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

In the forest of no gravity Where birds mock reality We laid out some bread crumbs Yeah but somebody ate 'em Always thought we'd make it here But here keeps movin' How much blood, how many tears It's never

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

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

Drive South John Hiatt

I didn't say we wouldn't hurt anymore That's how you learn, you just get burned But we don't have to feel like dirt anymore Though love's not earned, Baby it's our turn We were always looking for

Something Wild John Hiatt

is Something wild- tell me love is Its not as if we could think that things were one way And they would all just be that way right now When I was a kid I thought that someday I could tame this

Sometime Other Than Now John Hiatt

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

Two Hearts (Like Ours) John Hiatt

Y'know I never took pleasure too personally Never took this love thing to heart I guess I should've stood up on my own two knees Begged her not to let it all start But I never saw her coming she

Twenty-One John Hiatt

flew all he never knew were doing to his darkest sleep When the snow played a trick on the little sheppard boy must've drove him blind From the wildest while to the night of knives til they could not

Instant Karma (With Soundbyte Intro) John Hiatt

Instant karma`s gonna get you Gonna knock you right on the head You better get yourself together Pretty soon you gonna be dead What in the world you`re thinking of Laughing in the face of love?

I Love That Girl John Hiatt

Well, she come around here, in her '65 dress With her eyes stuck open and her head in a mess With her head screaming no and her heart saying yes And I love that girl It was back in that house full of drunkards

Learning How to Love You John Hiatt

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

Right Now John Hiatt

You got out of this one baby We all had to pay I don't know who had the last laugh coming But you took it and it wasn't any joke I think about how we hurt each other Make me wanna choke CHORUS

Riding With The King (Album Version) John Hiatt

I blew it all at the penny arcade. A hundred dollars on a kewpie doll. No pretty chick is gonna make me crawl. Get on a TWA to the promised land.

My Edge of the Razor John Hiatt

We've been training Now we look like each other Face down and Booked and printed for young lovers Even as I write out of this song The ink wears off but the beat goes on CHORUS: I pledge my

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

My Edge Of The Razor (Album Version) John Hiatt

No minor league night in the majors Even though we cut up we can really cut 'em down Though you're sharper than me it's too late to turn around Heavy trading On the floor at the market A million

Slug Line John Hiatt

I went to the marketplace They said they liked my face Better than a digital watch You got it, we're pros and we can spot it So I thought it was some disease But they were all on their knees Shakin

Slug Line (Album Version) John Hiatt

I went to the marketplace They said they liked my face Better than a digital watch You got it we're pros and we can spot it So I thought it was some disease But they were all on their knees Shakin' hands

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

Meet Me Halfway John Hiatt

Each wants to make it to the other side before that bridge starts burning I think we're missing the place where love has seen us though our hearts going to open wide The hardest part is learning

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

When We Ran John Hiatt

When we ran When we ran When we ran When we ran Was it just the time slippin' through our hands?

When We Ran (Album Version) John Hiatt

leave undone When we ran When we ran When we ran Was it just the time slippin' through our hands Right through our hands Maybe I was tryin' to tell ya I'd never known a love so strong Maybe in

The Love That Harms John Hiatt

men have been betrayed Better men have been afraid Shes the best trick in the trade Just another kiss On a long hit list and shes got you made I'd hoped I wouldnt haven't to tell you But now it

Love Gets Strange John Hiatt

Well I said what I wanted to say But the words just got in the way Maybe we can never work it out Seems like all we ever do is scream and shout And your drift is getting harder to catch This love

Already Loved John Hiatt

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

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

Far As We Go John Hiatt

Broken love out on the highway I thought I knew you like the back of my hand Pick him up, he's just a ghost from the old days That's just about as far as we go from here That's just about as far

The Love That Harms (Album Version) John Hiatt

disguise Better men have been betrayed Better men have been afraid Shes the best trick in the trade Just another kiss On a long hit list and shes got you made I'd hoped I wouldnt haven't to tell you But now it

Hangin' Around The Observatory John Hiatt

Hangin' around the observatory We were waitin' to see the moon Well we thought that we was all gypsies Come to escape these lousy ruins Well that telescope; that mighty eye It's bigger Jack that you or

Old School John Hiatt

Old school He's the old school he don't say when he's hurtin' he'll just hide away 'till it 's over and tears are dry he's the old school and you can't see him cry He was young once just like you a heart

Love In Flames John Hiatt

One in one and one makes three Baby, you know 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

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

Icy Blue Heart John Hiatt

She said, "Give me a love that don't freeze up inside."

Thing Called Love John Hiatt

Don't have to humble yourself to me I ain't your judge or your king And baby, you know you ain't no Queen of Sheba And we may not even have our dignity, no This could be just a prideful thing But

Confidence Man John Hiatt

Well, I lost you at the border, When you crossed it. Had your number, baby, But I lost it. I know your love Was just a flimflam.

Hold On For Your Love John Hiatt

The streets are all empty, the network's deveined Buildings walled up, electricity drained Shots in the square where they mowed them all down The river runs red from the center of town I worked for my

Thing Called Love (Live) John Hiatt

Don't have to humble yourself to me I ain't your judge or your king And baby you know you ain't no queen of sheba And we may not even have our dignity no This could be just a prideful thing But baby we

Tennessee Plates John Hiatt

didn't know what to do I turned the TV on and wrote a letter to you The news was talkin' 'bout a dragnet up on the interstate Said they were lookin' for a Cadillac with Tennessee plates Since I left

Smoke That Cigarette John Hiatt

cigarette I ain't over her yet I wanna smoke this cigarette try to forget I wanna blow myself a smoke ring down to the corner of my mind I wanna round up all my troubles from all the things she left

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

Please Call Home John Hiatt

Well I thought you were in Houston or maybe San Antone I'm up here in Nashville hung up on the phone calling ollie ollie in free baby please call home It's not a new invention it's no monopoly Use

Gone John Hiatt

cigarette All choked up all you get is gone What I said I wouldn't know All she said I gotta go The room all red burning slow Gone Gone like unwritten history Gone like human bravery Gone but she left

Sail Away John Hiatt

So now it's up to you If I should stay or go Though I've had no thought of leavin' You ask if it hurts me Honey, I don't know CHORUS: (Part I) It's like a dream A thin machine A piece of time

Since His Penis Came Between Us John Hiatt

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

Master of Disaster John Hiatt

Close some air Choking in clean underwear Bleeding tongue 8-Ball pounding in my lungs Ship to shore I can't see the coastline anymore I shouldn't be here I thought, I made that loud and clear But the master

The Most Unoriginal Sin John Hiatt

What there was left of us Was all covered in dust and thick skin A half eaten apple Or the whole Sistine Chapel Painted on the head of a pin A life long love's worth Gone up in a smurk And you

Ethylene John Hiatt

got bathroom telephones But I don't want to interrupt you You might be painting your nails With your hot curlers on Each one a different color Or listening to that Beach Boys sailing song Sloop John

Pirate Radio John Hiatt

Well, those electric sheep to the valley they keep walkin On the radio waves selling tennis shoes and beer It induces sleep when that DJ starts his squawkin' I'm lookin' for one song to save me on

After All This Time John Hiatt

turn off the lights Or pull down the shade Don't be afraid After all this time And after all this time I'm glad that you can see After all this time And I'm the man I want to be Strong as your love