One Step Over The Line John Hiatt

' to give in Now let's go one step over the line I know it's just your daddy's car Your daddy never went this far Baby, we know who we are Let's go one step over the line I can feel you're driving

Slug Line John Hiatt

sign And put me on the slug line They told me how to behave Like any other public slave Keep a smile on the face of the consumer Or you'll become a rumor So I got a band of angry sons Now we're

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.

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

Your Love Is My Rest John Hiatt

These are the words That cry out of me in the night Like a buffalo herd From a shotgun blast scattered in flight I got a one track mind Going down a one train line Living on dreams half the time

Slug Line (Album Version) John Hiatt

on the slug line They told me how to behave Like any other public slave Keep a smile on the face of the consumer Or you'll become a rumor So I got a band of angry sons Now we're havin' so much fun Tearin

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

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

The Usual John Hiatt

I'm trippin over dumb drunks at a party Girlfriend just ran off with the DJ I give her everything, but she refused it It doesn't matter, she don't know how to use it My confidence is dwindling Look

The Usual (Album Version) John Hiatt

I'm trippin over dumb drunks at a party Girlfriend just ran off with the DJ I give her everything but she refused it It doesn't matter she don't know how to use it My confidence is dwindling Look at the

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

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

Cry Love (Live) John Hiatt

And bleed all over the milky way The stars in your eyes look red today Cry love, cry love The tears of an angel, the tears of a dove Spilling all over your heart from above Cry love, cry love The trust

Ain't Ever Goin' Back John Hiatt

danced the room and she made it fine I sang a song about a crooked line I ain't ever goin' back no more And she's my first love and she's my last Don't ask me how it ever came to pass 'Cause I ain't ever

Real Fine Love John Hiatt

Well I never went to college, babe I did not have the luck Rolled out of Indiana in the back of a pickup truck With no education higher Than the street of my hometown I went lookin' for a fire

The Most Unoriginal Sin John Hiatt

What there was left of us Was all covered in dust and thick skin A half eaten apple Or the whole Sistine Chapel Painted on the head of a pin A life long love's worth Gone up in a smurk And you

New Fingerprints John Hiatt

I was outta gas I drove a hot spot in Dallas one time (?)

It Hasn't Happened Yet John Hiatt

You said that I would be sorry if you went away You said I wouldn't be happy without hell to pay You said the teardrops would fall Between the bedroom walls You said that I would regret Well It Hasn't

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

Smoke That Cigarette John Hiatt

Well I wanna tell you all a story about a girl I used to know She told me that she loved me that was a long time ago I wanna tell you all my story but first I wanna smoke this cigarette I ain't over

Cry Love John Hiatt

planet shifts Whatcha gonna do Gonna slit your wrists Bleed all over the milky way The stars in your eyes look red today CHORUS: Cry love, Cry love The tears of an angel The tears of a dove

Old People John Hiatt

Old people on the hill They don't have too much time Cut a head on the buffet line Got back for a dollar and 50 Then I argue with the girl They lived so much behind them They try to slow down this god

It Hasn't Happened Yet (Album Version) John Hiatt

You said that I would be sorry If you went away You said I wouldn't be happy Without hell to pay You said the teardrops would fall Between the bedroom walls You said that I would regret Well it hasn't

Falling Up John Hiatt

I'm gonna lower my standards and raise my price I'm gonna take your lunch and your bad advice Until my worse idea gets the big reward Until I get out of this raggedy Ford And into a shiny new two

Falling Up (Album Version) John Hiatt

Dress my girlfriend up like a cheetah I'm gonna sign my checks Yours sincerely For all the money that you hold dearly When my ego swells and my output dwindles You can tell the world that youve been swindled

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

Rose John Hiatt

Holds her tired face up to the mirror. She sees a younger woman there she thought she would forget, And it hurts her now that no one comes to see her.

Some Fun Now John Hiatt

Now your private life Is in the public domain And your one true love is just a lipstick stain And your point of view Is just a figure of speech Well I rest my case, you're out of reach CHORUS

Back On The Corner John Hiatt

Back on the corner I'm singing the blues I can see my reflection In the shine of your shoes Like Momma used to say No news is good news And I'm back on the corner again Back on the corner Got my seeing

Think It Over John Hiatt

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

She Said The Same Things To Me John Hiatt

You know she talks like ev'rybody in the room Was gonna listen in 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

Back to the War John Hiatt

You're different from me All the boundaries are defined If we keep up with these truces One of will lose their mind And I consciously object to your weapons detector Hedging bets in the private

Back To The War (Album Version) John Hiatt

You're different from me All the boundaries are defined If we keep up with these truces One of will lose their mind And I consciously object to your weapons detector Hedging bets in the private sector

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

Over in My Mind John Hiatt

When I was a kid I travelled the rooftops of my town Trying to raise up above a family I look at those houses when I'm standing on the ground Over impressed with gravity Me and Joe H- we rode

When You Cut Me, I Bleed John Hiatt

Keep it in mind Don't throw your weight around Everything's so heavy in this God-damn town They go off the bridge They laugh in the wind There's only one hole you could put me in CHORUS: 'Cause

Love Like Blood John Hiatt

Take it easy baby But take as much as you can Cause I got all the sweet loving You could possibly stand I'll take your tears for drinking water Make your pain sweet company You can lay all your

Learning How To Love You / Band Introductions (Live) John Hiatt

Take it easy baby But take as much as you can Cause I got all the sweet loving You could possibly stand I'll take your tears for drinking water Make your pain sweet company You can lay all your burdens

Love Like Blood (Album Version) John Hiatt

Take it easy baby But take as much as you can Cause I got all the sweet loving You could possibly stand I'll take your tears for drinking water Make your pain sweet company You can lay all your burdens

Your Dad Did (Live) John Hiatt

Oh one two three four 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

Bring Back Your Love To Me John Hiatt

long Bring back, bring back your lovin' to me Bring back, bring back your lovin' to me All that words that passed between us Spoken in haste Could have gone back and forth to Venus For all the

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

One Kiss John Hiatt

They sold Van Gogh's Sunflowers the other day Some guy stuck 40 million in a bank vault!

Fly Back Home John Hiatt

and family set the tone With the hardcore language of the truth I know times bent on destruction The past is over every day I wish we both could fly back home But we can't, so I guess I'll just fly away

One For Then One For Me John Hiatt

Some women where passion like a most recent fashion Some women want money for love Some live on wishes and some do the dishes And you are the woman that I'm thinking of CHORUS: So it's one for

Old School John Hiatt

Old school He's the old school he don't say when he's hurtin' he'll just hide away 'till it 's over and tears are dry he's the old school and you can't see him cry He was young once just like you a heart

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

New Numbers John Hiatt

Stand before it to the nines Hurry up and get in line They've got your ashes scattered Before you even burn Blasting off for baby town Wearing cars like angel gowns Even though I'm wearin' tatters

Little Head John Hiatt

I'm dirty as a man hole cover I'm lookin for my long lost lover She turned me out and now I'm sinkin' I'm just so easily led when the little head does the thinkin' I'm talking with a tight red

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