Detroit Made John Hiatt

babe She will ride you right Pick you up about half past nine We can ride all night I came up from the country, baby City's where I stay Got me a deuce and a quarter, babe It's all I got to say She's a Detroit

Pirate Radio John Hiatt

One star in the sky so I named it Otis Redding Or maybe Marvin Gaye lookin' for his Tammi Terrell There ain't no mountain high enough to stop this wedding Rollin' out of Memphis to Detroit I can hear

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

Fool Who Knows John Hiatt

memories Take it from a fool who knows Now my tears are fallin' and I feel the pain Here comes all that hurt again But while my heart keeps beating I'll keep repeating The same mistakes that I made

When My Love Crosses Over John Hiatt

Made a pact Lying there on our backs Swearing to every star that the sky did hold Promising our love was true Promising to see it through Then we headed due southwest across the Muscle Shoals We slid down

Full Moon John Hiatt

And the faces in my field, Only flesh made out of him. My body ages. Houses made of stone and ice. Chimneys smokey paradise. If you gotta leave, you gotta leave alone.

Damn This Town John Hiatt

work, barely raised the kids Damn this town, I\'m leaving I ain\'t gonna tell you what her youngest boy did Damn this town, I\'m leaving Damn this town, I mean it this time Damn this town, I made

Too Late John Hiatt

Your coldest cut goes right down to the bone Everybody's out for murder and you're in it all alone And there ain't no mercy in the hands of fate When your time has slipped away You'll see you've made

Overnight Story John Hiatt

They took enough of my mind To make a calculator Addin' up the figures, they'll find That love's a dumbwaiter Waitin' for the dream to fade Right into you hit parade Maybe I've made that long

Doll Hospital John Hiatt

words left unspoken That leave hearts broken But I never tore your legs off Or threw you on the floor Now I know baby cries a lot But please don't cry no more When we played doctor I must have made

Think It Over John Hiatt

I ain't the only guy ever made you come ever made you tired with a firin' gun (?)

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

Slug Line John Hiatt

pretty hole in my mind Show me where to sign And put me on the slug- Well that's fine Put me on the slug line Punch a pretty hole in my mind Show me where to sign And put me on the slug line You made

Trudy and Dave John Hiatt

CHORUS: Trudy and Dave They're out of their minds Trudy and Dave They're out of their minds Well David put a match to a Lucky Strike And the smoke curled up 'round his head how he liked, It made

Slug Line (Album Version) John Hiatt

Punch a pretty hole in my mind Show me where to sign And put me on the slug Well that's fine put me on the slug line Punch a pretty hole in my mind Show me where to sign And put me on the slug line You made

Wild Eyed Gypsies John Hiatt

some crazy Spanish Lady Listen to the old wind blow She got earrings And she dances I'm an old rusty razor blade Ten to one I'll take my chances I just ain't near as sharp As the day I was made

Death By Misadventure John Hiatt

Well, Harry had a good job working' for the Secret Service He had a wife and kids at home who made him awful nervous He'd never done a damn thing you could call experimental And he had this aching

Death By Misadventure (Album Version) John Hiatt

Well Harry had a good job working' for the Secret Service He had a wife and kids at home who made him awful nervous He'd never done a damn thing you could call experimental And he had this aching feeling

Ain't Ever Goin' Back John Hiatt

Notes burning and the letters scrawled I ain't ever goin' back no more Bare light, bulb and a hotplate Was there that I finally met my fate And I ain't ever goin' back no more She danced the room and she made

Real Emotion John Hiatt

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 ghost in the back of the mirror your hand and you made

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

Washable Ink John Hiatt

them amused They dont know, you got your match to the end of that fuse Such a life, such a long vacation A tourist parade, man its a tourist parade Im going to sleep, wake me up when you've got it made

My Old Friend John Hiatt

I thought we were gonna make that bridge, what did I know Me and my expectations was always high \"Like a Rolling Stone\" is playing on the radio It made you cry But we got by CHORUS: My old friend

String Pull Job John Hiatt

face Fade up the lights 'till it wipes out the place Put on your pants cause she's put out a trace on you She's found a future it's been localized Brought out the sutures and clamps for your eyes Made

The Love That Harms John Hiatt

smile But all the while she is wearing a 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

String Pull Job (Album Version) John Hiatt

her face Fade up the lights 'till it wipes out the place Put on your pants cause she's put out a trace on you She's found a future it's been localized Brought out the sutures and clamps for your eyes Made

The Love That Harms (Album Version) John Hiatt

captives smile But all the while she is wearing a 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

The Penny Drops John Hiatt

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 could land No, I stood and fought 'til it made

My Sweet Girl John Hiatt

My sweet girl, do you know you are My lovely dream, my little star In a blanket made of earth and sky Curled up with my sweetie pie The love we make, it merely takes Our breath out of the air We

Some Fun Now John Hiatt

mind And it's a fast free fall From a long hard climb REPEAT CHORUS And you wonder how You ever got it so far From a Mel Bay book Into a long black car And all along the way They never made

Runaway John Hiatt

run...runaway, there is no reason to stay Run...runaway Better run...runaway, fast as these words that I say Run...runaway From the ashes you will rise Distant crashes in your eyes Though he's made

Walk On John Hiatt

getting high on the sweet air As your spirit was flying Steam rising from the sidewalks Of New Orleans after an evening rain Steam rising from the sidewalks After an evening rain And it only made

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

No Business John Hiatt

CHORUS: 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

Smoke That Cigarette John Hiatt

surgeon general say or all them people on the airplanes Gonna smoke a - if it be my death Buddy can't you see that girl she was my very life and breath We used to smoke one together right after we made

Back Of My Mind John Hiatt

never came up 'til I came to the end of the line And I saw that the light I'd been hoping to see Was just a spark in the back of my mind And the cold wind that blew Through the hole in my heart Made

Don't Know Much About Love John Hiatt

know much, much about love Baby when you kiss me will I see That little wish list you've been keeping for me I'm rushing like a fool, babe, 'cause I know If they taught you this in school You must have made

The Nagging Dark John Hiatt

Once shame and guilt had made their mark. Well you can't run away from the nagging dark. You carry it everywhere in your heart. It finishes everything that you start.

All The Way Under John Hiatt

all the way under Like I have, oh like I have Body torn asunder, torn asunder All your good gone bad, all your good gone bad I'm swimming upstream and it's dark and it's cold I'm looking for a house made

Riding With The King (Album Version) John Hiatt

I stepped out of Mississippi when I was ten years old With a suit cut sharp as a razor and a heart made of gold I had a guitar hanging just about waist high And I`m gonna play this thing until the day

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 Rest Of The Dream John Hiatt

You were a tiny spark Caught in your parents' eyes When they made love in the dark You were the big surprise And the old man came through Gave his very best for you And your mother's arms They

Overcoats John Hiatt

like a little girl She took off her wedding gown Then she stood before the mirror And it all came clear She was married to the lost and found So I left her there sleeping In her honeymoon And I made

True Believer John Hiatt

Saturday night and I swore I'd never leave 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

I Don't Even Try John Hiatt

kind of thing you're into when you ain't nobody's fool Got my socks in the oven something's growing in the sink I can't begin to face the day without a couple of drinks Ain't had a decent meal since you made

I Don't Even Try (Album Version) John Hiatt

kind of thing you're into when you ain't nobody's fool Got my socks in the oven something's growing in the sink I can't begin to face the day without a couple of drinks Ain't had a decent meal since you made

Cold River John Hiatt

Well, he packed 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

Back On The Corner John Hiatt

not say when One of these days Gonna fly back home and then Back on the corner again Every long, drawn step it took to get me here Was full of best intentions Bright hopes and good cheer With dreams made

Fly Back Home John Hiatt

He said, "Anywhere you want to, I guess All you creatures walkin' upright 'round here Well, you've really made a mess" I wish we both could fly back home To the green fields of our youth Where friends

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...