Bonnie Raitt

[fox69]

"Thank You"

"Thank You"


Sittin' here thinkin' baby about you
I'm wonderin' how I ever got through my life without you
Days pass me by, left my life somewhere behind
Games I was tryin' out, oh before my time

You came into my life almost like you knew
That time was runnin' out, oh I came runnin' home to you
You taught me how to love you, you helped me too
You could even love me, I was all you'd ever need

[Instrumental break]

Sometimes when you're sleepin' I wonder if it's true
I'm afraid they'll come and take away this precious dream of you
Then you'll wake and hold me and love me through the night
Then I'll know that somehow everything will be alright

Thank you baby, for giving me my life
I love you honey. you've given me my life
Ooooooo
Thank you baby, for giving me my life.

 

[fox69]

"That Song About The Midway"

"That Song About The Midway"


Met you on a midaway at a fair last year
And you stood out like a ruby in a black man's ear
You were playing on the horses
You were playing on the guitar strings
You were playing like the devil wearing wings
Wearing wings, you looked so grand, wearing wings
Do you tie them to your shoulders just to sing
Can you fly? I hear you can! Can you fly?
Just like an eagle doin' his hunting from the sky

I followed through a sideshow to another town
And I found you in a trailer on the camping grounds
You were betting on some lover, shootin' out the dice
And I thought I saw you cheating once or twice
Once or twice, I heard ya did, once or twice
Were you wondering was the gamble worth the price
Now you've packed it in, I heard you did, packed it in
Was it hard to fold a hand you knew you could win?

Lately you've been hiding, it was somewhere in the news
And I'm still at these races with my ticket stubs and my blues
The man calls out the numbers...he sometimes mentions mine
But I feel like I've been working overtime
Overtime, I've lost my fire, overtime
And I envy you the valley that you've found

'Cause I'm midway down the midway
Slowin' down

 

[fox69]

"The Bed I Made"

"The Bed I Made"


All the ways I cared for you
Are working like you want them to
As I break down and you stay strong
I write my own forgiveness song

I try to lie down and sleep it off like a drug
But it's not your concern
Another night and it's only right
I toss and I turn in the bed I made

The wine dark room the flashing eyes
That hung me from my string of lies
You said you were numb from wondering
I guess I wasn't listening

I try to lie down and sleep it off like a drug
But you're not concerned
Another night and it's only right
That I toss and I turn in the bed I made

With my own hands
I fashioned this frame
And into the wood
I carved out my name

I try to lie down and sleep it off like a drug
But you're not concerned
Another night and it's only right
That I toss and I turn in the bed I made

And it's only right
That I toss and I turn
In the bed I made

The bed I made
The bed I made

 

[fox69]

"The Boy Can't Help It"

"The Boy Can't Help It"


If he walks by and the women get engrosed
If he winks an eye and the bread slice turns to toast
He's got a lot of what they call the most

You know the boy can't help it
He was born to please
And if he's got himself a figure that's just made to squeeze
Won't you kindly be aware that the boy can't help it

If he mezmerizes each and every one
And, Lord when he smiles the beefsteak becomes well done
He even makes my grandma feel like she's twentyone

You know the boy can't help it
He was born to please
And if i got to go down to him on bended knees
It's because I'm hoping, obviously
That some day his answer will be
The boy can't help it
He's in love with me.

 

[fox69]

"The Comin' Round Is Going Through"

"The Comin' Round Is Going Through"


You got a way of running your mouth
You rant and you rave, you left it all out
The thing about it, little that you say is true
Why bother checkin', the facts will be damned
It's how you spin it, it's part of the plan
Well I'm here to tell you honey that
Your sicken loan is coming due

Only so long you can keep this charade
Until they wake up and see they've been played
Too many people with their livin' at stake
Ain't gonna take it
Comin' round is going through
Comin' round is going through

You say it's workin', it's tricklin' down
Yeah, there's a trick, 'cause the jobs ain't around
From where you're sittin' tell me how you think you possibly know?
The way it feels to get turned away
Never enough, it's day after day
Yank that by your bootstraps
'Cause that's the way it really goes

Only so long you can keep this charade
Before they wake up and see they've been played
Too many people with their livin' at stake
Ain't gonna take it
Comin' round is going through
The comin' round is going through

'Cause when the moneys makin' money, it comes down to a few
They got their hands on the throttle and nobody gets through
You can work all your life for a hand that will play
With one role of the dice it gets swept away
Just look around, things are startin' to slip
You're outta control and you're losin' your grip
No way to stop it, cause that river's spillin' over for good
We don't have the answer, we know what it's not
'Cause the people will keep pushin' until they all get a shot
Your money's no good here, we wouldn't cash you a check if we could

Only so long you can keep this charade
Before they wake up and see they've been played
Too many people with their livin' at stake
Ain't gonna take it
The comin' round is going through
Comin' round is going through
Comin' round is going through
Comin' round is going through
Quit that, baby!
Is going through
Is going through

 

[fox69]

"The Fundamental Things"

"The Fundamental Things"


Let's run naked through these city streets
We're all captives of captivity
Let's wear madness like a crucifix
Let's tattoo Bible quotes across both our hips

[Chorus:]
Let's get back to the fundamental things
Let's get back to the elements of style
Let's get back to simple skin on skin
Let's get back to the fundamental things

Let's dance barefoot over broken glass
Slither like a snake does through the wet, cold grass
Howl and tremble in a sleepless grind
Let's do the braindrain, leave it all behind

[Chorus]

You can sit in your room and worry
You can contemplate the end
Or let your house burn down behind you
Run bare-ass through the streets again

You can hide out on your rooftop
Wishing you had never been
Or go down to Hal's bar and grill
Find your innocence again

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"The Glow"

"The Glow"


I need a drink
Don't want to think
I drink too much
But who's to say
What's right or wrong?

I guess you think you see
You're tellin' me
That I don't know
When it's passed the point
Of feelin' good
I run around and find
I just can't get satisfied
Tonight

Now there's a phone
I hear the sound
I needed to talk
But it's too late
For talkin' now

I guess I'll go alone
I feel a glow...
Here i am
Here i am
Here i am
What I need is a friend tonight
What I need is a friend
What I need is someone
What I really deed is just one more drink
Tonight
Tonight...

 

[fox69]

"The Ones We Couldn't Be"

"The Ones We Couldn't Be"


It's hard to say now who left first, it used to seem so clear
You and I were tangled from the start
Somehow the scales just fell away and I'm left standing here
Blown open in the hole that was my part

I wrap the dark around me, there's no solace here tonight
Just wishing and regret for company
My glass is raised for all the ways we tried to get it right
And I'm sorry for the ones we couldn't be
I'm so sorry for the ones we couldn't be

Looking through these photographs searching for a clue
How you and I got tangled from the start
Not even blood could forge a bond enough to get us through
Or stem the tides that pulled us far apart

I'm sorry for the ways I couldn't give you what you needed
For all the ways I strung us both along
They say it goes both ways and I suppose I could concede it
Seems to matter more now that you're gone

And though it seems much kinder just to leave some things unsaid
Like all the ways I tore myself apart
If you really want forgiveness, you better try the truth instead
It may not be enough, but it's a start

I wrap the dark around me and there's no solace here tonight
There's just wishing and regret for company
My glass is raised for all the ways we tried to get it right
And I'm sorry for the ones we couldn't be
I'm so sorry for the ones
Sorry for the ones
I'm sorry for the one I couldn't be

 

[fox69]

"The Road's My Middle Name"

"The Road's My Middle Name"


I told you once the day we met
I wouldn't be your queen.
Your little darlin', sweet coquette
Just what my routine
You've been around enough to know
There's really no one else
When I hear that siren call, baby
I just can't help myself

I gotta go
I hope you'll understand
I love you so
Want you to be my man

I hear it callin'
Sound so sweet and plain
I gotta go, baby,
'cause the road's my middle name

Well, it's hard enough to love someone
When they're right close to home
Don't you think I know it's hard, honey
To squeeze the sugar from the phone

Guess the road is in my blood
'cause I'm my daddy's kid
Just have to learn how to let me go
Just like my momma did

I gotta go,
I hope you'll understand
Oh, I love you so
Want you to be my man

I hear it callin', baby
Sound so sweet and plain
I gotta go
'cause the road's my middle name

Here it come
And it sounds so sweet and plain
I gotta go
'cause the road's my middle name
I gotta go
'cause the road's my middle name
Oooh, I gotta go, darlin'
'cause the road's my middle name

 

[fox69]

"Thing Called Love"

"Thing Called Love"


Don't have to humble yourself to me,
I ain't your judge or your king
Baby, you know I ain't no queen of sheba
We may not even have our dignity,
This could be just a powerful thing
Baby we can choose you know we ain't no amoeba

Are you ready for the thing called love
Don't come from me and you,
It comes from up above
I ain't no porcupine,
Take off your kid gloves
Are you ready for the thing called love
I ain't some icon carved out of soap
Sent here to clean up your reputation
Baby, you know you ain't no prince charming
We can live in fear or act out of hope
For some kind of peaceful situation
Baby, how come the cry of love is so alarming

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

Are you ready for the thing called love
Don't come from me and you,
It comes from up above
I ain't no porcupine,
Take off your kid gloves

Are you ready for it
Are you ready for the thing called love
Don't come from me and you,
It comes from up above
I ain't no porcupine,
Take off your kid gloves

Are you ready for it
Are you ready for love, baby
Oooh yeah babe
Are you ready for love