John Hiatt

[fox69]

"Say It With Flowers"

"Say It With Flowers"


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 way right next to you
But it seems the more I say
The less my words are ever true

[Chorus:]
I'll say it with flowers on your wedding day
I'll say it with flowers when you walk away
I'll say it with flowers, its all I have to say

You believe nearly everything you hear
That kind of faith is gonna only bring tears
Cause cheap talking is really making the rounds
You're much better off with your mouth shut tight in this town

And though our best intentions were sincere
I nominate these lovers now
For liars of the year

[Chorus]

Little girl I know you thing that I'm crazy
But I dont want to be pushing up daisies
Before I ever get over you
Dont you think we've talked enough
Don't you think that I've said enough

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Seven Little Indians"

"Seven Little Indians"



There were seven little Indians
Living in a brick house on
Central Avenue
Gathered 'round their daddy
Tellin' stories in the living room
From a slightly unrealistic point of view
Momma was off yonder in the kitchen somewhere
Boiling up some hot water for them to all get up to their necks in
The seven little Indians new
If the rest of the tribe ever scrutinized their household
Somehow it would not pass inspection
The big chief railed on
And spun his tales of brave conquest
About the moving of his little band
Up to Alaska
Where the caribou run free
See he had been there putting in telephone lines
For the army during World War II
Even brought back a picture of a frozen mastodon
For the little Indians to see
And some mukluks and some sealskin gloves
And a coat with beads around the collar
His wife kept them in the mothballs
Underneath the Hudson Bays
And every once and a while he'd get all wound up
With one of his stories, he'd put them all on
And dance around in that blue TV light
Like it was some campfire blazing away
Well he stamped and he hollered
But he could not stay warm in that living room
And even the seven little Indians could feel the chill
And although everything always worked
Out for the better in all of his stories
In that old brick house it always felt like
Something was movin' in for the kill
Blazing like a trail
Shot through the eyes of the seven little Indians
Blazing like the sheets of light dancing up in the sky
Up above Anchorage
Blazing like a star shot down to the ground
Back home again in Indiana
Now it finally got so quiet you could hear a pin drop
They started dropping like flies
The oldest little Indian got sick and vanished
The big chief went two years later
The mother raised the six little Indians up
The best she could
To be housewives, musicians, and insurance salesmen
But they all shared this common denominator
You see, all the characters in the big chief's stories
Were named after the seven little Indians
And like I said, in his stories everything
Always worked out for the better
And now as I'm telling this stuff to my own kids
Dancing around in that blue TV light
Well, I wish I had those mukluks, those sealskin gloves
And that coat with beads around the collar

 

[fox69]

"Sharon's Got A Drugstore"

"Sharon's Got A Drugstore"



Sharon's got a drugstore, in her bathroom
She loves you all right, she loves you all right
Get between the false eyelashes
Better kiss her before she crashes
She cannot hold you tight, she cannot hold you tight
All right!

Sharon's got a drugstore in her bathroom
She loves you all right, she loves you all right
Little trick that she learned from her mother
She took one with her cold ghost lover
Oh please another night, Oh please another night
All right!

She grew out of those Catholic dances
Now she's into those modern trances
She's dancing really slow, she's dancing really slow

Sharon's got a drugstore in her bathroom
She loves you all right, she loves you all right
Hold her up and she'll say you made her
Put it in and she'll love you later
She cannot hold you tight
She cannot hold you tight
She cannot hold you tight
She cannot hold you tight

Sharon's got a drugstore
Sharon's got a drugstore
Sharon's got a drugstore
Sharon's got a drugstore
Sharon's got a drugstore
Sharon's got a drugstore
Sharon's got a drugstore

 

[fox69]

"She Loves The Jerk"

"She Loves The Jerk"


We've talked it to death, cryin' on the telephone.
Nights when he drinks at home, she has to whisper throught her tears.
"Johnny," she says, "you'd never do these things to me."
But I can never make her see he's wasted such precious years.
Well, "you married the wrong guy" is all I ever say.

[Chorus:]
He's a no good so and so, but she'll never let him go
Though she knows it will never work, she loves the jerk.
She loves the jerk.

He was the guy always out on the make.
I guess he had what it takes to turn the heads of pretty girls.
She thought he would change; the worst of us will settle down.
But he couldn't stay out of town, not even with this precious pearl
Now she lives with the lies and the bumps and the bruises.

[Chorus]

Well, I hang up the phone and I pretend she's in my arms.
What I wouldn't give for just one-tenth of what she gives Mister Charming.

[Chorus]

He's a no good so and so, but she'll never let him go.
Though she knows it will never work, she loves the jerk

 

[fox69]

"She Said The Same Things To Me"

"She Said The Same Things To Me"



You know she talks like ev'rybody in the room
Was gonna listen in
Carries on a conversation
Like some others call their children in
Tho you can't believe one sentence
Man you hang on ev'ry word
Til the line of trash she's talkin'
Just gets more and more absurd
Well I give it to you brother
She said the same thing to me

It was at another party
But to her I guess they're all the same
You know she'll ask you for a lite
And pretty soon she wants to know your name
When she drops her tone to sweetness
Man you know she's zeroed in
There's another sucker waitin'
Even as she reels you in
Well I'm here to tell you brother
She said the same things to me

"Do you drive a nice car
And are you goin' far
Are you man enuff for me"
Yes I am All nite All nite

Once you get her out the door
Man she just wants you to take her home
You thot that you were Mr. Cool
Ma this chick has got a heart of stone
Before you need a cold shower
Take a tip friend if you please
This rap she's layin' on you
Is just a bogus strip tease
Well I'm here to tell you brother
She said the same thing to me

 

[fox69]

"Shredding The Document"

"Shredding The Document"


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.
In the summer olympics
My character's questionable
My life is a broken record

[Chorus:]
I'm shredding the document
I'm keeping my mouth shut
I'm running on radio silence
I'm letting the record speak
I'm shredding the document
The switchboard is lighting up
I'm not taking anymore calls
Well maybe from larry King

And I don't know who killed who
I'm having a sex change
To a woman who loves too much
My sister's a petty thief

I doctored the evidence
Yeah it was a cover up
I want to stay wrapped in my blanket
And never get out of bed

[Chorus]

All rumor and innuendo
An Eagles reunion
The 20th century's closing
It's closing in on me

You know what my father said
Well I'm not going to tell you
Some words that I try to live by
It's none of your goddamn business

[Chorus]

I'm shredding the document
The switchboard is lighting up
I'm not taking anymore calls
Well maybe from Oprah Winfrey

 

[fox69]

"Slow Turning"

"Slow Turning"


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' what I had to say

I always thought our house was haunted
But nobody said boo to me
I never did get what I wanted
Now I get what I need

[Chorus:]
It's been a slow turnin'
From the inside out
A slow turnin'
But you come about

Slow learnin'
But you learn to sway
A slow turnin' baby
Not fade away

Now I'm in my car
I got the radio on
I'm yellin' at the kids in the back seat
'Cause they're bangin' like Charlie Watts

You think you've come so far
In this one horse town
Then she's laughin' that crazy laugh
'Cause you haven't left the parkin' lot

Time is short and here's the damn thing about it
You're gonna die, gonna die for sure
And you can learn to life with love or without it
But there ain't no cure

There's just a...

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Slug Line"

"Slug Line"



I went to the marketplace
They said they liked my face
Better than a digital watch
You got it, we're pros and we can spot it
So I thought it was some disease
But they were all on their knees
Shakin' hands with my picture
First we sterilize it
Then we merchandise it
Everybody tries
Everybody buys it

Well that's fine
Put me on the slug line
Punch a pretty hole in my mind
Show me where to sign
And put me on the slug line

They told me how to behave
Like any other public slave
Keep a smile on the face of the consumer
Or you'll become a rumor
So I got a band of angry sons
Now we're havin' so much fun
Tearin' up the nation
Weapons out of mic stands
Bitin' on the glad hand
They still don't understand
That they were marketing a madman

And that's fine
Put me on the slug line
Punch a pretty hole in my mind
Show me where to sign
And put me on the slug-
Well that's fine
Put me on the slug line
Punch a pretty hole in my mind
Show me where to sign
And put me on the slug line

You made one mistake
You made me wait

That's fine
Put me on the slug line
Punch a pretty hole in my mind
Show me where to sign
And put me on the slug-
Well that's fine
Put me on the slug line
Couldn't lay a glove on my mind
So show me where to sign
And put me on the slug line

 

[fox69]

"Smiling In The Rain"

"Smiling In The Rain"


The fallen angel shivers underneath the August moon
The lady of the house goes up in ashes
He crawled out through the future but the past came back too soon
And the present just occurs in sudden flashes

[Chorus:]
But in your eyes I see the pain
Help me ride this crazy train
I am lost and you are smilin' in the rain

Everybody's looking for a place to live their dreams
Main Street paints a face on lonely lovers
Strangers meet with blindfolds on and hope they're what they seem
And everybody wants to have each other

[Chorus]

Well the giving, is the sacred thing
It's just the livin' that don't seem right
But for all the light that shines on me
Your light sets me free
Oh please stay with me tonight

The battle zone is quiet, all the appetites are gone
The soldier and his woman let the wounds heal
Knowing that tomorrow all the raging will go on
If only to remember how their love feels

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Some Fun Now"

"Some Fun Now"


Now your private life
Is in the public domain
And your one true love is just a lipstick stain

And your point of view
Is just a figure of speech
Well I rest my case, you're out of reach

[Chorus:]
Havin' some fun
Havin' some fun now
Havin' some fun
Havin' some fun now

Well the tough get goin', and the good die young
Maybe you're the only good your mama ever done
But you wouldn't know a good thing if you saw

One, two, three
I'm down on my knees
Four, five, six
Gotta lot to fix
Seven, eight, nine
Goin' outta my mind
And it's a fast free fall
From a long hard climb

[Chorus]

And you wonder how
You ever got it so far
From a Mel Bay book
Into a long black car

And all along the way
They never made you cry
But they never got the joke
And you don't know why

[Chorus]

The party's over and the war is won
And you know what you're doin'
'Cause you know what you've done
But you wouldn't know a good thing if you saw

[Chorus]