I Could Use An Angel John Hiatt

Who tipped you off How could she betray me These hungry fingers They found us guilty for love And she said her lips were sealed Easing my conscience Now what has been done That you were the

Angel John Hiatt

It is a hurtin' thing you don't wanna talk about it Pain in your heart well it's takin' your breath away You left it in lipstick on the mirror no use talkin' about it Love like this just don't come

Angel Eyes John Hiatt

Girl, you're looking fine tonight And every fella's got you in his sights What you're doing with a clown like me Is surely one of life's little mysteries So tonight I'll ask the stars above How did I

How Bad's The Coffee John Hiatt

Its been thirty years or so Since I bothered lookin' back It was right in front of me But now I'm runnin' behind To get my butt caught up, well, I need a cup Of the nastiest shit you can find So how bad's

Cry Love (Live) John Hiatt

And bleed all over the milky way The stars in your eyes look red today Cry love, cry love The tears of an angel, the tears of a dove Spilling all over your heart from above Cry love, cry love The trust

Angel Eyes (Live) (1994 / State Theater, Portland, ME) John Hiatt

Girl you're looking fine tonight And every fella's got you in his sight What you're doing with a clown like me Is surely one of life's little mysteries So tonight I'll ask the stars above How did I ever

No Business John Hiatt

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

Cry Love John Hiatt

A moment of steel A dry-eyed house Did he say goodbye to you Or did you kick him out I know you're not afraid To go alone But this was a marriage of spirit, flesh, and bone Now whatcha gonna

Real Fine Love John Hiatt

Well I never went to college, babe I did not have the luck Rolled out of Indiana in the back of a pickup truck With no education higher Than the street of my hometown I went lookin' for a fire

Inside Job John Hiatt

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

When We Ran (Album Version) John Hiatt

Could have been the kiss of my life Could have been the death of me Could have been that I was just too scared To wait around and see You could have been a guardian angel I could have been the wicked

Whistles In My Ears John Hiatt

Stumblin' down the road I gets to thinkin' as I leave her, I've left so many times before. That old north wind's a-blowin' circles round my feet. What is this sorrow ever for?

Through Your Hands John Hiatt

were dreamin' on a park bench 'Bout a broad highway somewhere When the music from the carillon Seemed to hurl your heart out there Past the scientific darkness Past the fireflies that float To an

Take Time To Know Her John Hiatt

I found a woman one I felt I could truley love She was every thing I've ever been dreaming of But she was bare I wouldn't know it You see her pretty little smile didn't show it When I knew I could

Dust Down A Country Road John Hiatt

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

An Arm and a Leg John Hiatt

Your place or mine well who gives a shit 'Cause likely as not we ain't gonna fit 'Cause you got your own way And I sure got mine And we can't split the difference With cheap talking wine CHORUS

Something Wild John Hiatt

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

The Penny Drops John Hiatt

Well I have felt the weight of words screaming from your open mouth But it was love I thought I heard and not your anger crying out Oh I could not turn the other cheek to where the softest blows

Good As She Could Be John Hiatt

Well she was a millionaire Before she was fourteen But there was an emptiness there That to practically everyone else could be seen She hit up on the drug of love Though there was no hole in her

Fly Back Home John Hiatt

and family set the tone With the hardcore language of the truth I know times bent on destruction The past is over every day I wish we both could fly back home But we can't, so I guess I'll just fly away

The Usual John Hiatt

I'm trippin over dumb drunks at a party Girlfriend just ran off with the DJ I give her everything, but she refused it It doesn't matter, she don't know how to use it My confidence is dwindling Look

The Usual (Album Version) John Hiatt

I'm trippin over dumb drunks at a party Girlfriend just ran off with the DJ I give her everything but she refused it It doesn't matter she don't know how to use it My confidence is dwindling Look at the

Big Love John Hiatt

I need love as big as an ocean I need love that can't be crossed A love in perpetual motion I need a love that won't get lost Do you know where this love can be found?

Big Fine Car John Hiatt

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

Mile High John Hiatt

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

Tip of My Tongue John Hiatt

An empty house Is the only thing standin' Between our lives And the speed of sound Some words flew out And made a crash landin' No love survived Not a trace could be found CHORUS: I broke

Uncommon Connection John Hiatt

every direction Oh, I'm thinking about an uncommon connection An uncommon connection, an uncommon connection An un Lot of people in a hurry, and they're goin' nowhere I can see 'em all, sitting in my

Old Habits John Hiatt

When the snake of love Starts pullin' you under And it wont let go 'Til it starts to thunder And there's not a cloud in the sky Gonna make him shake I guess old habits are hard to break Cause

Since His Penis Came Between Us John Hiatt

night Plenty of talk during commercials Sometimes even popcorn in bed I've been a model provider You must admit to that A lovely rented bungalow Two terrific little cats Is there something that I

Slow Turning John Hiatt

When I was a boy, I thought it just came to ya' But I never could tell what's mine So it didn't matter anyway My only pride and joy Was this racket down here Bangin' on an old guitar And singin

Down in Front John Hiatt

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

New Numbers John Hiatt

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

The Other Side John Hiatt

I was looking for an easy way out from this darkness inside of me For somebody who knew what it was about someone who could clearly see My grandfather n' my grandmother Someone who's been here before

Angel John Stoddart

Angel I remember something like a dream What I thought was real had not turned out to be And I thought of giving up 'cause the pain was much to much Tired of aching So I tried to close my eyes to the

Tip Of My Tongue (Live) John Hiatt

An empty house Is the only thing standin' Between our lives And the speed of sound Some words flew out And made a crash landin' No love survived Not a trace could be found I broke your heart With the back

Crossing Muddy Waters John Hiatt

My baby's gone and I don't know why She let out this morning Like a rusty shot in a hollow sky Left me without warning Sooner than the dogs could bark and faster than the sun rose Down to the banks

Down In Front (Album Version) John Hiatt

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

New Numbers (Album Version) John Hiatt

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

Back to Normal John Hiatt

Naturally I heard the doctor say Cut the cord and give the child away So you had him over for dinner Carving beans with a butcher knife I'm back to normal (He's going over her) I'm back to normal

Back To Normal (Album Version) John Hiatt

Naturally I heard the doctor say Cut the cord and give the child away So you had him over for dinner Carving beans with a butcher knife I'm back to normal He's going over her I'm back to normal With his

New Fingerprints John Hiatt

I started out in an alley smoking cigarettes ---- Stealing penny candies n' rattlin' pay telephones Stole my first car at twelve and drove it to my eighth grade class By the time I was fourteen sister

Perfectly Good Guitar John Hiatt

Well he threw one down form the top of the stairs Beautiful women were standing everywhere They all got wet when he smashed that thing But off in the dark you could hear somebody sing CHORUS:

Walk On John Hiatt

sounded just like crying On a street where nobody Even knows your name Your mind was getting high on the sweet air As your spirit was flying Steam rising from the sidewalks Of New Orleans after an

Riding With The King John Hiatt

I dreamed I did a good job and I got well paid Blew it all at the penny arcade A hundred dollars on a kewpie doll I guess no white chick is gonna make me crawl On a TWA, to the promised land Every

Riding with the king John Hiatt

I dreamed I did a good job and I got well paid Blew it all at the penny arcade A hundred dollars on a kewpie doll I guess no white chick is gonna make me crawl On a TWA, to the promised land

Overcoats John Hiatt

Well I wandered in To the house of mirrors With a camera and an old shotgun I was taking some pictures Of me and my fears And exploding them one by one When all of a sudden Much to my surprise

Real Emotion John Hiatt

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

Smiling In The Rain John Hiatt

The fallen angel shivers underneath the August moon The lady of the house goes up in ashes He crawled out through the future but the past came back too soon And the present just occurs in sudden flashes

Love In Flames John Hiatt

that it ain't no big mystery Just from where you're at You never had these feelings to burn You took my love and baby you turned [Chorus:] Is it all in my mind Or is it a cruel game This love in flame I

Sometime Other Than Now John Hiatt

they told us girl We've done a lot of dumb things, we'll probably do some more On two different paths, runnin' 'round in different worlds We finally found each other, who we were lookin' for Now I