Train to Birmingham John Hiatt

I've been riding on this train Drinking whiskey for the pain Another good ol' boy going home And every town I see Seems to take a part of me That's the price that you pay when you roam CHORUS

Lincoln Town John Hiatt

What I feel is like an old freight train Five miles long 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

True Believer John Hiatt

Kickin' at the gravel in a parking lot Runnin' cross the street to the record shop Talkin' to my buddy 'bout some hip hop tune Hotter than a firework and it's still June Sun's about to burn itself

Wrote It Down And Burned It John Hiatt

There's a dead girl's body By the railroad track She's waiting for a train Jimmy left town like a fade to black In his Camero in the rain She wrote it down and burned it Jimmy loves who knows

Almost Fed Up With The Blues John Hiatt

I wake up with my head and hand I wish I was another man 'Cause I almost fed up with the blues I think about the kitchen sink Then I just shudder to think 'Cause I'm almost fed up with the Blues If it

Washable Ink John Hiatt

playin' with the moonlight Shine it on me, shine it on me There's a cloud over my light and its troubling me, troubling me Such a world, such an invitation Come as you are, come as you are Subject to

Let It All Go John Hiatt

I knew a guy who was Mad at his best friend Stayed that way for Twenty years, and I don't know why he Can't seem to make amends Tears in his eyes You know the pain doesn't end CHORUS: You

You Must Go John Hiatt

When that howling wind Comes to carry you again Just like your next of kin You must go To a far away place Where you don't recognize one face Don't unpack your old suitcase Cause you must go

The River Knows Your Name John Hiatt

hears you cry As the lightning cracks the open sky As your Momma sings a lullaby Oh the river she knows why Let the river wash you down Beneath the surface With a rushing sound Like a freight train

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

Smiling In The Rain John Hiatt

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 CHORUS: But in your eyes I see the pain Help me ride this crazy train

Runaway John Hiatt

still you'll do it all again As he shakes his fist, somethin' dribbles down his chin Can you live like this Just crawlin' underneath their skin CHORUS: Better run...runaway, there is no reason to

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

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

Washable Ink (Album Version) John Hiatt

Little girl Playin' with the moonlight Shine it on me Oh shine it on me There's a cloud Over my light And it's troubling me Such a world Such an invitation Come as you are They say come as you are Subject to

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

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

Nobody Knew His Name John Hiatt

A man in a Cadillac used to come around here Looking for a long black train Said bbay left town with an inginer Streets across the midnight rain board Street across the midnight rain When he was pretty

Circle Back John Hiatt

Drove that wagon train out West Right along this interstate Cross the high plains of Kansas To the Colorado line Spent a lot of sleepless nights 'round the campfire They had mountains on their minds Those

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

Cold River John Hiatt

up his suitcase 'Cause the deal gone down She was slipping on her stockings Lord it made the sweetest sound There was a baby in the reeds Along the river outside of town As he wound his pocket watch To

Loving A Hurricane John Hiatt

the window pane That's what she gets for loving a hurricane She could have rode off with some Texas tornado Some mister twister she could kick up her boot heels with Could have rode him on down to

Cry Love (Live) John Hiatt

A moment of steel a dry-eyed house Did he say goodbye to you or did you kick him out?

Back to Normal John Hiatt

(With his thermometer) I'm back to normal (She's getting normal) I'm back to normal now Back to normal Back to normal Back to normal now You tell him to try and kiss away All those little things

Back To Normal (Album Version) John Hiatt

thermometer I'm back to normal She's getting normal I'm back to normal now Back to normal Back to normal Back to normal now You tell him to try and kiss away All those little things we could not say And

Motorboat To Heaven John Hiatt

drink and his cane And shows everyone his scar You're lovely, and you're cruel You got me in a trance You put my soul in those hot, hot coals And you make my spirit dance CHORUS: Motorboat to

Adios To California John Hiatt

Smoky room and a thin blue light Her arms were pale as white Trying to outlast the night Howling at the moon Living in the Canyon Inn Hangdown hanna and whiskey jim Dirty jeans and mudslide hymns It all

Here To Stay John Hiatt

Leave the fallow like that when I'm alone Leave the fallow babe when is on my mind Now he gonna bust it, I need you to treat me kind Come back baby, come back, you my baby Come back baby, ooh come back

Cross My Fingers John Hiatt

Baby when I put my mind to it I slip into another gear And I travel in another syncopation When all I wanna be is here with you And I'll be true to you cross my fingers I'll be good to you cross

Back to the War John Hiatt

You're different from me All the boundaries are defined If we keep up with these truces One of will lose their mind And I consciously object to your weapons detector Hedging bets in the private

Back To The War (Album Version) John Hiatt

You're different from me All the boundaries are defined If we keep up with these truces One of will lose their mind And I consciously object to your weapons detector Hedging bets in the private sector

Rose John Hiatt

Holds her tired face up to the mirror. She sees a younger woman there she thought she would forget, And it hurts her now that no one comes to see her.

Take Time To Know Her John Hiatt

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 see that I wanted her for me I took her home to

My Baby Blue John Hiatt

Minutes turn to days Years just melt away In the park at dawn Just a flower on I keep callin' to you My baby blue, my baby blue I keep callin' to you My baby blue, my baby blue We discovered love In the

Come Home to You John Hiatt

There's a mad little kid at the top of the stairs And his eyes, they gather no lies Well, his mom and his dad, they're too high to care And his cries drift off in the night And I been that kid, yes

Listening To Old Voices John Hiatt

They have come to haunt the children They have come to walk the wind I can hear them as they rustle through the trees Looking for the love that killed them So that they might live again It's a simple

She Said The Same Things To Me (Album Version) John Hiatt

tell you brother She said the same things to me It was at another party But to her I guess they're all the same You know she'll ask you for a lite But as soon she wants to know your name ooh yeah

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

Too Close John Hiatt

I'm &endash; with my baby Like a brand new pair of cheap shoes The kind that don't last as long as they should You wear 'em out fast when it starts feeling blue To be close almost too close CHORUS

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

Across the Borderline John Hiatt

There's a land so I have been told Every street is paved with gold And it's just across the borderline And when it's time to take your turn There's one lesson that you must learn You could lose

She Said The Same Things To Me John Hiatt

conversation Like some others call their children in Tho you can't believe one sentence Man you hang on ev'ry word Til the line of trash she's talkin' Just gets more and more absurd Well I give it to

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

Long Night John Hiatt

3 on a fever, down in the dumps the 1st one hollers, the 2nd one jumps the 3rd writes a letter to his family says I'd kill everyone if it was up to me Early in the bathroom, looking for a drain

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

Perfectly Good Guitar John Hiatt

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: Oh it breaks my heart to

The Action John Hiatt

The Action It's just about a mile or so Down the street And there's a part goin' on in there Down a lot of funky stairs And everything will be rare Till the break of dawn Now, you don't want to

Warming Up To The Ice Age John Hiatt

Baby shaved her head and gone Now she's got black stockings on I think she's warmin' up to the ice age Baby spreads her little wings Now the boys say awful things I think she's warmin' up to the

Lipstick Sunset John Hiatt

There's a lipstick sunset Smeared across the August sky There's a bitter sweet perfume Hanging in the fields The creek is running high And I left my lover waiting In the dawn somewhere to wonder

It Hasn't Happened Yet (Album Version) 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