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John Hiatt - Before I Go - lyrics

I've been sleeping for some hours
Just woke up and you were there
Like the morning, like the flowers
Sunlight whispering in my ears
Red tail hawk shooting down the canyon
Put me on that wind he rides
I will be your true companion
When we reach the other side
I will try, I will stumble
But I will fly, he told me so
Proud and high or low and humble
Many miles before I go
Many miles before I go
Can't decide which way to travel
On the ground or in the sky
All my schemes have come unraveled
All that's left is you and I
And I will try, but I will stumble
And I will fly, he told me so
Proud and high or low and humble
Many miles before I go
Many miles before I go
Here I go
Ghosts on the trees, there's
Ghosts on the wires
Asking questions and showing signs
Shivering with truth, they're lighting fires
Lighting fires all down the line
And I will try, and I will stumble
But I will fly, he told me so
Proud and high or low and humble
Many miles before I go
Many miles before I go
Proud and high or low and humble
Many miles before I go
Many miles before I go

John Hiatt - As Good As She Could Be - lyrics

Well she was a millionaire
Before she was fourteen
But there was an emptiness there
That to practically everyone else could be seen
She hit up on the drug of love
Though there was no hole in her arm
There was a hole some place else
About as big as dady 10.000 acre farm
CHORUS:
Oh, she was dying for it
For all the world to see
Ah, she was as good as she could be
Well she had a baby at eighteen
Never finished high school
Her husband beat her for money and sex
Till that cadillac finally ran out of fuel
One disaster led to another
Down to her and her baby son
Born with a silver spoon in her mouth
Headed south now
Cause she was never born to run
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT CHORUS
Well her momma died last year
And her daddy he called her back home
But when he opened the door
He could not recognize
This spectre of hair and bone
But it was his own baby child
Though she looked like an old woman now
Well she lived ten lifetimes in five years
Anywhere that the law would allow
REPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT CHORUS
Yeah, she was good as she could be
Ah, she was good as she could be

John Hiatt - After All This Time - lyrics

After all this time
Im glad your loving me
cause after all this time
So many disagree
To turn off the lights
Or pull down the shade
Dont be afraid
After all this time
And after all this time
Im glad that you can see
After all this time
And Im the man I want to be
Strong as your love
Free as the wind
Each day we begin
After all this time
After all this time
You love someone
And loves becoming you
After all this time
Face the sun
Everyday is new
After all this time
Im glad Im loving you
After all this time
We are the only two
Here in this world
A love that time forgot
But darlin we will not
After all this time
(repeat)

John Hiatt - All The Lilacs In Ohio - lyrics

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 to the ragged side of town
She had a taxi to carry her home
Then she left her handkerchief there beside you on the seat
As if to emphasize that you were all alone
It smelled like springtime and you were just a boy
And all the lilacs in Ohio
All the lilacs in Ohio. There ya go.
In the city streets and the dirty winter snow
All the lilacs in Ohio - hio.
Well, she's the love story you speak of
When you talk to Sam at the bar
But it's in the details your story often fails
Yeah, close, but no cigar
And you might see your own ass in a double whiskey glass
But you'll never erase her smile
And you'll never write it down, never find her in this town
Of phantom dreams and fingernail files
It was springtime, and you were just a boy
And all the lilacs in Ohio
All the lilacs in Ohio. There ya go
In city streets and the dirty winter snow
All the lilacs in Ohio - hio
So you pin her handkerchief to your clean white linen sheets
And you unmake your bed, crawl in
You imagine her there and you're tangled in her hair
And she smells like flowers again
And it's springtime, and you were just a boy
All the lilacs in Ohio
All the lilacs in Ohio. There ya go
In the city streets and the dirty winter snow
All the lilacs in Ohio - hio

John Hiatt - Alone In The Dark - lyrics

Its a lonely picture
Of an empty glass
Its a still life study
Of a drunken ass
And he howls at the moon
Hoping the sun dont come up too fast
Chorus #1:
Im all alone in the dark now baby
Im all alone in the dark now baby
Im all alone on my knees at last
Alone in the dark
Its extreme self pity
And frozen fear
cause I want you with me
And youre not here
So I rub my nose in it babe
til the roses smell just like death
Chorus #2:
Im all alone in the dark now baby
Im all alone in the dark now baby
Im al alone and drawing whisky breath
Alone in the dark
My head is spinning baby what went wrong
I swear to God I tried
Just turned around one day and you were gone
Now these tears I have to cry
Alone in the dark baby, Im all alone,
Im all alone, Im all alone
Since the night you left
I just couldnt stand myself anyway
Chorus #1 twice

John Hiatt - Angel Eyes - lyrics

Girl, youre looking fine tonight
And every fellas got you in his sights
What youre doing with a clown like me
Is surely one of lifes little mysteries
Chorus:
So tonight Ill ask the stars above
How did I ever win your love?
What did I do, what did I say
To turn your angel eyes my way?
Well Im the guy who never learned to dance
I never even got one second glance
Across the crowded room, that was close enough
I could look, but I could never touch
Chorus
Dont anybody wake me if this is a dream
cause she is the best thing thats ever happened to me
All you fellas you can but look all you like
But this girl you see, shes leaving with me tonight
And theres just one more thing I need to know
If this is love then why does it scare me so
Must be something only you can see
But girl, I feel it when you look at me
Chorus
What did I do, what did I say
To turn your angel eyes my way?

John Hiatt - Angel - lyrics

It is a hurtin thing you dont wanna talk about it
Pain in your heart well its takin your breath away
You left it in lipstick on the mirror no use talkin about it
Love like this just dont come along every day
Chorus:
Somebody just stop calling you angel
Somebody just let love get up and go downtown
Somebody just stop calling you angel
Angel wings out in the snow and mascara running down
They called you tookie in high school, you didnt mind it too much
Kind of nice to have a nickname, kind of like they thought about it
You wish that it stuck with you, didnt have to trade it in on
Some crazy lovers pet name, wind up hurtin so much
Chorus
Bridge:
He peeled the skin off of the world and you stopped breathin
You drew a breath, he sighed, the air was freezin
Two blood-red hearts pumpin hard out in the open
You skinned your knee at kickball
Twenty years ago against all hopin
Yall put that hammer down and drove through loves angel food cake
Tastin every spongy layer and lickin frosting off the moon
Wild-eyed with excitement but childishly disappointed
Maybe even tasted better when mama let you lick the spoon
Chorus

John Hiatt - Back Of My Mind - lyrics

Well my daddy he stood at the foot of the stairs
He was calling to me at the time
And I knew even then, I could die for the thoughts
That I kept in the back of my mind
But I dared not to speak
How I felt for my dad
Cause there were no words to define
The ball of confusion, of feelings and stuff
That I kept in the back of my mind
So I took to the highway
And I kept to myself
Just a lookin and hopin to find
Some solutions, some answers, someway to exist
All this stuff in the back of my mind
So I took me a job
And I took me a wife
And I took me a bottle of wine
And it did not take long, til all I had left
Was this junk in the back of my mind
Well the end of the tunnel
It never came up
til I came to the end of the line
And I saw that the light Id been hoping to see
Was just a spark in the back of my mind
And the cold wind that blew
Through the hole in my heart
Made a fire for the very first time
From some branches of trust
And a kindling of faith
And that spark in the back of my mind
Drivin like rain, or a runaway train
Flyin blind, shot from the dark in the back of my mind

John Hiatt - Back To Normal - lyrics

Naturally I heard the doctor say
Cut the cord and give the child away
So you had him over for dinner
Carving beans with a butcher knife
Im back to normal
(hes going over her)
Im back to normal
(with his thermometer)
Im back to normal
(shes getting normal)
Im back to normal now
Back to normal
Back to normal
Back to normal now
You tell him to try and kiss away
All those little things we could not say
And hes got you under that pillow
Well I left instructions for you
Im back to normal
(I see ya live for hope)
Im back to normal
(get out your microscope)
Im back to normal
(you got enough rope)
Im back to normal now
Back to normal
Back to normal
Back to normal now
He thinks hes all you ever wanted
Hes turning off the lights now
Does he know your bed is haunted?
Whos that in the shadows on the wall?
Whos that with the camera in the hall?
You got doctors orders
I got all the pictures I need
Im back to normal
(I sit alone at night)
Im back to normal
(in the projected light)
Im back to normal
(its such an insight)
Im back to normal now
Back to normal
Back to normal
Back to normal
Im back to normal now
Back to normal (12 x)
To fade

John Hiatt - A Thing Called Love - lyrics

Don't have to humble yourself to me
I ain't your judge or your king
And baby, you know you ain't no Queen of Sheba
And we may not even have our dignity, no
This could be just a prideful thing
But baby, we can choose you know,
we ain't no amoebas
But
CHORUS:
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 thing called love
And you ain't some icon carved out of soap
Sent down here to clean up my reputation
And baby, I ain't your prince charming
Now we can live in fear, or act out of hope
For some kind of peaceful situation
Baby, don't know why the cry of love is so alarming
But
CHORUS
The ugly ducklings don't turn into swans
And glide off down the lake
Whether your sunglasses are off or on
You only see the world you make
Before the laws of God and the laws of man
I take you for my wife, yeah
To love, honour, cherish and obey,
Now, I didn't have no plans to live
this kind of life, no
It just worked out that way
And
CHORUS TWICE
Just a crazy little thing called love
Its justs a crazy little thing called love
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