I Killed An Ant With My Guitar John Hiatt

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

Perfectly Good Guitar John Hiatt

threw one down form the top of the stairs Beautiful women were standing everywhere They all got wet when he smashed that thing But off in the dark you could hear somebody sing CHORUS: Oh it breaks my

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

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

Shredding The Document John Hiatt

Oh what have you done with your life Oh please don't tell me Just shut up and go to work Cause you're interrupting me I won't represent the U.S.

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

Nobody Knew His Name John Hiatt

A man in a Cadillac used to come around here Looking for a long black train Said bbay left town with an inginer Streets across the midnight rain board Street across the midnight rain When he was pretty

Listening To Old Voices John Hiatt

They have come to haunt the children They have come to walk the wind I can hear them as they rustle through the trees Looking for the love that killed them So that they might live again It's a simple

I Could Use An Angel John Hiatt

first one to know I thought we were sleeping Who said that dreams don't come true?

Damn This Town John Hiatt

They killed my brother in a poker game Damn this town, I\'m leaving Daddy stayed drunk and he died insane Damn this town, I\'m leaving Momma had to work, barely raised the kids Damn this town,

I'm A Real Man John Hiatt

I'm a real man I got a real guitar I'm a real man don't even know where the boys are I don't want to frighten you little girl you're so sweet and nice But I don't want to have to tell you twice I'm a real

How Bad's The Coffee John Hiatt

If you call me honey, honey, I'm gonna cry A whole lot of sugar, a little pinch of salt You cut my bitter with your sweet talk I don't want no cappuccino A whole lotta latte won't get me through I got

Lincoln Town John Hiatt

What I feel is like an old freight train Five miles long in the pouring rain Rolling out of Detroit loaded up with shiny cars And I'm sitting in a Cadillac smoking on a big cigar What I feel's like

Uncommon Connection John Hiatt

Well, I do my best thinking, I'm sitting on my ass I'm just sittin' here waiting for things to pass You got places to go and people to see Well honey, that's you, it ain't me Shit flying in my head from

Riding With The King John Hiatt

I dreamed I did a good job and I got well paid Blew it all at the penny arcade A hundred dollars on a kewpie doll I guess no white chick is gonna make me crawl On a TWA, to the promised land Every

Riding with the king John Hiatt

I dreamed I did a good job and I got well paid Blew it all at the penny arcade A hundred dollars on a kewpie doll I guess no white chick is gonna make me crawl On a TWA, to the promised land

Say It With Flowers John Hiatt

My clothes are dirty and my shoes are worn through And you want me to feel sorry for you I dont know why I try to do my best The rules are all written, girl youre giving me an oral test I try to

Say It With Flowers (Album Version) John Hiatt

My clothes are dirty and my shoes are worn through And you want me to feel sorry for you I dont know why I try to do my best The rules are all written girl youre giving me an oral test I try to talk 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

Train to Birmingham John Hiatt

I've been riding on this train Drinking whiskey for the pain Another good ol' boy going home And every town I see Seems to take a part of me That's the price that you pay when you roam CHORUS

Riding With The King (Album Version) John Hiatt

I dreamed I had a good job and I got well paid. I blew it all at the penny arcade. A hundred dollars on a kewpie doll. No pretty chick is gonna make me crawl. Get on a TWA to the promised land.

Big Fine Car John Hiatt

I got no money for a set of wheels and how I acts and how I feels The better women living in this town they want some big wheels to roll around Oh, I would sell my soul for an automatic with a cruise

Til I Get My Lovin' Back John Hiatt

I wake in the morning Out of my mind And I used to live for That morning sunshine Now I hide in the darkness It's all I can do 'Til I Get My Lovin' Back My lovin' back from you I can't go out walking Oh

My Sweet Girl John Hiatt

My sweet girl with you eyes so bright Don't leave me in the dark tonight The sun's turned down, the moon is low And I know secrets you don't know Do you hear the wind whispering "You're the one

Rock Back Billy John Hiatt

Get a load of that guy With the dew rag on And the cowboy tie Man that cat is gone Form Memphis to Nashville Then way out west Put that Hollywood party To the acid test Got a little bungalow

Mile High John Hiatt

I wouldn't trade your sweetness For all the sugar in the world Girl, and I know you'll always be The sweetest part of me These bitter tears we've cried All of the smack in Manhattan Could not

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

Memphis in the Meantime John Hiatt

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

You May Already Be A Winner John Hiatt

Resident Dweller, your lucky number is You may already be a winner I've suspected this for years Still in all its good to hear They're pulling for us in the post To you my dear, I raise this toast

You May Already Be A Winner (Album Version) John Hiatt

Dry your eyes pretty girl I just got news from the outside world I dont know how they got our names But yesterday this letter came Mr and Mrs Resident Dweller your lucky number is You may already be a

Wild Eyed Gypsies John Hiatt

Think I'll save up a little money Go on down to Mexico Take up with some crazy Spanish Lady Listen to the old wind blow She got earrings And she dances I'm an old rusty razor blade Ten to one

Better Get It While You Can John Hiatt

She got a stainless steel liver - make any man quiver The way she drink that Thunderbird wine She got her feet up on the table and she's naked to the neighbor Oh I wish she was a friend of mine If

Solar Sex Panel John Hiatt

Gonna collect it baby Then we can have a whole lot of fun Gonna reflect it baby That fossil fuel's got no renewal You know it couldn't hold a candle There ain't no spark in the dark Can touch my

New Fingerprints John Hiatt

I started out in an alley smoking cigarettes ---- Stealing penny candies n' rattlin' pay telephones Stole my first car at twelve and drove it to my eighth grade class By the time I was fourteen sister

Memphis In Meantime (Live) John Hiatt

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 the

I Got A Gun John Hiatt

She took some blood and tears From an old fruit jar She rubbed it on her belly Where he left his scars She's such a fragile thing Like pigeon bones He couldn't whip my little brother He wouldn't

Circle Back John Hiatt

Find out which way to go To get on out of here I lost my thread And I've lost some time But it takes a lot of ground For me to change my mind Well its ninety nine in Topeka The wind is blowin' hot Blowin

Overcoats John Hiatt

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

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

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

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

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

Straight Outta Time John Hiatt

Hot summer night, I was counting all the starlight on your skin Airtight, as I watched you breathing out, I'm breathing in By the lake, so humid that the moon was getting wet For our sake the crickets

Alone in the Dark John Hiatt

It's a lonely picture Of an empty glass It's a still life study Of a drunken ass And he howls at the moon Hoping the sun don't come up too fast I'm all alone in the dark now baby I'm all alone

Alone In The Dark (Live) John Hiatt

It's a lonely picture Of an empty glass It's a still life study Of a drunken ass And he howls at the moon Hoping the sun don't come up too fast I'm all alone in the dark now baby I'm all alone in the dark

Take Time To Know Her John Hiatt

I found a woman one I felt I could truley love She was every thing I've ever been dreaming of But she was bare I wouldn't know it You see her pretty little smile didn't show it When I knew I could

Fly Back Home John Hiatt

He said, "Subdivisions have taken my home There's no more pray to eat" I said, "Where we gonna live?"

An Arm and a Leg John Hiatt

Your place or mine well who gives a shit 'Cause likely as not we ain't gonna fit 'Cause you got your own way And I sure got mine And we can't split the difference With cheap talking wine CHORUS

Sometime Other Than Now John Hiatt

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

Thirty Years Of Tears John Hiatt

Is this a place I can rest my poor head To gather my thoughts in sweet silence Is this a place where the feelings aren't dead From an overexposure to violence And is this a place I can slowly face