John Hiatt

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"'Til I Get My Lovin' Back"

"'Til I Get My Lovin' Back"



I wake in the mornin'
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
I can't go to sleep
I can't stop thinking
'Bout the promise I keep
I won't love another
If it's the last thing I do
'Til I get my lovin' back
My lovin' back from you

My friends are so wrong
When they say just go on
And I say, “Where to and what for?”

They don't understand
I'm a shell of a man
With no love to give anymore

'Til hell freezes over
'Til heaven skates by
'Til heartache stops hurtin'
In the blink of an eye
'Til these teardrops I'm crying
Turn to sweet morning dew
'Til I get my lovin' back
My lovin' back from you
'Til I get my lovin' back
My lovin' back from you

 

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"(No More) Dancing In The Street"

"(No More) Dancing In The Street"


Out in the street
They're tryin' to arrest my friend
They put him on ice now twice
But he's back again

Well he did that dance in Harlem
All across the USA
From the (Tapanzee[?])
To the Golden Gate
He was an animal all the way

But now there's no more dancin'
No more dancin' in the street
Now there's no more dancin'
No more dancin' in the street

Martha and the Vandellas
Told you how to do as you please
Now all of you idiots
Are dancin' with the Bee Gees

When they introduce their latest record
You're as thrilled as a rat in a maze
(You gotta do your stuff[?])
Now you're sexless and dull
What ever happened to the latest craze?

Now that there's no more dancin'
No more dancin' in the street
Now there's no more dancin'
No more dancin' in the street

And it's 1, 2, 3, 4
Don't imagine any more
And it's 5, 6, 7, 8
Have another empty plate

Aww, just when things were gettin' funny (fun[?])
You had to reconsider all of the rules
Now consumer affairs
Has got you dancin' in pairs
Dressed up like a bunch of fools

Now that there's no more dancin'
No more dancin' in the street
Now there's no more dancin'
No more dancin' in the street

Now there's no more dancin'
No more dancin' in the street

Now there's no more dancin'
No more dancin' in the street

Now there's no more dancin'
No more dancin' in the street

Now there's no more dancin'
No more dancin' in the street

 

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"Adios To California"

"Adios To California"


Smokey room and a thin blue light
Her arms were pale as white
Trying to outlast the night
Howlin' at the moon

Living in the canyon then
Hangdown Hanna and Whiskey Jim
Dirty jeans and mudslide hymns
That all began with soon

[Chorus:]
So Adios to California
Nothing to do but turn around
Always thought there's someone comin' for ya
Only way you'd leave this town

Pasadena in the rain
Eatin' donuts and readin' Twain
How much longer can my brain
Set itself on fire?

You said "That's it for me"
Have a little faith, it might set you free
But your faith is no good, you see
For me and my desire

[Chorus]

Two cigarettes from the package gone
You must have thought about it just that long
I never knew you were so strong
I guess I never will

[Chorus]

 

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"After All This Time"

"After All This Time"


After all this time
I'm glad your loving me
'Cause after all this time
So many disagree
To turn off the lights
Or pull down the shade
Don't be afraid
After all this time

And after all this time
I'm glad that you can see
After all this time
And I'm 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 love's becoming you
After all this time
Face the sun
Everyday is new

After all this time
I'm glad I'm 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]

 

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"Ain't Never Goin' Back"

"Ain't Never Goin' Back"



Come out of a fireball
Notes burning and the letters scrawled
I ain't ever goin' back no more

Bare light blub and a hotplate
Was there that I finally met my fate
And I ain't ever goin' back no more

She danced the room and she made it fine
I sang a song about a crooked line
And I ain't ever goin' back no more

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 goin' back no more

I ain't going back no more
Wouldn't even try to find that door
And I ain't ever goin' back no more

I don't care what the past has in store
I ain't ever goin' back no more
I ain't ever goin' back no more

A pint of gin and a long bus trip
Somebody said you just get over it
I ain't ever goin' back no more

I see her face at every shitty bar
I have to play to pay for this guitar
I ain't ever goin' back no more

I'm singing every song for her tonight
So bartender would you hit the lights
'Cause I ain't ever goin' back no more

A little something to remember me
It's been so long Lord she musn't see
I ain't ever goin' back no more
I ain't ever goin' back

I ain't goin' back no more
Wouldn't even try to find that door
I ain't ever goin' back no more

I don't care what the past has in store
I ain't ever goin' back no more
I ain't ever goin' back no more

Dust settles in a darkened room
Whiskey steals away the sense of doom
I ain't ever goin' back no more

We made love and we made hate
Never could seem to get it straight
I ain't ever goin' back no more baby

You're branded on my soul and in my mind
I keep running up and down this old fence line
I ain't ever goin' back no more

Only one thing in my life is true
Honey I will remember you
I ain't ever goin' back no more

I ain't ever goin' back no more
Wouldn't even try to find that door
I ain't ever goin' back no more

I don't care what the past has in store
I ain't ever goin' back no more
I ain't ever goin' back no more

 

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"All The Lilacs In Ohio"

"All The Lilacs In Ohio"



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

 

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"All The Way Under"

"All The Way Under"



Have you ever been under, all the way under
Like I have, oh, like I have?
It'll make you wonder, make you wonder
If it don't make you mad, if it don't make you mad

I don't trust a man that ain't been lost
I don't trust a woman ain't been double crossed
Have you ever been under, all the way under
Like I have, oh, like I have?

Have you ever been sorry, really sorry
For what you done, oh, for what you done?
Well, you should call me, yeah, you better call me
'Cause I'm another one, I'm another one

Well, I've tore the heart out of many a girl
Just to see why she love me for
Have you been sorry, really sorry
For what you done, for what you done?

Have you ever been under, all the way under
Like I have, oh, like I have?
Body torn asunder, torn asunder
All your good gone bad, all your good gone bad
I'm swimming upstream and it's dark and it's cold
I'm looking for the house made of solid gold
Have you ever been under, all the way under
Like I have, oh, like I have?

Have you ever been broken, really broken
Down to size, right down to size?
Not one word spoken, not one word spoken
That you might rise, that you might rise

I can't come up and my lung's about to burst
Feelin' weighed down by an ill-gotten purse
Have you ever been under, all the way under
Like I have, like I have?

 

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"Almost Fed Up With The Blues"

"Almost Fed Up With The Blues"


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

[Chorus 1:]
If it don't let up, gonna get up
And get my life set up
'Cause I'm almost fed up with the Blues
Have some coffee, 'fore i call it quits
Might even put jam on my biscuit
'Cause i'm almost fed up with the Blues

There's a woman, a can, and an bank note due
But I'm gonna leave that up to you
'Cause i'm almost fed up with the Blues

If i get up they'll knock me down again
But what are you gonna do, my friend
When i'm almost fed up with the Blues

[Chorus 2:]
If it don't kill me, it thrills me
But somebody always bills me
And i'm almost fed up with the Blues
It's a gut check, a train wreck
With all of the usual suspects
And i'm almost fed up with the Blues

If these blues don't stop hurtin' me
Its curtains for my misery
'Cause i'm almost fed up with the Blues
Might get a job, or join a club
'Cause buddy i've whittled it down to the nub
And 'Cause i'm almost fed up with the Blues

[Chorus 2:]
If it don't kill me, it thrills me
But somebody always bills me
And i'm almost fed up with the Blues
It's a gut check, a train wreck
With all of the usual suspects
And i'm almost fed up with the Blues

 

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"Alone In The Dark"

"Alone In The Dark"


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

[Chorus 1:]
I'm all alone in the dark now baby
I'm all alone in the dark now baby
I'm all alone on my knees at last
Alone in the dark

It's extreme self pity
And frozen fear
'Cause I want you with me
And you're not here
So I rub my nose in it babe
'Til the roses smell just like death

[Chorus 2:]
I'm all alone in the dark now baby
I'm all alone in the dark now baby
I'm all alone and drawing whiskey 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, I'm all alone,
I'm all alone, I'm all alone

Since the night you left
I just couldn't stand myself anyway

[Chorus 1 2x]