Bonnie Raitt

[fox69]

"Rainy Day Man"

"Rainy Day Man"


What good is that happy lie
All you wanted from the start was to cry

Well it looks like another fall
My friends they don't help at all
And I'm feeling kind of cold and small
Think I'll look up my rainy day man

And it does me no good to pretend
When he's made a hole much too big to mend
And it looks like I lose again my friend
Guess I'll have to look up my rainy day man

Rainy day man
He don't like sunshine
Don't chase rainbows
He don't need good times
Grey days roll in
And then you'll see him
It's an empty feelin'
Now I need him

All those noble thoughts they don't belong
If you can't hide the truth with a happy song
And since I knew where I stood all along
Think I'll look up my rainy day man

Simple pleasures all evade you
And the store-bought treasures none can save you
Look for signs to ease the pain
I said, ask again
Why don't you pray for rain

Oh, it looks like another fall
And my friends they don't help at all
And I'm feeling kind of cold and small
Think I'll look up my rainy day man
All I have to do is look at my baby
Look up my rainy day man
Oooo, look up my rainy day man
All I have to do
Is look up my rainy day man...

 

[fox69]

"Real Man"

"Real Man"


Dont want no secret agent
Dont need no long cadillac
Dont want nobody with no problems
I don't need a man with a monkey on his back
I need a real man
I said a real man
I need a real man

Aint messing with no toy
I don't need no baby boy
Dont need to send me no flowers babe
Sending flowers is real nice
Way I've been feeling my hearts been a-reeling
I need a man that loves me once
I want a man that loves me twice
Its a sticky situation babe
Keep me up late at night
Honey don't know the difference
Wanna go left when you shoulda gone right
I want a real man
I said a real man
I want a real man
I've been around the world
I'm a woman not a girl

I don't want no million dollers
I don't need no diamond ring
You can twist and shout
For to knock yourself out
I don't care about material things
I want a real man
I need a real man
I want a real man
I said a real man
I want a real man
I need a real man baby
I want a real man
I want a real man
Real man
Real man
Aint messing with no toy
Dont need no baby boy
I been around the world
Im a woman not a girl
I want a real man
Real man

 

[fox69]

"Right Down The Line"

"Right Down The Line"


You know I need your love
You've got that hold over me
Long as I've got your love
You know that I'll never leave
When I wanted you to share my life
I had no doubt in my mind
And it's been you woman
Right down the line

I know how much I lean on you
Only you can see
The changes that I've been through
Have left a mark on me
You've been as constant as a Northern Star
The brightest light that shines
It's been you woman right down the line

I just wanna say this is my way
Of tellin' you everything
I could never say before
Yeah this is my way of tellin' you
That every day I'm lovin' you so much more
'Cause you believed in me through my darkest night
Put somethin' better inside of me
You brought me into the light
Threw away all those crazy dreams
I put them all behind
And it was you woman
Right down the line

I just wanna say this is my way of tellin' you everything
I could never say before
Yeah this is my way of tellin' you
Everything I could never say before
Yeah this is my way of tellin' you
That every day I'm lovin' you so much more

If I should doubt myself, if I'm losing ground
I won't turn to someone else
They'd only let me down
When I wanted you to share my life
I had no doubt in my mind
And it's been you woman
Right down the line

 

[fox69]

"River Of Tears"

"River Of Tears"


I guess you got me in a sentimental mood
Never thot I'd feel this way again
Lyin' here with my dreams
I get so lonely thinking of you

[Chorus:]
River of Tears
Oceans of heartbreak
I want to feel
What your love can be
I close my eyes

Chances that I take
Got me so blind
Til I can't see
I never let you know just what's been on my mind
Never thot I'd hurt so bad for you lovin' this long
Lyin' here at nite alone
I keep on wonderin' just what went wrong

[Chorus]

River of Tears
River of Tears

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Round & Round"

"Round & Round"


There's a brand new dance
That just hit this town
Makes you feel so good
This dance they call the round and round

[Chorus:]
Round and round, up and down
Round and round, up and down

You know the kids got a bloodhound
Out on the playing ground
And when they want to have some fun
They start to goin round and round

[Chorus]

I got an elevator man
In the heart of town
And when he's feeling right
He will carry you round and round

[Chorus]

Baby don't be jealous
When I come to town
I'm just a country girl
Everybody's tryin to push poor me around

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Run Like A Thief"

"Run Like A Thief"


Well it was alright at midnight and you fell out at three
So I made you warm and stoked the dying fire
When it all came down this morning you were lying next to me
How sweet the wine of desire
Well we cheated on a friend and cheaters never win
Oh the truth I know would be a small relief
I could never be the one to say
Her best friend took you down
Gonna run in the night hide when ever it's light
Gonna run in the night like a thief
Just ain't no use think it over I was blind but now I see
Well she's coming back and I know just what I'll do
If it comes right down to you leaving her or staying here with me
How sweet the memory of you
Well we cheated on a friend and it looks like I lose again
I could never be the one to say
Her best friend took you down
I'd rather run in the night hide when ever it's light
Gonna run in the night like a thief
Like a thief in the night hide when ever it's light
Gonna run in the night like a thief

 

[fox69]

"Runaway"

"Runaway"


As I walk along I wonder what went wrong
With our love, a love that was so strong
And as still walk on I think of the things we've done
Together while our hearts were young

I'm a walking in the rain, tears are falling and I feel a pain
Wishing you were here by me to end this misery
And I wonder, I wo wo wo wo wonder
Why, why why why why why she (you) ran away
And I wonder where she (you) will stay
My little runaway, a run run run run runaway

 

[fox69]

"Runnin' Back To Me"

"Runnin' Back To Me"


Walkin’ in a nightmare
I’ve been burnin’ in a cold sweat
There you stand lookin’ for my heart
But you took it with you when you left
I don’t care to hear
I don’t wanna hear what you say

We had a world and a xxxx
Yeah you really had a way with words
You kept me tied to a dream
And I never got what I deserved
I don’t care to hear
I don’t wanna hear what you say
Cause I knew you’d come runnin’ back to me
When the nights got long
You say you missed the way it used to be
When my love was strong
I knew you’d come runnin’ back to me
When your luck was down
I knew you’d come runnin’ back and see
I was the best around

[Instrumental break]

Lookin’ out my window
I remember when you drove away
I never heard you say goodbye
I gave up thinkin’ you’d be here today
Well I can’t hear, I don’t wanna hear what you say
Cause I knew you’d come runnin’ back to me
When the nights got long
You say you missed the way it used to be
When my love was strong
Knew you’d come back to me
When your luck was down
I know you’d come runnin’ back and see
I was the best around

Round and round the tables turned
It’s you who longs to hold me fast
Last chance was the last chance for you

[Instrumental break]

Runnin’ back to me
Yeah, you come runnin’ back to me
Well I knew you’d come back to me
When your nights got long
You said you missed the way it used to be
When my love was strong
I knew you’d come runnin’ back to me
When your luck was down
I knew you’d come runnin’ back and see
I was the best around
Best around, yeah baby
I knew you’d come runnin’ back and see

 

[fox69]

"Shadow Of Doubt"

"Shadow Of Doubt"


Just another homesick child
Tired of running wild
Ready to stand trial and move on
Though I'm guilty in your sight
Have some mercy tonight
I can't make it through the fight alone

Oh but lord, no don't make it easy
Keep me working till I work it on out
Just please shine enought light on me
Til I'm free from this shadow of doubt
Keep me out of the Shadow of Doubt
As I try to make some sense
Of this world I'm up against
Well I know my best defense is your love
When the struggle gets insane
And the lesson's full of pain
Keep me calling out your name with Love

Oh but lord, no don't make it easy
Keep me workin' till I work it on out
Just please won't you shine
Enough light on me
Til I'm free from this shadow of Doubt

Well I whisper in the dark
From the bottom of my heart
And I'm searchin for one star to shine
I will shout from mountain high
And I'll reach into the sky
Til you open up my eyes so blind

Oh but lord no, Don't make it easy
Keep me workin' til I work it on out
Just please, please shine enough light on me
'Til I'm free from this shadow of doubt
Keep me out of the Shadow...

 

[fox69]

"Shakin' Shakin' Shakes"
(originally by Los Lobos)

"Shakin' Shakin' Shakes"
(originally by Los Lobos)



The wind blows through the valley
It's warm and hard and wild
It gets all up inside the trees and shakes the leaves all night
They shake up through the mountains
They shake up to the sky
They shake up to the moon above and then it starts to shine

And Lord it makes me tremble
Lord it makes me tremble

Shakin' and shakin', shakes
Shakin' and shakin', shakes
Shakin' and shakin', shakes
Baby, shakin' and shakin', shakes

A fault runs through the valley as long as it is mean
It starts to tear into the earth and gets all in between
It shakes up through the mountains
It shakes down to the sea
It shakes up to the volcano and then it starts to scream

And Lord it makes me tremble
Lord it makes me tremble

Shakin' and shakin', shakes
Shakin' and shakin', shakes
Shakin' and shakin', shakes
Shakin' and shakin', shakes

There's a woman in this valley
She's sweet as she is rough
And when she starts to dance that way
She shakes the boys all up
She shakes it through the mountain
She shakes it through the night
She shakes it like a hurricane
She gives a blind man sight

And Lord it makes them tremble
Oh Lord it makes them tremble

Shakin' and shakin', shakes
Shakin' and shakin', shakes
Shakin' and shakin', shakes
Baby, shakin' and shakin', shakes

Shakin' and shakin', shakes
Shakin' and shakin', shakes
Shakin' and shakin', shakes
Shakin' and shakin', shakes

Shakin' and shakin', shakes
Shakin' and shakin', shakes
Shakin' and shakin', shakes
Shakin' and shakin', shakes

Shake that thing, baby, shake it!