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

Drive South John Hiatt

I didn't say we wouldn't hurt anymore That's how you learn, you just get burned But we don't have to feel like dirt anymore Though love's not earned, Baby it's our turn We were always looking for

Native Son John Hiatt

You finally found the mainstream In the middle of your life You tapped into a vein Of endless gold chains Now you're locked up tight Tearing down the middle of it Splitting it right in half Bobbing

Confidence Man John Hiatt

Well, I lost you at the border, When you crossed it. Had your number, baby, But I lost it. I know your love Was just a flimflam.

Tennessee Plates John Hiatt

I woke up in a hotel and I didn't know what to do I turned the TV on and wrote a letter to you The news was talkin' 'bout a dragnet up on the interstate Said they were lookin' for a Cadillac with

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

Singing the Blues John Hiatt

I knocked on your door The dog let me in Well, he was so happy To see me again The news is not good The news is not bad Ty TV blew up And the president is mad I'm glad you were home It's

Inside Job John Hiatt

You took it to heart That is my love And I thank heaven that I found you I thank the stars above The way that it happened Well it might sound strange But after the hurting is all done There comes

Cane Breaks John Hiatt

Don't you want to take another look Down at the cane breaks Down at the cane breaks They're selling that snake oil jumping on a claimed stakes Down by the cane break lines are being drawn And the

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

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

Buffalo River Home John Hiatt

I've been taking off and landing but this airport's closed And how much thicker this fog is gonna get god only knows Just when you think that you've got a grip Reality sneaks off it gives you the

Angel John Hiatt

It is a hurtin' thing you don't wanna talk about it Pain in your heart well it's takin' your breath away You left it in lipstick on the mirror no use talkin' about it Love like this just don't come

One Step Over The Line John Hiatt

When I look into your eyes See the world cut down to size Baby don't apologize For taking me one step over the line When I touch your secret skin Babe I know it ain't no sin I feel you startin

Rock Back Billy John Hiatt

In the valley somewhere Took a gig playing bass With Sonny and Cher He took it on his chin And never got it off his chest He wouldn't be caught dead wearing that vest Not rock back Billy Rock

My Edge of the Razor John Hiatt

We've been training Now we look like each other Face down and Booked and printed for young lovers Even as I write out of this song The ink wears off but the beat goes on CHORUS: I pledge my

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

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'

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

Down Home John Hiatt

gettin' late But I know that he's lyin' I got me no important dates My, how time is flyin' CHORUS: Well I keep on, keep on fallin' I keep on, keep on fallin' I keep on, keep on fallin' Fallin' down

Pink Bedroom John Hiatt

She got the french heels She got the blowdry She got her eyes peeled She got the tight jeans Seventeen magazine She got it all She got it all She got it all In her pink bedroom She thinks

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

Pink Bedroom (Album Version) John Hiatt

the French heels She got the blow dry she got her eyes peeled She got the tight jeans Seventeen magazine She got it all she got it all she got it all In her pink bedroom She thinks all her boyfriends

Already Loved John Hiatt

How much you resist assists just the one sweet kiss Baby you're crazy if you believe this One night is not enough It's fluff but if I may speak off the cuff It might take a lifetime to call your

My Edge Of The Razor (Album Version) John Hiatt

We've been training Now we look like each other Face down and Booked and printed for young lovers Even as I write out of this song The ink wears off but the beat goes on I pledge my edge of the razor

Paper Thin John Hiatt

I was gonna get up off that bar stool Just as soon as I could figure it out Why I was overlooked at the car pool Stood up at the dance with no twist and shout When you're burnin' with your last

Too Late John Hiatt

tear drops turning around You make me beg like a dog on this cold cold ground There'll be no forgiveness for all that you see You're just a hole to crawl out of there's no sympathy It's too late and

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

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'

Dust Down A Country Road John Hiatt

Could not get to sleep It was on my wedding night I was tangled in the sheets And I was dreaming of a light Pouring from her window Coming up through the floor Lifting up the darkness Crashing

Think It Over John Hiatt

I ain't the only man with his heart in his throat I gotta spit it out, spit it out, spit it out before I choke I don't wan't you to be any more than I see in my arms tonight Think it over but let your

All the Lilacs in Ohio John Hiatt

Well, you met her there on a New York City stair You were throwing up on your shoes Tryin' to write the great book when it really had you shook With a bad case of wintertime blues So you drag her

Thing Called Love (Live) John Hiatt

can choose you know We ain't no amoebas But Are you ready for this thing called love Don't come from you and me It comes from up above I ain't no porcupine take off your kid gloves Are you ready for this

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

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

Real Emotion John Hiatt

CHORUS: Real emotion you never could show Real 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

Number One Honest Game John Hiatt

Well the Ace of Spades, walkin' on the water The joker's only daughter, in love with the king of hearts Ooooh and the Jack of Clubs is kissin' the Queen of Diamonds Oh, she's such a shy one, until

Master of Disaster John Hiatt

of disaster Gets tangled in his telecaster He can't play it any faster When he plays the blues When he had the heart to ask her And every note just shook the plaster Now he's just a mean ole bastard When

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.

My Dog And Me John Hiatt

She marked our trail up the back bone ridge How many times can one dog pee Keeps me high as an eagle when I'm on the skids I guess you gotta come down eventually Buddy, I coulda gone that extra mile For

Hold On For Your Love John Hiatt

The streets are all empty, the network's deveined Buildings walled up, electricity drained Shots in the square where they mowed them all down The river runs red from the center of town I worked for my

She Loves the Jerk John Hiatt

We've talked it to death, cryin' on the telephone. Nights when he drinks at home, she has to whisper throught her tears. "Johnny," she says, "you'd never do these things to me."

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

She Loves The Jerk (Album Version) John Hiatt

wasted such precious years Well you married the wrong guy is all I ever say He's a no good so and so but she'll never let him go Though she knows it will never work she loves the jerk She loves the jerk

Hold On Tight John Hiatt

CHORUS: Hold on tight Hold on tight Please don't say we're through Hold on tight Hold on tight Or love'll will slip away on you CHORUS 2: Down at the line Down at the line I'm outta my mind

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

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

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

One More Time John Hiatt

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: And