Tougher Than the Rest Shawn Colvin

night you\'re all dressed up in blue I been watching you awhile maybe you been watching me too So somebody ran out left somebody\'s heart in a mess Well if you\'re looking for love honey I\'m tougher

Seal Lullaby Shawn Colvin

Oh hush thee, my baby The night is behind us And black are the waters that sparkled so green The moon or the cold looks downward to find At rest in the hollow that wrestle between Where pillow meet pillow

Polaroids Shawn Colvin

ugly American Thinner than oxygen Tough as a whore I said you can lie to me I own what's inside of me And nothing surprises me anymore But forests in Germany Kids in the Tuileries Broken-down

Change Is On The Way Shawn Colvin

Change Is On The Way - Shawn Colvin Cold nights, warm hands Mountains, flat lands Your face Nothing gets erased And I feel like a change is on the way Once you held my hand Wasn't long I saw you

That Don't Worry Me Now Shawn Colvin

Before you knew me An angel came to me I wrestled him down to the ground He said he could cure me I said That don't worry me now Those angels just bore me The same old damn story They were lost oh but

Monopoly Shawn Colvin

I don't know what else to do I would rather do anything Than write this song for you And perpetuate this thing In my head, in my living room With the usual arsenal Of broken chords and rusty strings To

Get Out Of This House Shawn Colvin

Go jump in the lake, go ride up the hill Get out of this house It's a house of your making, it's a house of ill will Get out of this house Go listen to Buddha, go listen to Joe Get out of this house

The Story (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

Well we pounded the pavement between dotted lines But we always belonged to the fugitive kind We were never the best but we were better than this To be made to bow down among princes I got thrown around

If I Were Brave Shawn Colvin

All the happy couples on their way to New Orleans Reminding me of when we got along They're only renting time and space to fill up with their dreams And dreams are what they'll have when they have gone

Ricochet In Time (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

I've been sleeping fair Lately I could swear I'm thinking clearer and clearer And I've been working hard Looking at my punch card and my mirror, my mirror But I daydream in my room I'm baying at the moon

A Matter Of Minutes Shawn Colvin

I can pack myself up in a matter of minutes, Leave you all far behind All of my old world and all the things in it are hard to find If they ever were mine You've been trying And I know it's been hard

Shotgun Down The Avalanche (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche Tumbling and falling down the avalanche So be quiet tonight the stars shine bright On this mountain of new fallen snow But I will raise up my voice into the void You

There's A Rugged Road Shawn Colvin

Sill) There's a rugged road on the prairie Stretchin' all across the last frontier There a stranger strives solitary Blessed is the lonesome pioneer Roll on, roll on, roll on Night birds are flyin

Diamond In The Rough Shawn Colvin

As a little girl I came down to the water With a little stone in my hand It would shimmer and sing And we knew everything As a little girl I came down But in a little while I got steeped in authority Heaven

Diamond In The Rough (Live at Sessions at West 54th, NYC, NY - August 1997) Shawn Colvin

As a little girl I came down to the water With a little stone in my hand It would shimmer and sing And we knew everything As a little girl I came down But in a little while I got steeped in authority Heaven

Diamond In The Rough (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

As a little girl I came down to the water With a little stone in my hand It would shimmer and sing And we knew everything As a little girl I came down But in a little while I got steeped in authority Heaven

Nothin On Me Shawn Colvin

used to be so hopeless But not tonight Tonight I'm walkin out that door I'm not gonna cry I'm wavin goodbye And I know this time You got nothin on me Well it ain't that tough Just more of the

Nothing On Me Shawn Colvin

Things used to be so hopeless But not tonight Tonight I'm walkin out that door I'm not gonna cry I'm wavin goodbye And I know this time You got nothin on me Well it ain't that tough Just more of the

The Chain Shawn Colvin

Listen to the wind blow Watch the sun rise Run in the shadows Damn your love Damn your lies And if You don't love me now You will never love me again I can still hear you saying You would never break the

The Bird Shawn Colvin

I might go to the mountain to spy And I see all the pretty snow And I dream that dream I dream no matter where I go We were still young like when we met And I hadn't fucked it all up yet And you wanted

The Neon Light Of The Saints Shawn Colvin

The saints all hang their heads The avenue is long They’re muffling their voices In the cold breaking dawn The saints are in their element The elements are brave The voices and the wrecking crew

Even Here We Are Shawn Colvin

Beautiful flower in your garden But the most beautiful by far Is the one growing wild in the garbage dump Even here we are.

The Dead Of The Night (Album Version) Shawn Colvin

It is the dead of the night On the dead of the night I live on a dream, it came to me When I was young I brought it here, and now for years The streets of London keep it safe and warm Every morning it

Windy Nights Shawn Colvin

Whenever the moon and stars are circling Whenever the wind is high All night long through the dark and wet The man goes riding by Late in the night when the fire's all out Why does he gallop and gallop

Twilight (Live at the Bottom Line, NYC, NY - August 1993) Shawn Colvin

Over by the wildwood, hot summer night. We lay in the tall grass, til the mornin' light come shining If I had my way I'd never get the urge to roam.

Kill The Messenger Shawn Colvin

Jane it sure looks like rain These Canadian plains And their windblown hair Jane the bruise colored clouds The smell of the ground In the ripening air I have seen you In your fluttering dress And your

Seven Times The Charm Shawn Colvin

The first rose to rise up in the ruins of the flood You brought me down like a hawk to your glove But a poor girl is made out of sorrow and blood Some hearts survive but mine isn’t one And we go once

Cinnamon Road Shawn Colvin

Oh, Cinnamon Road That's where we would go to try and feel better Oh, hot summer breeze The tops of the trees reachin' forever So you take all the things that you felt then And never did show With a picture

Set The Prairie On Fire Shawn Colvin

Full full moon and That same sad nature I wanna cover every inch of you Like ink on paper Like the blind parade of souls Consumed by religion I can't wait 'til I get you In that defenseless position Chorus

Orion In The Sky Shawn Colvin

we've broken down the wilderness And we've blackened up the skies And we cry 'cause we've got no vision left While the smoke gets in our eyes And there's no more time And the dream is dying But I love

Suicide Alley Shawn Colvin

Wait for me by the banshee tree Let me be your wailing companion Pass 'em on by, don't look 'em in the eye Suicide Alley is callin' You thought you were dreaming You could wake up dead And you'll

Hold On To The Good Things Shawn Colvin

Hold On To The Good Things From Stuart Little 2 soundtrack It's a beautiful world It's a beautiful day And an usual time is coming away We're on adventure hippy poo-ey Talking in the balloon I'm sailing

Now The Day Is Over Shawn Colvin

Now the day is over Night is drawing on Shadows are beneathing Steal across the sky Give to little children Visions sweeter thee Guard the sailors all sing On the deep blue sea When the morning awakens

American Jerusalem Shawn Colvin

American Jerusalem - Shawn Colvin New York City rain Don't know if it's makin' me Dirty or clean Went for the subway but there was no train And the tunnel was grumbling for repairs again And the

Never Saw Blue Like That Shawn Colvin

Today I took a walk up the street And picked a flower and climbed the hill Above the lake And secret thoughts were said aloud We watched the faces in the clouds Until the clouds had blown away And

The Christ Child's Lullaby Shawn Colvin

Oh dear, the eye that softly looks Oh dear, the heart that foundly loves Though but a tender babe thy arth The graces all grow up with thee Oh dear, the wind that pulls the trees Oh dear, the rain that

Wichita Skyline Shawn Colvin

By shawn colvin & john leventhal Down at the train they go to independence everyday But anywhere else now seems like a million miles away And i must have been high to believe that i would ever leave

Another Plane Went Down Shawn Colvin

the crash was sabotage I wanna know if everyone is dead I remember when I was fifteen me and Liz would ride around We liked to smoke in the car in the winter with all the windows rolled down I had a dream

Fall Of Rome Shawn Colvin

The city is crumbling Like Rome or Pompeii And there’s nothing to do But get out of the way When you know you can save no one Like an empty old bottle The ship has gone down The Titanic is sinking

Object Of My Affection Shawn Colvin

Jump into the night Gas up and downshift Cruise up the coast On the FM drift It's a crazy world On the head of a pin Some other time Some other star I might've cried but now You only need to look so far

When The Rainbow Comes Shawn Colvin

C'mon, pack your bags, clear the floor Let's step out through the open door Leave a note that says goodbye And build a new house down by the sea Get to the place we were meant to be And you'll

Close Your Eyes Shawn Colvin

Close your eyes Close your eyes Go to sleep now, my darling There's a Sandman Old and white Bringing happy dreams to you Tattle Tail Go to sleep Til the quiet night passes You are safe in my arms In my

I'll Say I'm Sorry Now Shawn Colvin

I''m gonna let you down I know that now Make you cry, I know I will Why should you believe I would never leave Or that I love you still For all the by and by Hard as we try The bough

You And The Mona Lisa Shawn Colvin

Hold me down to anything Anything that you see I should walk away right now I'll be there, so never mind I'll be the one to fall Waiting for you to look up at me Oh I love you the most Always

Trouble Shawn Colvin

Baby let me set you down You look so troubled and I think I know Just when you think you've come around There you go Now I know the business of the heart And it'll get you anyway it can You need

One Small Year Shawn Colvin

One small year It's been an eternity It's taken all of me to get here The hands of time They pushed my down the street They swept me of my feet to this place And I don't know my face Now all through the

Window To The World Shawn Colvin

Neon flickers with a pale glow And all the shadows that come and go Sometimes I can hear them laugh and cry In my lonely room with a view I can't sleep and so I think of you And watch the world as it passes

New Thing Now Shawn Colvin

This is your new thing now Naked as a rose Everything exposed But not quite This is your new thing now Cards out on the table A genius with no label But not quite, not quite God, I swear it's

Up On That Hill Shawn Colvin

Up On That Hill - Shawn Colvin The blood that run your veins Of all that you are made It didn't start with you As much as you would like it to The path they set you on Your battles lost and won

Anne Of The Thousand Days Shawn Colvin

Anne Of The Thousand Days - Shawn Colvin The morning was wet I wore your jacket I walked your dog To go get coffee Where I ran into Your last girlfriend And we said hello She didn't like me I