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

Feels Like Rain John Hiatt

Down here the river meets the sea And in the sticky heat I feel ya' open up to me Love comes out of nowhere baby, like a hurricane And it feels like rain Underneath the stars lying next to you

If I Can Love Somebody John Hiatt

The smiling--------- is laughing in the wind And the tables are a turning their backs on me again But I'll get out of line if I can just hang on to this If I can love somebody If I can love somebody

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

Loving A Hurricane John Hiatt

You answer questions like a natural disaster Voices in the wind- you let em call her out The whole foundation just went flying past her She puts her heart into it - and you just yank it out You

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

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

Walk On John Hiatt

Someone called out to you And it 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

Marlene John Hiatt

Marlene, Marlene When you call my name Marlene, Marlene Like the summer rain Like the honey too Deep all in my brain Marlene, Marlene I'm in love with you You know I wont be never satisfied You make the

Face Of God John Hiatt

Tell me how much more suffering Before you see the face of God Tell me how much more suffering Before you see the face of God Now my eyes are blind from crying Don't know how many more tears I've got They

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

You Must Go John Hiatt

a far away place Where you don't recognize one face Don't unpack your old suitcase Cause you must go CHORUS: You must go and you must ramble Through every briar and bramble Till your life is in

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

The River Knows Your Name John Hiatt

Oh the river knows your name And your tears falling like the rain All around you suffering and pain Oh the river knows your name And the river hears you cry As the lightning cracks the open sky

Over in My Mind John Hiatt

'em tall like sailing ships Two Magellan's heading on out to the sea And up on those eaves, just about anything you'd believe You could get your heart to see CHORUS: I roll it over in my mind I

Child Of The Wild Blue Yonder John Hiatt

She has the wind as a witness She has feelings that fly by night She believes in forgiveness But it's not love if it holds too tight And you can fly beside her But you gotta go where your heart

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

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

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

Stood Up John Hiatt

I stood up for the first time When I was just eleven months old And ever since that day, my mama said I never done what I was told I never stood for nothing too much All through my schooling years

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

Missing Pieces John Hiatt

I spent all day staring at a leaf I know that my time here is brief I'd like to get some details down Before I move on to another town I met a man, he lost both arms He got 'em caught up in her charms

Is Anyone There? John Hiatt

Oh, I need somebody to be To know that I'm good enough for love To walk beside me And as a woman in this world Well you must have felt like this That a man might come along With another hard luck

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

The Action John Hiatt

Now, there's a jumpin' little place I go Called 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

Alone in the Dark John Hiatt

It's a lonely picture Of an empty glass It's a still life study Of a drunken ass And he howls at the moon Hoping the sun don't come up too fast I'm all alone in the dark now baby I'm all alone

Alone In The Dark (Live) John Hiatt

It's a lonely picture Of an empty glass It's a still life study Of a drunken ass And he howls at the moon Hoping the sun don't come up too fast I'm all alone in the dark now baby I'm all alone in the dark

All the Lilacs in Ohio John Hiatt

and you were just a boy And all the lilacs in Ohio All the lilacs in Ohio.

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

(No More) Dancing In The Street John Hiatt

Out in the street They're tryin' to arrest my friend They put him on ice now twice But he's back again Well he did that dance in Harlem All across the USA From the Tappan Zee To the Golden Gate

Seven Little Indians John Hiatt

There were seven little Indians Living in a brick house on Central Avenue Gathered 'round their daddy Tellin' stories in the living room From a slightly unrealistic point of view Momma was off

The Love That Harms John Hiatt

Shes seen the whites of crazy eyes Been in the camps of foreign spies Taken lovers by surprise The captives smile But all the while she is wearing a disguise Better men have been betrayed Better

The Love That Harms (Album Version) John Hiatt

Shes seen the whites of crazy eyes Been in the camps of foreign spies Taken lovers by surprise The captives smile But all the while she is wearing a disguise Better men have been betrayed Better men have

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?

Memphis In Meantime (Live) John Hiatt

the meantime baby Memphis in the meantime girl I need a little shot of that rhythm baby Mixed up with these country blues I wanna trade in these ol country boots For some fine italian shoes Forget the

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

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'

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

Something Broken John Hiatt

There's something broken in my heart Oh it was nothin' you'd done There's something broken in my heart I guess that's just the way it comes There's something broken in my heart Something I just

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

Motorboat To Heaven John Hiatt

You bring out the fool in me The blind man at the bar Who whistles for his 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

Cop Party John Hiatt

Down on the beat They're lining up everyone Who's got a mind on a bullet and a mouth like a gun Boys and girls Stripped to their innocence We run some real weak links in this long chain of events

Cop Party (Album Version) John Hiatt

Down on the beat They're lining up everyone Who's got a mind on a bullet and a mouth like a gun Boys and girls Stripped to their innocence We run some real weak links in this long chain of events Cop party

One More Time John Hiatt

Mama's in the bathroom Waitin' to be saved Papa's in the bedroom Just diggin' up his grave Brother's in the kitchen Playin' with a knife Sister's in the attic Just laughin' at her life CHORUS

Stolen Moments John Hiatt

I used to drink a lot in those days you see Ya, that's the way the wind blows These days the only bar I ever see Has got lettuce and tomatoes I get pumped up in the back of my mind Start thinking

Woman Sawed in Half John Hiatt

She was a woman sawed in half It was done by a bad magician There was a point at which she just had to laugh You could appreciate her position Her legs in one way, and her head another She just

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?

The Usual John Hiatt

at the shape I'm in Where's my pearls, where's my swine?

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

The Walking Dead John Hiatt

It's that mechanical motion Skin -tight when the nights are bloodless Lip-sync the latest notion From zombie drill instructors Throw out of all the parties Maybe it's time for me to bed Now his