up
Most times I'm down
Where can I run to
Tell me how have I sinned
When you cry like a rainstorm
And you howl like the wind
So who shall I start with
Tell me how to begin
When you cry like a rainstorm
And you howl like the wind
Cry like a rainstorm
My body is the only place
Where we meet anymore
Thought that I could handle the heartache
Like I did before
I remember your warning
To never mention love
A little crime of passion
Is what I'm guilty of
There were no witnesses
Just the candlelight
Glowin' as your sweetness awakened
Every warm delight
Show me some mercy
What a fool I have become
A little crime of passion
That's what I'm sufferin' from
Kisses ago it was so easy
Dreams we shared together faded to forever
And I just don't wear despair very well
I can tell
Now it's such a painful time
And I'm too far gone
Where are all the clever defenses
I depended on?
How could I be so crazy
To believe all the things you say?
A little crime of passion
Is takin' my breath away
Show me some mercy
What a fool I've become
A little crime of passion
That's what I'm sufferin' from
Baby, oh, just a little crime of passion
What I'm sufferin' from
What I'm sufferin' from
What I'm sufferin' from
Oh, just a little crime of passion
Did I lose your love a long time ago
Did I just wear it out, baby I don’t know
Cos it seems like any more we’re not on the same page
In the same book or on the same stage
We say the words but they feel on wrong
Like a happy blues, like a sad love song
How two people can bow and scrape
For every shred of tenderness
Can love stand the test of time that surrounds us
Memories that astound us, joy and happiness
Can love stand the test
A long time ago, or was it just yesterday
Why would we fall out of love, baby who can say
Don’t look at me like I’m a stranger now
Have I changed that much, baby tell me how
How two people can bow and scrape
For every shred of tenderness
Can love stand the test of time that surrounds us
Moments that astound us, joy and happiness
Can love stand the test
We said forever, for always, for good
But the years were not impressed
Can love stand the test of time that surrounds us
Moments that astound us
Can love stand the test of time that surrounds us
Moments that astound us, joy and happiness
Joy and happiness
Watch out, you might get what you're after
Cool baby, you're strange but not a stranger
I'm an ordinary girl
And I'm burnin' down the house
Hold tight, wait till this party's over
Hold tight, well we're gonna be in for some nasty weather
There has got to be a way
And we're burnin' down the house
Here's your ticket, pack your bags
It's time for jumpin' overboard
Transportation is here
Close enough but I'm not too far
Bet you're wonderin' where you are
Fight fire with fire of love
Burnin' down the house
All wet, and you might need a raincoat
Shake down, my dreams are walkin' in broad daylight
Three hundred sixty-five degrees
And we're burnin' down the house, hah
My house, out of the ordinary
That's right, I don't wanna really hurt nobody
Some things sure sweep me off my feet
Well I ain't goin' down that big long lonesome road
Pretty baby don't you hear me talkin'
No I ain't goin' down that big road by myself
If I can't carrry you baby
I'm gonna get me someone else
Alright boys
Well the sun is gonna shine in my back door some
My back door some, my door someday
You know the sun is gonna shine in
My back door some day
That big wind is gonna come up and blow my blues away
Now if you don't want me baby
Now why don't you tell me
Now why don't you tell me, tell me so
If you don't want me baby why don't you tell me so
It ain't like I'm a woman who ain't got no place to go
Play it right now
Now what good is a bulldog, if he won't fuss or
He won't fuss or fight pretty baby
What good is a bulldog, if he won't fuss or fight.
Fate is mighty cruel
Where true love is concerned
It seems you give out more
Than you ever have returned
Lately I have tried
To make it on my own
Another nite has passed
Looks like I'm bound to be alone
Bound to be alone
Now solitude is fine
When you really need it
When your soul is dry
Sometimes loneliness can feed it
When you need a lover
You know there's nothin' else will do
When you need love most
You know it turns it's back on you
Oh, I can make it thru without your company
I only wish I knew why you won't comfort me
I thot that I could count on you
To hear me cryin' out
I guess that's one comfort
I will learn to do without
Fallin love too easily
But never quite so fast
So you are not the first and, lord
You sure won't be the last
The thing about the situation
That makes me feel so sad
I could've been the best old friend
That you have ever had
I could've been the best old friend
Every time I look into your lovely eyes
I see a love that money just can’t buy
One look from you, I drift away
I pray that you are here to stay
Anything you want, you got it
Anything you need, you got it
Anything at all, you got it baby
Every time I hold you I begin to understand
Everything about you tells me you’re my man
I live my life to be with you
No-one can do the things you do
Anything you want, you got it
Anything you need, you got it
Anything at all, you got it baby
Anything you want
Anything you need
Anything at all, baby
I’m glad to give my love to you
I know you feel the way I do
Anything you want, you got it
Anything you need, you got it
Anything at all, you got it baby
Anything you want, anything you want baby
Anything you need
Anything at all
I never thought that a love could be so strong
It could ever make me, think about leaving home
I can't help myself your lovin bout to drive me mad
One more night like last night, I might have to pack my bags
Bout to make me leave home boy
Got my mind so
Gettin together with this love, boy it just ain't right
I ain't got the strength to turn a good lovin loose
But I never met a man in my life who could whoop it to me like you do
Bout to make me leave home boy
Got a taste of forbidden fruit
And I can't turn it loose
What is this good thing you carry around with you
That makes a girl want to act a fool
Got that love technique that really really cracks me up
I've been romanced and dined and danced
Crazy nights and wild times
But life has lost its mystery
And love is blind, cannot find me
I'm blowin' away -- and shadows take my love and leave
I'm blowin' away -- these shadows keep takin' my love and leavin' me
I have cast aside my foolish pride
I'm goin' down for the last time
I have searched this earth and sailed these seas
But love is blind, cannot find me
I'm blowin' away -- and shadows take my love and leave
I'm blowin' away -- these shadows keep takin' my love and leavin' me
I heard a voice come through on my telephone line
Told me that it was your time
I thought that they were fooling
They were fooling me
And then I remember having this dream of mine
When it came down on me
I was told by a friend of mine
That it don’t matter if your dreams, they bother you
Your dreams won’t happen unless you only want them to
So I asked him for a ride
He said, “Hop on board, girl
I been waitin’ here for you”
I thought I had nothin’ left to lose
Where’d you say you’d be tonight
Streetlights are all I see
All I wanted on that ride
Was just a little kindness, a little kindness shown my
I found myself runnin’ out of ideas on how to say
It just got to be somethin’ more than I could take
But that summer somehow we were havin’ fun
Your magic took me by surprise
Where’d you say you’d be tonight
Streetlights are all I see
And now I know the feelin’s right
Yes I know the feelin’s right
‘Cause just last night you came into my dreams
Yes you did, yes you did
I heard a voice come through on my telephone line
Told me that it was your time
I thought that they were fooling
They were fooling me
And then I remember having this dream of mine
When it came down on me
I said it came down on me—Oh
Where’d you say you’d be tonight
Streetlights are all I see
And now I know the feelin’s right
‘Cause just last night you came into my dreams
I heard a voice come through on my telephone line
I know you got a different picture in mind
Some dream world of a different kind
I know this rhythm we been moving to is way too slow
Each time our bodies are supposed to meet
I'm here still missing a beat
And when I lok at you I see in your eyes
We're still dancing to a different tune
Take me to your dreaming place
Open up my eyes
Let me see what it takes to be
Your lover in disguise
show me how I do those things
That make you want to stay
'Cause I'll Go crazy if I don't find
The words I gotta say
To steal your heart away
I'll buy you diamonds, buy you golden rings
All kinds of Beautiful things
But that don't matter to a lover with a Restless heart
Cause you still want to wake up to a Different scene
Some screen gem like the one in your dream
And leave me standing like a fool in the wings
Still waiting for a part to Play
Take me to your dreaming place
Open up my eyes
Let me see what it takes to be
Your lover in disguise
Show me? How I can do those things
That make you want to stay
Cause I'll go crazy if I don't find
The words I gotta say
To steal your heart away
I know you think she's right for you
That she's in tune with what you do
That she can touch you deep inside
Where all your deepest feelings lie
But I got something you should know
Before she starts to hurt you so
You can bet your life she's gonna hurt you
And maybe you think that it's alright
To leave me waiting every night
To put me down in company
In front of everyone we see
To take my loving when it's free
And then to throw it back at me
Well baby, I just can't stand it
'Cause I can be the one for you
And I can make your dreams come true
And I can love you like she can
'Cause fancy clothes don't make no woman
Believe me baby
I got what it takes to make you feel good
And maybe you think a girl should be
As perfect as a girl can be
To love you when your feeling down
And miss you when you're not around
Well I can't be that one for you
I can only be the one that loves you
Hey, What's this on your mind
Hey, what's this change of mind
Now I don’t wanna lose you
But I don’t wanna use you
Just to have somebody by my side
And I don’t wanna hate you
I don’t wanna take you
But I don’t wanna be the one to cry
And I don’t really matter to anyone any more
But like a fool I keep losing my place
And I keep seeing you walk through that door
But there’s a danger in loving somebody too much
And it’s sad when you know it’s your heart you can’t trust
There’s a reason why people don’t stay where they are
Baby sometimes love just ain’t enough
Now I could never change you
And I don’t wanna blame you
Baby you don’t have to take the fall
Yes I may have hurt you
But I did not desert you
Maybe I just wanna have it all
It makes a sound like thunder
It makes me feel like rain
And like a fool will never see the truth
I keep thinking something’s gonna change
But there’s a danger in loving somebody too much
And it’s sad when you know it’s your heart you can’t trust
There’s a reason why people don’t stay where they are
Baby sometimes love just ain’t enough
And there’s no way home
When it’s late at night and you’re all alone
Are there things that you wanted to say
And do you feel me beside you in your bed
There beside you where I used to lay
And there’s a danger in loving somebody too much
And it’s sad when you know it’s your heart they can’t touch
There’s a reason why people don’t stay who they are
Baby sometimes love just ain’t enough
Feels like nothin happens fast enough
Well maybe I just want too much
But when something's wrong between us, Baby
Nothin feels right.
I think it's time we cleared the air
Take a long drive far away somewhere
Tell me everything you feel inside
We got nothin but time.
Slide over, Baby
Here by my side
I wanna take you on a Slow Ride
On a Slow Ride.
Your history shows on your face
Yeah, you've been hurt you've been betrayed
Now we can't change the past, but we can
Leave it behind.
We'll forget about tomarrow, Baby
We'll just steal away into the night
And we'll just be two shadows, Darlin'
In the dashboard light.
Slide over, Baby
Here by my side
I wanna take you on a Slow Ride
In the shadow of your father
Sweet brown eyes of the one I love
I can't wait another minute baby
To do the things that we never done
Everybody gets hungry sometimes
Your love is like a kettle on
In the shadow of your father
Guess I get a little sad sometimes
Shake a little for me baby
Take me to the water when my well runs dry
Shake a little for me baby
Just a little now
Just a little now
Everybody gets lonely sometimes
Guess a stranger is a friend in need
In the shadow of this New York skyline
All these stories looking down on me
Everybody feels the water rising
Could go on to her enjoy the ride
Ah when you're dancing for me now baby
I don't feel so small against the tide
Shake a little for me baby
Take me to the water when my well runs dry
Shake a little for me baby
Shake a little for me baby
Take me to the water when my cup runs dry
Shake a little for me baby
Just a little now
Just a little now
Let me tell you 'bout a friend of mine
He's a short order cook
Long on speed, short on spice
He reads his customers like a book
He's seen this, and he's done that
Now he's makin' fried eggs an art
But there's one thing he can't fix no how
There's a longing in his heart
He's tried for years to work it out
At the grill and at his home
Well he talks to his friends, talks to himself
He talks the chicken right off the bone
Talks to his woman and she understands
You know they're always eye to eye
She runs the join, They live out back
Small House under a Big sky
Well even the stars at night agree
The sky is falling apart
She knows cause she can feel it too
There's a longing in her heart
A longing in her heart
Longing in her heart
Well now you and me, we're just like them
We never wanted to be alone,
so we made a pact, sealed with desire
for a happier house and home
Only to find it doens't untie
The know where feelings die
There's a longing deep inside our hearts
And no one to tell us why
Our friends aren't looking for anything new
They wouldn't know where to look
Well her, whe like running the join
And he likes being a cook
Together they're doing very well
They're might glad they could
But theres a fire burning towards them now
Coming from a distant wood
And eve the stars at night agree
that the sky is falling apart
We know 'cause we can feel it too
A true love story is hard to find
Can’t get no rest, got no peace of mind
You say you gave your heart to me
You put me down, you set me free
You said you’re deadly, everybody said you was deadly
I guess you know he is because, deadly
Comes in every shape and size, deadly
Always takes you by surprise
You said you was the only one
Coming on me and ruining my fun
Leave me setting at home all alone
Waitin’ on your call by the telephone
You said you’re deadly, everybody said you was deadly
Guess you know you always was deadly
Comes in every shape and size, deadly
Finally made me realize
That I tried and tried, but you just can’t get enough
So you lied and lied and lied and lied
I will not be denied, I’m gonna plant a seed
I will not be denied, of the man and the love I need
Said you’re deadly, everybody said you was deadly
Guess you know you are because, deadly
Comes in every shape and size, deadly
Always takes you by surprise
It’s a sad situation when yes it’s true
I can say it baby, I’m through with you
It’s over now and in the past
Gonna find me a man with a love that’ll last
You know he’s deadly, everybody said you were deadly
Guess you know you always been deadly
Comes in every shape and size, deadly
Finally made me realize
That I tried and tried, but you just couldn’t get enough
And so you lied and lied and lied and lied
And I will not be denied, will not be denied
Of the love I’ll be there, will not be denied
I said I will not be, will not be denied
No not be denied, I will not be denied
I tell it one more time, yeah will not be, yeah will not be denied
You took my love and ran away
What did you expect me to say
I gave you everything I could
But you weren't giving up, baby
What you should
I Sho do...Need You
I Sho Do...Want You
I'm in need of what you've got
It makes my blood boiling hot
You told me baby, A long time ago
That you'd never, ever leave me
Never, no more
I Sho Do...Need You
I Sho Do...Want You
I Sho Do...Wish For You
I Sho Do...Walk the Floor All Night Long
When you see me, baby standing alone
Come and help me baby, Cause I'm out on my own
You see it ain't easy in the streets
But what you've got baby, could help me to my feet
I Sho Do...Need You
I Sho Do...Want You
I Sho Do...Wish For You
I Sho Do...Walk the Floor All
I need love
And I search it everyplace I go
And lately I been in a zone
It's got a will of it's own
But right now I'm here to discuss
Just what you think about us
I need love, I need love
And I'm checkin everything I see
You know at times I wanna take on three
That's just the way I could be
I let you know about that
Just so you know where I'm at
I need love, I need love
It's always been this way and ain't' nothin'
Gonna change it
And ain't nothing you can try
I need love, I need love
And I'm takin every chance I man
And baby you could make my day
There's just one thing I should say
Now that's it's all said and done
You know I do need to run
I know you don't love me no more, no more
No, no more
It had to be somebody else for loving you more
Loving you more
Ain't no use in you crying now
After you have put me down
And if you don't want me no more, baby
There ain't no use in me hanging around
I know you don't love me no more, no more
No, no more
I don't wanna be hurt anymore
Anymore
Ain't no use in you crying now
After you have put me down
And if you don't want me no more, baby
There ain't no use in me hanging around
I know you don't love me no more, no more
No, no more
And I don't wanna be hurt anymore
Anymore
Ain't no use in you crying now
After you have put me down
And if you don't want me no more, baby
There ain't no use in me hanging around
I know, I know
I know, I know, baby
I know, I know, baby
You can't fool me
I know it's time, I got to figure it out, honey
[Incomprehensible]
I believe I'm in love with you - kim wilson (t-birds)
I don't know what's wrong with me
I've been foolish as a fool can be
Baby, I can't sleep at night
And I lost my appetize
Went to the doctor but he don't know
It's getting to where it ain't funny no more
Tell me baby ehat I might gonna do
I believe I'm in love with you
I believe I'm in love with you
Tell me baby that you love me, too
I can't fight, baby I decided
I'm in love with you
I guess this time I realize
For you baby I got eyes
Come on baby and give me a chance
All I need is your romance
You know what I'm tryin' to fight
I'm telling you baby I'll be true
I believe I'm in love with you
I believe I'm in love with you
Tell me baby that you love me, too
I can't fight, baby I decided
Come around cryin' that you just can't win.
You thought 'this one was different' now it's gone again.
You just can't believe, baby.
"Why's it happenin' to me?"
Now...
You step out on the track in the pouring rain,
When you get run over will you blame the train?
You just can't deny, baby,
Life is passing you by, baby.
Don't you think you've had enough?
Ain't it time to get a different view?
You can't just wait around for what you want.
It's all about the way you choose.
Ain't nobody else that can make things right.
Baby, it's down to you.
Everywhere you look they're trying' to do you in.
You just can't understand, they used to be your friend.
It's always the same, baby.
Someone else is to blame, baby.
Still don't got a clue to where it all goes down
'Cause what you're dishing out is coming back around.
Same old song, baby.
It's gone all too long
Don't'cha think that you've had enough?
Ain't it time to get a different view.
You can't just wait around for what you want.
It's all about the way you choose.
Ain't nobody else that can make things right.
Baby, it's down to you.
Down to you...
Don't'cha think that you've had enough?
Ain't it time to get a different view.
Can't just wait around for what you want.
It's all about the way you choose.
Ain't nobody else that can make things right.
Baby, it's down to you.
When you give more than you get
You're in danger
You may find that you're in love
With a stranger
But who knows what evil
Lurks within the hearts of men?
It's vanity, insanity
You play what you can't win
If you find that you're losing
Girl, it's time to get on moving
'Cause there's danger
Heartbreak dead ahead
Well, it only takes one second, girl, to learn
That playing with fire will get you burned
So girl, don't you be foolish
They say that love is blind
But it's clear as the highway sign
That reads 'Danger, heartbreak dead ahead'
Heartbreak dead ahead
Better mind, girl, read the sign, girl
Yeah, danger and heartbreak dead ahead
I want somebody's boy
(Heartbreak dead ahead)
Start packing up your heart
Now listen to me, girl
There's nothing to be gained
So don't keep going on in vain
There's danger and heartbreak dead ahead
Yeah, I said, "There's danger and heartbreak dead ahead"
Danger, I said, "There's danger"
(Heartbreak dead ahead)
I said, "There's danger and heartbreak dead ahead"
Baby, yeah, I said, "There's danger"
I could say what I mean
(or I could dance around it)
It would feel good to scream
(I should quiet down)
I could be recognized
(or I could stay in bed)
Look the world in the eyes
(or just hang my head)
I'm holding steady this crooked crown
Knowing I'll lose it if I look down
When my ship has come in
(when it runs aground)
I'll be smiling again
(turn those corners down)
I've got something to say
(no one's listening)
It's my reckoning day
(so where's the reckoning?)
I'm holding steady this crooked crown
Knowing I'll lose it if I look down
I'm holding steady this crooked crown
My prodigy and my idiot play
For the prize of my delicate line
Somehow the score at the end of
The day is still 51-49
I'm holding steady this crooked crown
Knowing I'll lose it if I look down
All I ever wanted was a love to be true
More than just enough to get me by
I want a love to see me through, yeah
I don’t need another well spent night
Another clever, sideways glance
I wanna look my baby in the eye
And know there’s nothin’ left to chance
Well, if you’re tired of bein’ lonely
Beat up and confused
Darlin’, there is only
One thing you can do
Come to me
I’ll be the one who’s waiting
Come to me
Well, I’ve got what you need
Won’t you come to me
There won’t be no hesitating, baby
I know what you mean to me
Well, I’m gonna hold out for the one I want
Ain’t gonna settle for less
‘Cause the kind of love I’m lookin’ for, baby
You can’t fake, you can’t finesse
I ain’t lookin’ for the kind of man, baby
Who can’t stand a little shaky ground
He’ll give me fire and tenderness
And got the guts to stick around
So if you’re tired of bein’ lonely
Beat up and confused
Darlin’, there is only
One thing you can
Won’t you come
Won’t you come
Won’t you come
I got what you want now, baby
Ooh, and I got what you need
Well, if you’re tired of being lonely
Beat up and confused
Darlin’, there is only
One thing you can do
Won’t you come
Be the one who’s waiting
Come to me
Ooh, now I got what you need
Won’t you come to me
(Come)
There won’t be no hesitating, babe
Won’t you come to me, yeah
Well, and I got what you want now, baby
(Won’t you come)
I got what you need
(Won’t you come)
Just bring it on home to me
(Won’t you come)
Won’t you come to me
Bring it on home to me
(Won’t you come)
Bring your sweet love in all home
I dont' know why it should be so hard
Givin' up this circle dance
Worn out steps from long ago
don't give love a chance
It's a bitter heirloom handed down
these twisted parts we play
I'm not her and you're not him
It just comes out that way
Can't go back to make things right
(though I) wish I'd understood
time has made things clearer now
We did the best we could
I'll be home soon, that's what you'd say
And a little kid believes
After a while I learned that love
Must be a thing that leaves
I tried so ahrd just to hold you near
Was as good as I could be
Even when I had you here
You stayed so far from me
Can't go back to make things right
(though I) wish I'd understood
Time has made things clearer now
You did the best you could
Now that this has occurred to me
I just wanted you to know
I've been too faithful all my life
When I was a girl, my favorite thing
In the whole wide world
Was to see a field and
Run for no reason
And off I'd go, no one behind
Only earth below
Just a patch of green, green as the season
Don't ask why, your feet just fly
Green and sky is all that you're needin
Why ask why, when all that's true
The sky is blue, blue for no reason
Now that things have changed
Everything's carefully prearranged
Not a thing gets done
Except for a reason
Now I'm overrun, I'm startin to feel
Like a hired gun
Where's the chance, where's the fun
Where is the pleasin?
Try and try, you moan and sigh
You just can't find a thing to believe in
Why ask why, when all that's true
The sky is blue, blue for no reason
Don't ask why, your feet just fly
Green and sky is all that you're needin
Why ask why, when all that's true
Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell
Jimmy Rogers on the Victrola up high
Mama's dancing, there's a baby on her shoulder
The sun is setting like molasses in the sky
The boy could sing, knew how to move, everything
Always wanting more, he'd leave you longing for
Black velvet in that little boy's smile
Black velvet with that slow Southern style
A new religion that'll bring you to your knees
Black velvet if you please
Up in Memphis the music’s like a heat wave
White lightning, bound to drive you wild
Mama's baby's in the heart of every schoolgirl
Love me tender leaves them crying in the aisles
The way he moved it was a sin, so sweet and true
Always wanting more, he'd leave you longing for
Black velvet in that little boy's smile
Black velvet in that slow Southern style
A new religion that'll bring you to your knees
Black velvet if you please
Every word of every song that he sang was for you
In a flash he was gone, it happened so soon
What could you do
Black velvet in that little boy's smile
Black velvet in that slow Southern style
A new religion that'll bring you to your knees
Black velvet if you please
Black velvet in that little boy's smile
Black velvet in that slow Southern style
A new religion that'll bring you to your knees
Black velvet if you please
If you please
If you please
Had a fight with my daughter
She flew off in a rage
Third time this week
Don’t tell me it’s the age
Don’t know how I lost her
I only know that it’s a shame
Ever since her daddy left her
The girl ain’t been the same
All at once I hear your voice
And time just slips away
Nothing they could say can hold me here
Take me where I only feel
The wind across my face
Let me know there’s someplace left for me
Waiting there for me
Ah, who am I kiddin’
I should have known he’d never leave
The time we spent together
Is harder than the time between
You wouldn’t think it could hurt so
To see ‘em out the other day
If that’s what he calls leavin’
I guess I threw it all away
All at once I hear your voice
And time just sips away
Nothing they could say can hold me here
Take me where I only feel
The wind across my face
Let me know there’s someplace left for me
Waiting there for me
They say women, we’re the stronger
Somehow we make it through
Hell, that ain’t what I feel right now
I don’t even think it’s true
To me there’s lots more broken
Than anyone can really see
Why the angels turn their backs on some
It’s a mystery to me
All at once I hear your voice
And time just sips away
Nothing they could say can hold me here
Take me where I only feel
The wind across my face
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