Versuri 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 down

John Hiatt - Copy Party

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 Co

John Hiatt - Cross My Fingers

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 my

John Hiatt - Down In Front

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' That

John Hiatt - Drive South

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 true

John Hiatt - Forever Yours

These days it's hard to have fun Looking for a little girl, a little undone By the progress of man By the touch of a loving hand Maybe we touch too much You and me, baby, I'm not good in a clutch I'

John Hiatt - Good Girl, Bad World

Put your make up on Though your face is long Clothes that fit you wrong What's wrong with you Last night's Romeo He just had to go I don't wanna know What else is new? CHORUS: Good girl bad worl

John Hiatt - I Killed An Ant With My Guitar

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 the fr

John Hiatt - Living A Little, Laughing A Little

Laugh everyone at the clown He's the best one in town, Ummm ummm Ride on his merry-go-round Spinning faster than sound Uuuuh huh Uuuuh huh Laugh as the funny man cries Though his makeup is smeared

John Hiatt - Memphis In The Meantime

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 t

John Hiatt - Mr Stanley

Mr. Stanley loved me just like a son Mr. Stanley loved me just like a son Now he's gone I ain't got no one Daddy died when I wasn't half a man Oh my daddy died when I wasn't half a man Mr. Stanley

John Hiatt - My Edge Of The Razor

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 edge of

John Hiatt - Overcoats

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 A la

John Hiatt - Slow Turning

When I was a boy, I thought it just came to you But I never could tell what's mine So it didn't matter anyway My only pride and joy Was this racket down here Banging on an old guitar And singin' wha

John Hiatt - Something Happens

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 I can

John Hiatt - Sometime Other Than Now

Maybe your mama didn't treat you right, Maybe her intentions weren't even very good Maybe my daddy lay awake at night Imagining himself in some other neighborhood Left to our own devices Like maybe t

John Hiatt - String Pull Job

Bring it in tight and cut to 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 sut

John Hiatt - The Lady Of The Night

Oh the moon hangs down Like some old evening gown Forgotten by some lovely southern maiden Oh the stars are her tears And the sky a skin of years That she has most graciously given Now who am I To

John Hiatt - The Walking Dead

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 eyeb

John Hiatt - Tip Of My Tongue

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 your h

John Hiatt - Your Dad Did

Well the sun comes up and you stare your cup of coffee, yup Right through the kitchen floor You feel like hell so you might as well get out and sell Your smart ass door to door And the Mrs. wears her