Sure As I'm Sittin' Here John Hiatt

Get up; ya get down Get lost and then ya get found Sure as I'm sittin' here Sure as I'm sittin' here Ya get a laugh; ya get a cry Get 'em all before you die Sure as I'm sittin' here Sure as I'm sittin'

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

Howlin' Down The Cumberland John Hiatt

"Caught like a deer in my own headlights Frozen on this road tonight I had a fix on the brightest star Now I'm not sure, where you are North is south and east is west Where's the love that I knew

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

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

I Killed An Ant With My Guitar John Hiatt

I killed an ant With my guitar Underneath romantic Indiana stars He was a fool I was so cruel The power of music is no tool So I hit him in the head And now he's dead I killed him there By

Sure Pinocchio John Hiatt

You told me you'd hold me Now I know better All you did fold me honey Like a dear John letter You put me in a box With God and his uncle Like a pair of gym socks Lookin' like Artie Garfunkle

The Negroes Were Dancing John Hiatt

Little lover sittin' in the corner with a former member of the jets He would write a letter to the editor about the little holes in her dress She said oh, I'm so bored She said oh, tell me more

Memphis in the Meantime John Hiatt

I got something to say little girl You might not like my style But we've been hanging around this town Just a little too long a while You say you're gonna get your act together Gonna take it out

This Secret Life John Hiatt

I dreamed I was being kept alive To bear the brunt of a family joke About which no one spoke To multiply and divide This hideous thing, this human kind With something else on his mind I was

She Runs Hot John Hiatt

Sittin' on the line Tryin' to change her mind Red light, yellow light, green light time You're standing on it buddy But she's chilly as a Tastee Freeze Ease it over, son I'll show you how she

Back to the War John Hiatt

sector I don't have to salute you But I might have to shoot you Let's get back to the war That's what we're here for Back to the war That's what we're here for Back to the war Those bullets

Back To The War (Album Version) John Hiatt

I don't have to salute you But I might have to shoot you Let's get back to the war That's what we're here for Back to the war That's what we're here for Back to the war Those bullets in the park Those

Memphis In Meantime (Live) John Hiatt

I got something to say little girl You might not like my style But we've been hanging around this town Just a little too long a while You say you're gonna get your act together Gonna take it out on the

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

The Wreck of the Barbie Ferrari John Hiatt

doll they look like a family but they're really not at all well he's sad but he ain't sorry it ain't the end of the world it's just the wreck of the Barbie Ferrari he wonders if he ever said I

Riding With The King (Album Version) John Hiatt

I dreamed I had a good job and I got well paid. 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.

I Want Your Love Inside Of Me John Hiatt

Unlock these chains and let me out I want the love you're talkin' about I want a job, I wanna care I want to find you everywhere I want a house and a fireplace Screw the pain, I want a smile on

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

Damn This Town John Hiatt

They killed my brother in a poker game Damn this town, I\'m leaving Daddy stayed drunk and he died insane Damn this town, I\'m leaving Momma had to work, barely raised the kids Damn this town,

Uncommon Connection John Hiatt

Well, I do my best thinking, I'm sitting on my ass I'm just sittin' here waiting for things to pass You got places to go and people to see Well honey, that's you, it ain't me Shit flying in my head from

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

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?

Back On The Corner John Hiatt

eye dog He's blind as justice Hungry as a hog Feel like a prince But I look like a frog And I'm back on the corner again Back on the corner Pitching pennies and dimes Hell, I don't even know How I got

Bring Back Your Love To Me John Hiatt

Darlin' if you've been a hurting I don't care what it is I wanna help for certain, but it takes more than a kiss All this love and affection I'm feeling for you now Send it back in my direction,

The Last Time John Hiatt

Time is runnin' out Friends are too The word is getting' out It's all bad news Scoundrels know my whereabouts They recognize these pointy shoes That's the last time I turn my back on you A friendly little

Right Now John Hiatt

You said the tables were turning Sure enough they turn your way (????)

Is Anyone There? John Hiatt

Well I'm out here on my own Followin' a star Asking on my knees, for some direction, please, And, God, you know that's hard Cause I'm such a stubborn man Lord, I'm stubborn as a mule Even though

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

conversation Like some others call their children in Though you can't believe one sentence Man you hang on every word Till the line of trash she's talkin' Just gets more and more absurd Well I'm here

After All This Time John Hiatt

time So many disagree To 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

Fool Who Knows John Hiatt

a fool who knows I was high as a bird in the sky In the month of May With a true fine love all mine Forever and one day Now my eyes are overflowin' With the memories such as those They're tear-stained

The Other Side John Hiatt

I was looking for an easy way out from this darkness inside of me For somebody who knew what it was about someone who could clearly see My grandfather n' my grandmother Someone who's been here before

Do You Want My Job John Hiatt

Cool breezes from the mountains blow As I wake up and dress to go On the island, dawn is breaking In the harbor, tanker's waiting From the land of the rising sun They bring their old plutonium

Wintertime Blues John Hiatt

I've been too long with my nose in a book I hope you sing just as good as you look Come on over baby, I got a song for you A little jump of something I call wintertime blues I wanna hear those mockingbird

Ocean John Hiatt

I am the west wind. I am the sea gull. I dance on the waves, As they break on the shore line. The moon is my sorrow. The moon is my lantern.

She Said The Same Things To Me John Hiatt

Carries on a 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

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 I

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

They All Leave Town John Hiatt

Sometime, when we all show up ---'s got a pickup truck They come down here to get some kinda degree At a little southern University From New Jersey and Delaware Funny clothes and funny hair Those

Overcoats John Hiatt

Well I wandered in To the house of mirrors With a camera and an old shotgun I was taking some pictures Of me and my fears And exploding them one by one When all of a sudden Much to my surprise

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

Riding With The King John Hiatt

I dreamed I did a good job and I got well paid Blew it all at the penny arcade A hundred dollars on a kewpie doll I guess no white chick is gonna make me crawl On a TWA, to the promised land Every

Riding with the king John Hiatt

I dreamed I did a good job and I got well paid Blew it all at the penny arcade A hundred dollars on a kewpie doll I guess no white chick is gonna make me crawl On a TWA, to the promised land

True Believer John Hiatt

itself right out of the sky Guess we'll all be lucky if we don't fry And the preacher's baptism' at the river bend Wash the dust off a Dixie, start all over again CHORUS: It was Saturday night and I

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

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

I Can't Wait John Hiatt

Tonight I'm howling at a foreign moon Might as well be a junkie's spoon For all the light it's given me Sinking in my misery It's been forty days and forty nights Darling since I held you tight I walk

Wild Eyed Gypsies John Hiatt

little money Go on down to Mexico Take up with 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

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

Something Happens John Hiatt

I get jumpy Wanna step on the gas Drive right out of this place fast She says, "Red light I'll take those keys" Out of my mind and On my knees CHORUS: Something happens And I don't know why