Smoke That Cigarette John Hiatt

Well I wanna tell you all a story about a girl I used to know She told me that she loved me that was a long time ago I wanna tell you all my story but first I wanna smoke this cigarette I ain't over

Rose John Hiatt

Rose puts on her stockings and she lights a cigarette. Holds her tired face up to the mirror.

Zero House John Hiatt

You took my pride and I want it back No more loving on the torture rack No more running when you call my name The things we've done, baby make me feel ashamed Minus me, minus you, Smoke out, ghost

When You Hold Me Tight John Hiatt

don't have to use the phone To call you Baby when you hold me tight We can count heartbeats and squeeze Baby when you hold me tight You can really make a man say, please When I'm down to my last Cigarette

Your Love Is My Rest John Hiatt

These are the words That cry out of me in the night Like a buffalo herd From a shotgun blast scattered in flight I got a one track mind Going down a one train line Living on dreams half the time

Only The Song Survives John Hiatt

I woke up twice in the middle of the night To ask what her name is and where she might live To ask how many fingers she saw in this light To ask if she might know what gives She said we rolled that

Right Now John Hiatt

wanted to die REPEAT CHORUS BRIDGE: ----- suffering I caused you And never see my way through it I ----- hangs But I don't give a damn what they say You didn't have the right to do it One cigarette

Heavy Tears John Hiatt

One day you're happy The next day you're blue You feel like the whole world's Coming right down on you There ain't nothing wrong But then there ain't nothing right It's just the kind of thing That

Lincoln Town John Hiatt

in the pouring rain Rolling out of Detroit loaded up with shiny cars And I'm sitting in a Cadillac smoking on a big cigar What I feel's like an engine room Open it up and smell the perfume I love that

Gone John Hiatt

I woke up in a sweat reaching for a 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

The Negroes Were Dancing John Hiatt

said Oh, I don't care CHORUS: Just then the negros were dancing Just then backup singers backed up Just then the beat was entrancin' Just then the negros were dancin' A former member lit a cigarette

Trudy and Dave John Hiatt

Whatever you don't follow that shot, she rang those words out with all she got With a baby and the laundry in the Chevrolet, Well he thought about following anyway But he drove 'em to the strip mall

Ethylene John Hiatt

Wondering what you are up to This hotel's 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

Spy Boy John Hiatt

take a look at my flag I should be up to my knees Or all the way down the track BRIDGE: I want to hurt some one I want to love someone I want to be some one Why do I need some one Oh the smoke

Spy Boy (Cruising / Soundtrack Ver.) John Hiatt

heart on my sleeve Just take a look at my flag I should be up to my knees Or all the way down the track I want to hurt some one I want to love someone I want to be some one Why do I need some one Oh the smoke

Find You At Last John Hiatt

We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee We don't take no trips on LSD We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street We like livin' right, bein' free And we don't make no party out of lovin' We like holdin

I Love That Girl John Hiatt

and thieves When she first saw me rising up off of my knees And she said do you think you could show me that please And I love that girl Well, I love that girl And I love that girl Well, I love that girl

Feelin' Again John Hiatt

, I'm feeling again When I get that feeling like a bass drum Pounding til my head is numb Electric onion peeling within I got that feeling again (I got that) Feeling again (I got that) Feeling again

The Night That Kenny Died John Hiatt

He was the kind of kid you did not want to sit by He kept his boogers in his desk he wore a neck tie And he never washed his hair You wished he wasn't there But everybody cried The night that

Leave Your Shoes With The Shoeshine Boy John Hiatt

Leave your shoes with the shoeshine boy Leave your shoes with the shoeshine boy Well come back in a week with his smile on your feets Leave your shoes with the shoeshine boy Don't you dance with that

Marianne John Hiatt

Oh, Marianne Please don't marry that insurance man I just saw your picture in the paper Surrounded by extensive wedding plans Tell me this is just one of your capers Say you haven't met with their

The Lady Of The Night John Hiatt

Oh the moon hangs down Like some old evening gown Forgotten by some lovely southern maiden Oh the stars are her tears And the sky a skin of years That she has most graciously given Now who

Conquer Me Conquer You John Hiatt

With a poor boy's heart and a gypsy's soul I come knocking on the door of your beauty And in the fire of love which nobody can control You are a million flaming mirrors that confuse me I appear as

The Crush John Hiatt

back from this here heart attack And that's your sweet lovin', girl Ooooh your huggin' and kissin' I know it makes a dead man's light come on You put the crush on me Little girl can't you see that

The Crush (Album Version) John Hiatt

bring me back from this here heart attack And that's your sweet lovin' girl Ooooh your huggin' and kissin' I know it makes a dead man's light come on You put the crush on me Little girl can't you see that

Fool Who Knows John Hiatt

Well a love won't last the night If it's built on sand But when it's built on rock Ain't nothin' that it can't withstand I guess you know by now how this story goes A very true story, take it from

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

The Other Side John Hiatt

someone who could clearly see My grandfather n' my grandmother Someone who's been here before Walked on by through the heart of darkness Come and hear me open up this door CHORUS: Wanna take that

Rock Back Billy John Hiatt

Get a load of that guy With the dew rag on And the cowboy tie Man that cat is gone Form Memphis to Nashville Then way out west Put that Hollywood party To the acid test Got a little bungalow

Modern Machinery John Hiatt

I'm still young give me that gun Come over to my house and ask me what's wrong You don't fit is that it Modern machinery for a modern song Deep in the night his prayers are so tight He feels so

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

Crossing Muddy Waters John Hiatt

she left a baby daughter Now the water's wide and deep and brown She's crossing muddy waters Tobacco standing in the fields be rotten come November And a bitter heart will not reveal a spring that

String Pull Job (Album Version) John Hiatt

it's been localized Brought out the sutures and clamps for your eyes Made the incision and no one's suprised but you String pull job Nobody's finer She's got you sewn up With the one liners She's doin that

True Believer John Hiatt

her We had the boss man blastin' on the radio receiver they say history plays tricks, she's a real deceiver She gave me something from her heart back then- She made me a true believer I believed that

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?

Twenty-One John Hiatt

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

The Love That Harms John Hiatt

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 begins The fool has rushed in Into the waiting arms Of the love that

High John Hiatt

was a beauty, nothing on her mind I held her body to me, she's not the hurtin' kind Fantastic c&endash; and un&endash; , like a star up in the sky That Indiana limestone coolin' off as we got high

Come Back Home John Hiatt

all the curtains have fallen Been transported to the twilight zone I don't even have a number I could be calling I wish you'd come back home I wish you'd come back home, back where you belong I know that

Something Happens John Hiatt

can't seem to get my future Out of her eyes Something happens And never for sure If I could name this sickness I'd be cured I'd be cured She's long distance And it's a grind Always static On that

Take Another Look John Hiatt

think I won't do But inside you see I'm lonely And I need someone true Maybe I look like a spider man But just the word and I'll learn to fly Take another look At what you see And you may find That

It Hasn't Happened Yet John Hiatt

You said that I would be sorry if you went away You said I wouldn't be happy without hell to pay You said the teardrops would fall Between the bedroom walls You said that I would regret Well It Hasn't

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

Madonna Road John Hiatt

you eat When they gobble up the street Those picture-perfect images Pop another flash bulb and give a kiss But it's a clear absurdity, what's a person supposed to say Sorry about yesterday, guess that

Thunderbird John Hiatt

Thunderbird My Thunderbird, my Thunderbird Put your head on my shoulder Don't say a word We'll cut across town in my Thunderbird Got electric windows Tilt away wheel Slide across the bucket seat For that

The Trouble With Blood John Hiatt

I heard this poor town --'s daddy --- like he was just some kind of crazy old fool Maybe he is, maybe he ain't - hey, I don't know But I know that boy loves his daddy just about as much as he can

Back Of My Mind John Hiatt

Well my daddy he stood at the foot of the stairs He was calling to me at the time And I knew even then, I could die for the thoughts That I kept in the back of my mind But I dared not to speak

Radio Girl (Album Version) John Hiatt

love is about Heard it on your stereo Everybody does without Broken hearted comic book hero Don't worry your pretty little head now honey 'Cause it's only top twenty Radio Girl Radio Girl Livin' for that

Singing the Blues John Hiatt

is not bad Ty TV blew up And the president is mad I'm glad you were home It's been a long time Since I've knocked on your door And you've knocked on mine Yes I've been drinking But not all that

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